Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church (WELS)
Pastor
Pastor Roger Riedel and family are excited to move to the north woods of Michigan’s
Lower Peninsula and become a part of the church family at Beautiful Savior Lutheran
Church, located at 1825 West Sheridan Road in Petoskey.
Pastor Riedel grew up in the Sacramento area of northern California. He is the middle of
5 children, born to Richard and Carlene Riedel, who are machinists by trade. He
attended Lutheran grade schools in Citrus Heights, California, and Tacoma,
Washington, and graduated from public high school in 1987.
He attended junior college, with the intention of pursuing mechanical engineering, but
the Lord had other plans. He enrolled at Northwestern College in Watertown,
Wisconsin, graduating in 1993. From there he continued his pastoral studies at
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wisconsin. He served one year as the vicar
of Trinity Lutheran Church in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and in 1997, after graduating from
the seminary, he was assigned to the dual parish of Grace, Powers, and St. Paul, Hyde,
in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
During that time he met Beth, who was teaching in Chicago, Illinois, and they were
married in her hometown of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, in June of 1999. In 2001, Pastor
Riedel accepted the divine Call to Christ, Beatrice, Nebraska, and served there for 7
years. From there he served Peace, Wautoma, Wisconsin, for 10 years. And he served
for nearly 6 years at Grace, Oronoco, Minnesota.
He was installed as the new pastor at Beautiful Savior, Petoskey, on Sunday, May 19,
2024.
Pastor Riedel enjoys spending time with his family (the Riedels have 6 children), visiting
with people, trains, fishing and especially, sharing the Good N ews about Jesus our
Savior.
Church Council
PRESIDENT - GRANT DITTMAR
SECRETARY - BILL LACROSS
FINANCIAL SECRETARY - LEE BARTA
TREASURER - JIM MELKE
ELDER - JASON ZIELINSKI
CHRISTIAN ED DIRECTOR - KURT KELLER
TRUSTEE - BARRIE BATCHELDER