Lori Ruge-Jones

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.