A Message from our Pastors
“The members of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church welcome you to our community. We invite you to come and worship with us and to join us in our quest to become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.

“We have an exciting and dynamic program to offer. We’d like you to be part of it.

“So, if you’re looking for a church home, we’d like to extend a personal invitation to you to come and experience what we have to offer.”

Pastor Don Myrom
Senior Pastor

Pastor Don Myrom became our senior pastor in February 1996. His ministry is rooted in three key words: Creative, relevant and faithful. Pastor Myrom is a graduate of Wittenberg University ('62), The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia ('65) and has a Th. D. Degree from Boston University ('76).

He served two parishes in New England (St. Mark, Abington; Faith, Andover) before becoming Director of Development at the Philadelphia Seminary ('77 to '85). He worked for four years with Ward, Dreshman and Reinhardt, a professional fundraising firm, before becoming Director of Development at Lutheran Social Services of the Miami Valley, a position he held for 6 years. He has two daughters, Jillian, who lives in Minneapolis, and Deborah, who lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and two grand daughters.
View recent sermons by Pastor Don.

Pastor Karen O’Malia
Associate Pastor

Pastor Karen O’Malia became the Associate Pastor in February, 2003. She previously served as pastor to another Chicagoland parish and as an Associate in Ministry to two parishes in Houston, TX. She is a graduate of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN.

Pastor Karen has a passion for evangelism. Her other areas of expertise include Worship & Music, Pastoral Care and Teaching. Her career began in Music Education and Church Music after graduating from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. She also has experience in Human Resources and Business Administration.

Pastor Karen is committed to reaching people with the good news of God’s love so that they might grow to their full potential as children of God.

She lives with her husband John and has two sons: Peter, married to Sarah, who is a youth minister in Pasadena, CA and Matthew, a college student, who served in the Armed Forces in the Middle East.
View recent sermons by Pastor Karen.

Karen Wagner
Director of Youth and Family Ministries

Karen Wagner is Director of Youth and Family Ministries, a role she has held since the mid 1990's. Under her leadership, Prince of Peace has developed a vibrant youth ministry centered on a series of "stepping stones" of faith. She helps plan and implement the Junior and Senior High Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO) Programs; she coordinates the Sunday School, confirmation and Vacation Bible School programming; she facilities a variety of retreat experiences for the youth - including mission trips and involvement with youth programming sponsored by the Metro Chicago Synod and ELCA. Karen is a certified Youth Minister through the Center for Youth Ministries at Wartburg Theological Seminary.

Anne Yauch, Director of Early Childhood Ministries
Anne Yauch is the Director of Prince of Peace Preschool and Kindergarten. She has a B. S. in Child Development and has been in the field of Early Childhood for the past 20 years. She has taught many different classes and has been at Prince of Peace for the past eight years. Anne is also a Coordinator/Facilitator for Rainbows and works with preschool and kindergarten age children.

She and her husband Jim have been married for 4 years and have a blended family of five teenage boys. They are busy with school and sports, and they keep us hopping. They are members of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Schaumburg and have lived in Hoffman Estates for the past 15 years.

Prince of Peace has been like a home away from home for the Yauch family for quite a few years. Anne’s boys went to preschool at Prince of Peace and she loves the welcoming spirit and kindness that is ever present in the church and preschool/kindergarten. She feels that her family has been truly blessed to be a part of this vital, faith-filled community.

Sonia DeLuca, Secretary
Lois Krueger, Records Coordinator
Sonia DeLuca and Lois Krueger carry out the secretarial duties of the congregation. Sonia works full time and oversees all of the offices responsibilities of the congregation. Lois works part time keeping track of member giving and membership records, and the generation of labels for special mailings.

Lois Krueger works part-time for Prince of Peace and is our Records Coordinator. She keeps track of member contributions, individual membership records, and congregational records. She is responsible for getting the quarterly and year-end statements to our members and keeping track of address and phone number changes, baptisms, weddings, Confirmations, First Communions, etc. She also assists our Director of Youth and Family Ministries with registrations and class/attendance lists for Sunday School, Confirmation, Faithfest, and Vacation Bible School.

She and her husband, Wally, have two children, Amy age 23 and Brian age 20. Lois enjoys reading, cross-stitching, crafting, and, of course, fellowship with others!

Scott Uddenberg, Director of Music
Jill Wilkins and Amy Kreuger, Nursery Care
To Be Determined, Organist
Sheryl Walter and Jill Wilkins, Wedding Coordinators