Rev. Bill Schroeder, Senior Pastor

Pastor Bill grew up on a small dairy farm located north of Seymour, Wisconsin.  His home congregation was Immanuel Lutheran of Cicero where he was the fourth generation to attend Immanuel.  Pastor Bill's great-grandfather was a founding member of the congregation in 1885.  Following graduation from Seymour High School Pastor Bill attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.  He graduated from Luther in 1982 with a minor in teaching and a major in trout fishing.  After college Pastor Bill sent to work for the Nichol's Cooperative where he managed the feed department.  During his days in Nichols he coached the town baseball team as well as helping out with the little league program.  He also served as a volunteer fireman and village trustee.

In the summer of 2000 Pastor Bill began his seminary training at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.  He graduated in the spring of 2001 and on June 3rd 2001 he took his first call at Christ the King Lutheran Church. He served as the Associate Pastor until June,1, 2009 when he was called to be the Senior Pastor.

Pastor Bill married Deb on September 8th of 2001 and they have five children, Chris, Eric, Sarah, Amanda and Korey.  Pastor Bill has a love for the outdoors and he enjoys both fishing and hunting.  He often refers to his week (or two) of deer hunting as his "spiritual retreat".  Pastor Bill truly feels blessed to be a pastor at Christ the King.  

Rev. Tim Krick, Associate Pastor

Pastor Tim grew up outside of Chicago, in the western suburb of Wheaton in Illinois.  Before becoming a pastor, he spent 2 years teaching 5th grade and 3 years teaching 7th grace Science while also coaching boys and girls volleyball and basketball.  During this time, Tim attended a retreat at his home church of Good Shepherd in Naperville, IL called "Christ Renews His Parish" that he started feeling called to seminary.  After many conversations with a variety of people, most importantly his wife Vicky, they decided to sell their house and move to Dubuque, IA so that Tim could attend Wartburg Theological Seminary. Tim graduated from Wartburg in May of 2009 and accepted a call to Associate Pastor at Christ the King in June of that same year.

A passion of Pastor Tim's is to help connect our faith with our everyday lives.  He believes there is not a sacred and secular aspect to our lives but that all of creation belongs to God and all deserves to be treated as sacred.  God is working in every facet of our life, we only need to know to look.

Pastor Tim is married to Vicky and they have 3 children, Sam, Olivia and Micah.  Tim bleeds "Cubby Blue" and is an avid Bears fan as well!  Hobbies include running and spending time with his family.  His undergraduate degree is from Luther College in Decorah, IA.  He also has a Master's in Teaching from National-Louis University.