Meet the Team

Pastor Ricky began serving as vacancy pastor at New Hope Lutheran Church in August of 2025.

Pastor Ricky retired from full-time ministry on July 15, 2024. He served for 38 years in the ministry and has served a number of congregations as Associate Pastor, Sole Pastor, Intentional Interim Pastor (IIP) and as Vacancy Pastor over his tenure.

Currently, he serves as the Circuit Visitor for our circuit and as a Pastoral Advisor for the SWD LLL Board of Directors. He also assists with a vacancy teaching youth confirmation for both parish and public-school youth.

He and his wife, Lynne live in the Village of Fox Crossings. They moved to their home in March 2023 having lived in the parsonage of Peace, Neenah for 12 years. Lynne is also retired having many jobs over the years including being the Administrative Assistant to the President of Concordia University-Wisconsin (CUW) for 13 years. They are members at Trinity Lutheran Church, Menasha.

Pastor and Lynne have three adult children. Their first-born is Stefan, soon to be 42. He was born in Germany while Pastor was studying at our sister seminary. He is disabled (Cerebral Palsy) and resides at a CBRF in Green Bay. Their second son, Ryan, who just turned 41 years old, is an ordained pastor of the LCMS and teaches at Milwaukee Lutheran High School. He is married and they have four boys. Their daughter, Hannah, is 35 years old and has just graduated from the Tech School as a Massage Therapist. She resides in Neenah with her two sons.

Ryan became a member at New Hope in 2021, and joined the staff in 2023. Ryan and his wife Brooke met at UW-Green Bay and were married in 2016. Ryan has been a music teacher at all grade levels since graduating college, with piano as his first instrument. He loves listening to new worship music, watching the Brewers and Packers, listening to podcasts, and getting outside whenever he can.

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