Pastor

  Rev. Brian D. Tuma grew up on a 

dairy and crop farm, he attended a local 

parochial school through the eighth grade 

and graduated from Montgomery

Lonsdale High School in 1988. 

  Pastor Tuma is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Waseca, Minnesota (1990); Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska (2001); and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (2005).  He served his vicarage at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Holdrege, Nebraska.  On June 19, 2005 Pastor Tuma was ordained at Trinity Lutheran Church in Medford, Minnesota.  After ordination, he was installed as the pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Sylvan Grove, Kansas where he served for 3 years.  Since 2008, he has served St. John's Lutheran Church in Cordova, NE.

  On May 1, 1993, Pastor Tuma and Rebecca were united in marriage at Trinity Lutheran Church in Medford, MN.  Rebecca also grew up on a dairy and crop farm in southern Minnesota. Throughout the years, she has been a support in ministry, homemaker, and homeschool teacher. The Lord has blessed them with two children: Rev. Jacob who is married to Grace and they have 5 children - Micah (7); Lydia (5); Samuel (3); Naomi (1) with baby Tuma on the way; and Amberlyn who is married to Rev. Martin Hill and they have 2 daughters - Adeline (3) and Miriam (1).  

Preschool Teacher

Julie Slagle has been teaching Pre-school at Immanuel Lutheran School since 2005. She graduated from Osmond High School in 1989 and then continued her education at Wayne State College graduating in 1993. Julie has worked at daycares in Wayne, Wakefield, Lincoln and was involved with opening a daycare in Fremont, where she was the Director. Julie and her family moved back to Osmond in 2003. Julie is married to Mike Slagle and they have one daughter, Erica.

Deb grew up and graduated high school in Coleridge, Nebraska. Went to Northeast Community College in Norfolk. She is married to Phil Gutz and has been a member of Immanuel since 1981. She came back as secretary again in October of 2018. She and Phil have three children, Tricia, Ryan and Aaron. They also have 8 grandchildren, Alyssa, Lane and Morgyn Christiansen, Hailey, Liam and Mackenzie Gutz and Grant & Quinn Gutz. She enjoys traveling, reading, walking and time with family and friends.