Pastor and Staff

THE REV. HAROLD VANICEK	ASSOCIATE PASTOR	hvanicek@splcmf.org
TRISTAN PATTERSON	OFFICE COORDINATOR	tristan@splcmf.org
VONDA ORTON	CHILDREN AND FAMILY MINISTRY	vorton@splcmf.org
CRAIG ORTON	JR/SR HIGH YOUTH MINISTER	corton@splcmf.org
DAVE LEIGHTON	TREASURER	dave@splcmf.org
OLIVIA CHEESMAN	MUSIC MINISTRY DIRECTOR	olivia@splcmf.org
PAT ERICKSON	ORGANIST	lutheran@splcmf.org
DEBORAH VANICEK	ORGANIST	lutheran@splcmf.org

Worship Times at St. Peter’s

THE REV. HAROLD VANICEK Associate Pastor
	Pastor Vanicek joined our staff in May 2013. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace
Engineering. While in college, he worked for NASA at the Johnson Space Center and following college worked in Austin in engineering and high energy physics. In 2009, Pastor Vanicek graduated Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. Pastor Vanicek interned at St. Luke Lutheran in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Faith Lutheran in Booneville, Arkansas. His first call was with Zion and St. Paul Lutheran churches in Fredericksburg, Texas. Pastor Vanicek serves the larger church as a Healthy Congregations facilitator for our Southwestern Texas synod, which provides training and resources for congregational leadership development. Pastor Vanicek is married to Deborah, and has two young children, Virginia and Henry. He likes to hang out with family and friends, mow grass, build model rockets, play racquetball and golf, stargaze, watch movies, minimize his carbon footprint, and watch college football.