Pastor Lori Ruge-Jones, "PL" (she/her) loves spending time with students, buying coffee, hiking, worshiping, and accompanying them on their journey to an encounter with the risen Christ. She's a Biblical storyteller and enjoys making connections between people and building community, which feed her extreme extroversion.
PL is a wife, mom, and grandma, and enjoys playing with her granddaughter, bicycling, singing, crochet, and attending Zach Bryan concerts.
She earned her BA in Spanish from the University of Northern Iowa, where she was active in Lutheran Campus Ministry, 1987; MDiv from Luther Seminary, 1993; and DMin from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 2016. She's been the pastor at ULC since 2016.
Contact:
Email: pastor@universitylutheran.org
Work: 715-834-8026
Mobile: 715-557-2213
The ULC congregation is led by a Council of 7 to 9 members.
Council meets monthly in-person and on Zoom.
ULC works closely with the LSA, a student organization at UW-Eau Claire.