Grace and Peace to you LCM friends. I’m Pastor Jenn Luong (she/her), the newly called Director and Pastor. I was born and raised in St. Paul, MN. I have been in Arizona since August of 2024. I previously served at Lutheran Social Service of MN, Augsburg University, and several congregations in the Twin Cities. In ministry, I am passionate about living out faith in our daily lives, and offering a safe place where God’s unconditional love and abundant grace is clear. I love to ask the big questions and explore the answers. Outside of ministry, I love astronomy, muscle cars, college sports and Elton John. I am a proud professional Auntie to my ‘niblets’ (nieces and nephews) and a doggy parent to my big goofy girl, Prin. I am so excited to join the work of LCM and imagine how we can reflect God’s love in the big and small ways together. Please reach out if you have any questions or would like to chat. prjenn.lcmuofa@gmail.com
Deacon Wendi Van Beek (she/her/hers) serves Lutheran Campus Ministry University of Arizona as Deacon of Community Engagement. Wendi earned her MA degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in May of 2023, a M.Ed in Education Administration from the College of Counseling and Human Resource Development at South Dakota State University in 2011, a BS degree in Behavioral Science from Bellevue University in 2008, and an AA degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in History from Kilian Community College in 2007.
Wendi feels her vocational call in the Church to accompany others, equip others, empower others in their process of discernment and their identity as disciples. She is committed to radical welcome and inclusion, so that we may more fully embrace our neighbor, our community, our world, and work for advocacy and justice in and for the world that God so loves.
Wendi is an Arizona transplant from the Midwest and also calls Minnesota her part time home. In addition to her ministry at Lutheran Campus Ministry University of Arizona, she volunteers her time as Policy Council member with Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of Arizona and on the Internship Committee for Wartburg Theological Seminary. She likes to spend her free time reading, traveling, crocheting, camping, cheering for the Minnesota Twins, and spending time with beloved family and friends, including her partner and their incredibly spoiled greyhound.
Leadership Team
(plus our awesome Associate to the Bishop, Rev. Jacqui Pagel!)
2022 Board of Directors
(2023 Coming Soon)