Meet Pastor Yonker

I have been joyfully serving here at Immanuel Lutheran Church and School since 1994.

Previously I served as pastor at Berea Lutheran Church in inner city Detroit, Michigan and as pastor at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois.

I’m married to Joanne and have three children: Becca, married to Tyler, Abby, and Josh married to Emma. My three grandchildren are Nathan, Eloise, and Beauden.

I am an avid coffee drinker, lover of stories and storytelling, voracious reader of history, biographies, spy-thrillers, mysteries and international intrigue stories. I’m an ardent fan of the Green Bay Packers and love Frank Sinatra music and classic rock and roll.