Pastor Ivan Schoen Called to serve as our permanent full-time pastor by congregational vote on December 30, 2012. Send him an email.        Upcoming sermons 815.621.0406 (voice or text) 815.877.2576 ext.12 (office) If leaving a voicemail message, please remember to include your contact number.  Visit Pastor Ivan's Blog ...Listen to audio links of recent sermons plus much more.

For hospitalizations or other emergencies, please contact Pastor Ivan and our church office as soon as possible. We will be better able to come to your assistance if we are among the first notified of an emergency. If the emergency occurs at night, on a holiday, or at any other time outside normal office hours, we recommend calling or texting Pastor Ivan's cell phone listed above and following up with email if possible. If you leave a voice message at the church, please include your call-back number.

In the event of a death in your family, please contact the church office FIRST before meeting with a funeral director so we may assist in coordinating details, location, and scheduling of a funeral or memorial service.

Rev. Ivan Schoen served as our visiting pastor from July through December 2012, and on December 30, 2012, he was affirmed by our membership to become the permanent full-time pastor of the Spring Creek family by a unanimous vote of 59 members plus an unofficial affirmation by 18 non-members. He was installed as Pastor of Spring Creek United Church of Christ in a celebratory service and reception on Sunday, February 17, 2013, with many clergy, Spring Creek members and friends in attendance. This concluded more than a year's work by our Search Committee, having reviewed over 70 profiles and conducted more than 20 personal interviews of candidates who applied for the position.

We look forward to Pastor Ivan's leadership as we "make a Divine Difference...Together!"

Education:
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, 1978, B.A. (History)
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 1981, M.A. (Education/Theology)
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1998, M.L.I.S. (Library Science)
Ministry Experience:
Highland Southern Baptist Church, Highland, IL, Co-Pastor, 1981-1986
First Baptist Church, Granite City, IL, Pastor, 1986-1990
Holy Ghost/Trinity UCC (yoked fellowship), Darmstadt/Biddleborn, IL, Pastor, 1990-1991
Westosha Baptist Church, Bassett, WI, Pastor, 1991-1994
Maranatha Baptist Church, Poplar Grove, IL, Pastor, 2005-2011
Other Work Experience:
Head of Information Service, Community Library, Salem WI, 1993-2001
Front Desk Manager/Spin Instructor/Personal Trainer, Geneva Lakes YMCA, Lake Geneva, WI, 1998-2003
Manager, Walmart, 2004-2012
Family:
Wife Nancy, three daughters, two grandsons
Hobbies:
History (particularly the American Civil War and Lincoln)
Reading (mostly non-fiction, but generally a wide range of genres)
St. Louis Cardinals baseball (should I have revealed that?!)