MEET OUR PASTOR

Rev. Michael W. Wollman

The Rev. Michael Walter Wollman was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 5, 1955.  At an early age, he and his family moved to Milford, Indiana, a small farming community where he spent most of his early years.  After graduating from high school in 1974, he enrolled in Concordia University (formerly Concordia Teacher's College) of Seward, Nebraska.  Pastor Wollman was active in sports at Seward, participating in track, football, and basketball.  While in college, he met Cynthia (Cindy) Schroeder, who later became his wife.  When Cindy graduated and received a call to teach at Zion Lutheran School in New Palestine, Indiana, Pastor Wollman transferred to Indiana Central University on an athletic scholarship in order to follow the "girl of his dreams."  The two were united in holy matrimony in the fall of 1976.

While Cindy was busy teaching, Pastor Wollman spent a year studying at Indiana Central and a year working for the Boys' Club of Lebanon, Indiana.  They then returned to Seward where Pastor Wollman completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Education in May 1980.  Upon graduation, Pastor Wollman came to Baltimore Lutheran School in Towson as a called teacher.  At BLS, he taught physical education and coached basketball and track.

After six years in the teaching ministry, Pastor Wollman entered Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana to study for the pastoral ministry.  He served his vicarage at the Lutheran Church of the Triune God in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.  He graduated from the seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 1990 and was installed into his first pastorate at Trinity Lutheran Church in McFarland, Kansas.  Two years later, he returned to Maryland when he accepted a call to shepherd God's flock here at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Kingsville.  He was installed on August 9, 1992.

In addition to his parish duties, Pastor Wollman is continuing his theological studies and is currently at work on his doctoral degree.  His dissertation research is on the subject of biblical and liturgical worship.  In his spare time, Pastor Wollman loves to read.  He is an avid fan of the Baltimore Orioles and Ravens and enjoys all kinds of sports and athletics.

Pastor Wollman and Cindy (a teacher at Saint Paul's Lutheran School) live in Abingdon.  They have three daughters and two grandsons.