Our Pastors

Pastor Dick Johnson "PJ"

Pastor Johnson began his ministry at Mount Carmel in the spring of 2007. He is married to Annette, who is an accountant at Lutheran Social Service of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. They have three children, Matthew who lives and works in Chicago, Jeremy, and Jenna who is a Graduate Student at Marquette University. Pastor and Annette live in Wauwatosa close by Mount Carmel.

Pastor Johnson has served 30 years as a pastor of the ELCA. He loves parish ministry. He understands the congregation as a servant community where through Word and Sacrament we are regularly touched by God’s grace and inspired by the Holy Spirit to be the compassionate “Hands of God” reaching out to those in our community with love, care, acceptance, and forgiveness.

Dick and Annette Johnson are both originally from Glen Ellyn, IL. Pastor Johnson attended Carthage College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He has served as pastor of St. Mark, Cape Girardeau, MO, Zion in Kewanee, IL, and St. Timothy in Naperville, IL before Mount Carmel. You may reach him by contacting the church at (414) 771-1270, ext. 11, his home phone 414-774-3407, or by e-mail at pastorjohnson@mountcarmelchurch.org.

Pastor Maren Hooper

Pastor Maren was called to Mount Carmel as Associate Pastor in October ’10. She is married to Pastor Brian Hooper, who serves at Christ the Victor Lutheran Church in New Berlin, WI. The Hoopers have two children – Norah and Benjamin. (As of Oct. ’10, they are 3 ½ and 6 mo., respectively).

Pastor Maren is originally from Maple Grove, MN. She is a graduate of Luther College, and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

From 2001-02, Pastor Maren served as Border Immersion Experiences Coordinator for Cristo Rey Lutheran Church in El Paso, TX. She served her pastoral internship at Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato, MN (06’-’07). After the family moved to WI, Pastor Maren served as an interim associate at Church of the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Pewaukee (’08-’09).

Pastor Maren enjoys all areas of ministry. Her special passions include preaching and worship leadership, evangelism and mission, teaching, pastoral care and visitation, and multi-cultural ministry.

In her “free time” Pastor Maren enjoys taking walks, spending time with family and friends, and exploring new and exciting things in the Milwaukee area.

Pastor Maren may be reached at church (414) 771-1270, ext. 12, or by e-mail pastormaren@mountcarmelchurch.org.