{"id":22,"date":"2020-04-07T02:20:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T02:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2020-04-07T02:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T02:20:47","slug":"meet-the-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pastor-Muske-2020-take-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\"\/><figcaption>Pastor Scott Muske<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Hi, my name is Pastor Scott Muske.&nbsp; I was born in South Haven Michigan and graduated from South Haven High School in 1986.&nbsp; I attended Michigan State University, (Go State!) where I earned a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife.&nbsp; I also met my wife Pamela (nee Chavey) at MSU.&nbsp; We were married shortly after graduation in 1991.&nbsp; The Lord has blessed us with three children.&nbsp; I worked for about three years in a research laboratory, before returning to school to begin my studies for the Pastoral Ministry.&nbsp; I was on the campus of Northwestern College in Watertown WI for it\u2019s final year, and graduated the following year from Martin Luther College.&nbsp; I graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI in 2000, and was called to serve as the Pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Omak, WA.&nbsp; After serving Trinity for 9 years, I accepted the call to serve both Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church here in Fairfax, MN.&nbsp; In addition to preaching and teaching I have a love for evangelism.&nbsp; I also love taking advantage of the hunting and fishing opportunities that the Fairfax area has to offer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Pastor Scott Muske.&nbsp; I was born in South Haven Michigan and graduated from South Haven High School in 1986.&nbsp; I attended Michigan State University, (Go State!) where I earned a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife.&nbsp; I also met my wife Pamela (nee Chavey) at MSU.&nbsp; We were married shortly after graduation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-22","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanuelstjohnchurch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}