Throughout All Generations Breakout Sessions

Rev. Eric Roecker served as a parish pastor for twenty years in Chesapeake, VA and

Menomonee Falls, WI. Since 2018 he has served as the WELS Director for the Commission on

Evangelism. He lives with his wife, Mary, in Menomonee Falls. They have been blessed with two

children–son Rees, a senior in the pastor track at Martin Luther College and daughter Riley, a

freshman at Wisconsin Lutheran College. 

Pastor Peter Hagen grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin with a fairly typical Midwest upbringing. Vicar year meant life in the most-culturally diverse area of North America: Mississauga, Ontario. While there, Peter met his beloved, Desirée; they now educate their three boys at home. Peter has served at St. Paul, Ottawa ON; Shepherd of the Lakes in Fairmont, MN; and Resurrection in Maumee, OH since 2018. His podcast RWJ Daily is sneaking up on a quarter-million downloads, and he recently served as editor for Mike Zarling’s book, Resisting the Dragon’s Beast.

Tim Kriewall is originally from Bay City, the son of Olive and Reinhart Kriewall and younger brother of Tom and Royce Kriewall.  He was baptized, confirmed and married in St. John's, Bay City.  He and his wife, Sally, have four children and thirteen grandchildren.  They have been active members of WELS or ELS churches throughout their married life. Sally was taken to heaven in 2024.  

Tim has bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering from The University of Michigan and Stanford University, respectively.  He has a Ph. D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan.  He has been a Member of Technical Staff for Bell Labs, a professor at the University of Michigan, a product developer for 3M Company and Medtronic, the president of Wisconsin Lutheran College (’03-’08) and a program director for the Kern Family Foundation of Waukesha, WI.  Tim is now retired and lives in Midland, but he remains very active in his church.

His career has led Tim to live in all corners of the U.S.  He has called California, New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado and Florida home.  Today, his children live with their families in North Dakota, Wisconsin and Michigan.