Pastor Derek Bartelt

Pastor Derek Bartelt was born in Hustisford, WI in 1987. A year later, his family moved to Southern California. In 2001, he moved back to Wisconsin where he attended Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School and attended college at MLC. After he graduated MLC, he worked with WELS Kingdom Workers in Torreón, Mexico and León, Mexico before returning to the United States to resume his education at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Upon returning, he and Emily got married before finishing his senior year at the Seminary and ultimately being assigned to Christ the Vine Lutheran Church in Temecula, CA.


His wife, Emily, was born and raised in Cedarburg, WI. She went to college at Concordia in Mequon, both for undergrad and graduate studies. She graduated with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy.


The Bartelts have two children, Lillian, who was born on January 30th, 2017, and Noah, who was born on October 30, 2018.


Stephen Kamps

Grades 2 - 4

Principal

Rachael Kamps

Preschool

Stephen and Rachael are high school sweethearts and got married June 20, 2009. 


Their ministry began in Milwaukee and then the Lord called Stephen to serve here in 2014.  Rachael was called in 2015 to be the preschool teacher. 


They have been blessed with 3 children.  Their family enjoys going for walks and playing at the beach.

Hayden Miller

Grades 5 - 8

Hayden is from Bay City, MI. He attended Bethel Lutheran School. After that he went to high school at Michigan Lutheran Seminary.  From there he went to Martin Luther College. In his senior year, he did his student teaching at St Jacobi where he taught 7th grade. He graduaed from MLC in 2019. In the summer of 2019, he married his wife, Jessica. She is originally from West Palm Beach, FL. She went to public school until also attending MLC. Hayden's first call was to Emanuel Lutheran School in New London. Jessica worked at Bethlehem Lutheran School in Hortonville and at Lincoln Elementary.


Hayden enjoys fishing, playing yard games, and other outdoor activities. He also is a big sports fan. He is a Michigan Wolverine, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers fan. 

Rachel White

Kindergarten - 1st Grade

Rachel began serving at First Lutheran in the fall of 1979 after graduating from Dr. Martin Luther College (DMLC).  It is currently known as Martin Luther College (MLC).  


She was called to teach Kindergarten through Grade 4.  
In 1985 she married Ron White who taught for many years in the Lake Geneva Middle School as a math teacher. He is now retired and works for Geneva National during the golf season in their player services.  This allows him to golf, which he enjoys.  The Whites are longtime residents of Lake Geneva.  Since Rachel
enjoys walking they enjoy living just about a block and a half from First and she often walks to work.

Erica Warmuth

Preschool Aide, Tutor, Piano

Erica Warmuth graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran College. She was a Spanish immersion teacher for several years before she took a break from classroom teaching to be a stay at home mom while her children were young.  
Erica lives in Paddock Lake with her husband, Ben, and their three children; Noah, Levi, and Robin.  
She enjoys sewing, music, and thrift stores.

Steven Davis

Office Administrator

Steven Davis joined the church and school staff in the fall of 2017 as the office administrator.  

Steven and his wife, Leah, have three daughters, Madelynn, Mackenzie, and Amelia.  Steven grew up in Sharon on the family dairy farm.  He graduated from UW - Madison in Dairy Herd Management and Gateway Technical College with a degree in Landscape Design.  He has been a lifetime member of First and is grateful for the opportunity to serve the church and school as part of the staff. 

June Clark

Custodian

June has been a member here at First Lutheran for 68 years.  

June and her husband, Darwin, have been married for 47 years and have two children, Sheila Thirion and Kevin Clark.  She has four grandchildren. 


She retired from Alden - Hebron School and has
been working at First Lutheran since 1992.