Meet the Pastor
Albert Bader
Hello, I am Pastor Bader. I was born to Shayne and Stephanie Bader on June 15, 1993. I grew up on the family feedlot, S & S Cattle Co. west of Cairo, NE with my three younger sisters (Jessica, Jamie, and Justine) until 2003 when we moved to Worms, NE. While in Worms I attended grade school at Zion Lutheran until the eighth grade. Then I attended High School in Grand Island, NE at Heartland Lutheran High School.
At the beginning of my sophomore year I met my wife Gretyl (Bremer). I graduated high school in 2012 and that fall began studies at Concordia University Seward, NE with Gretyl. Following my junior year of college, and after Gretyl graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education, we were married at Grace Lutheran Church in Grand Island, by Gretyl's father Rev. Daniel Bremer, on June 20, 2015.
When I had earned my bachelor's degree in History in 2016 we moved to Kendallville, IN. Gretyl was called to teach Kindergarten at St. John Lutheran school in Kendallville and I continued my education by driving twenty-five miles south Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. On May 18, 2018 Gretyl and I were blessed with our first son, Dawson J. Bader. Then two months later we moved to Lincoln, NE for my year of vicarage at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
In August of 2019 we moved back to Indiana for my last year of Seminary at Fort Wayne. While I attended classes, Gretyl was called to teach second grade at Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran School west of Fort Wayne. In April of 2020 I was called to serve St. John's Lutheran Church. Then on January 10, 2021 we were blessed with our first daughter Lincoln Ann. Our latest blessing Boone George was born on August 2, 2023. My family and I enjoy hunting, fishing, and being with friends and family.
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