Pastor - Rev. Scott Benolkin

The Rev. Scott K. Benolkin is the pastor of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois. A Minnesotan by birth, he grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Lenexa, Kansas. He is a graduate of Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Syracuse University, and the University of Minnesota. Before hearing God’s call to the ministry of Word and Sacrament he worked as an economist for the EPA and the Federal Reserve. He enjoys computer programming, disc golf, and traveling with his wife Monica and seven-year-old daughter Claire.