Senior Pastor - Reverend Andrew Chavanak

Pastor Andrew is a native of Detroit, a graduate of Renaissance High School (2003), Michigan State University (2007), and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (2011; now United Lutheran Seminary). He was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament on Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Southfield, his home congregation. He comes to Holy Trinity from St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Falls City, Nebraska, where he served in his first call for nearly ten years.

Pastor Andrew is also a life-professed member of the Order of Lutheran Franciscans, a dispersed religious order affiliated with the ELCA. He serves the Order as Minister Provincial for the Eastern Province.

Pastor Andrew has been married to his wife, Katie, since 2008; they met during their college years when they served as summer staffers at Stony Lake Lutheran Camp in New Era, and were engaged and married at Stony Lake. They have three children: Evelyn, Isabelle, and Abigail.

In his spare time, Pastor Andrew enjoys time with his family, making music (both instrumental and vocal), and watching the Tigers, Red Wings, Lions, Pistons, and Spartans. He also enjoys running; he was a member of Living Water Ministries’ first Ragnar Michigan relay team in 2018, helping the team to complete the 196-mile race in about 33.5 hours.