Pastor Greg Zillinger

Position:
Associate Pastor


Contact Information:
Phone: 303-798-0711 ext. 366
Email: gzillinger@sothfamily.org


Education:

BA -Theology, Concordia University Seward, Nebraska

Master of Divinity, Concordia Seminary St. Louis, Missouri


Personal Information:
Greg hails from Phillipsburg, KS, a small Mid-west rural farming town. He is married to Sara (née Senechal), who works in Cherry Creek school district as a Dr. of School Psychology. They have five children: Joshua, Noah, Jaina, Elijah, and Keira. 


Enjoys:
Greg enjoys spending time with family. He loves hiking and family gatherings. He is an avid gamer: board games, miniatures, card games, strategy games, video games, and online games. He loves reading theology, science fiction and fantasy literature. He also enjoys traveling, trying new foods and enjoying the Colorado microbrew atmosphere.


Fun Fact:
I have sung professionally while at Seminary and enjoy the opportunity to sing and play guitar at church and school. My family and friends have a house rule that I must always be beaten first when playing games.


What I love about my position:
I love creative preaching and the opportunity to connect God’s children to the Word in unique and relational ways. I have a great love for families in church and school.


Bible Verse with Special meaning:
2 Corinthians 6:3-10, “3 We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; 7 by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.”


As a fan of swords and sword play, I love this verse as we have weapons of righteousness in both hands. St. Paul describes the weapons Christians carry as the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God!