Our Pastor

Good Shepherd is currently being served by her 7th pastor, the Rev. Aaron Uphoff.  

Pastor Uphoff grew up on a farm outside of Beason, Illinois.  After high school he served in the Illinois Army National Guard while attending Western Illinois University, graduating in 2008.  During college he joined the Lutheran Church after becoming involved with the Lutheran campus ministry.  

He went to Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduating in 2014. After graduating, he accepted the Call to serve as Good Shepherd's pastor and was ordained and installed on July 26th, 2014.  

His wife, Allison, is from Marquette, Michigan. They have been blessed with one son, Nathan, and are expecting another child in February of 2020.