Campus Ministry Team

Peer Leaders for 2022-23 Academic Year:

Sam Lenz [she/her/hers]

Sam Lenz is a student at UW-River Falls majoring in both Equine and Companion Animal Science. She grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has always had a passion for working with animals. Trail riding, indoor gardening, cooking, and binge watching TV shows are among her favorite pastimes when she’s not in class. Some of her favorites are Grey’s Anatomy, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and Firefly.

Emma Esanbock [they/them/theirs]

Emma became a Peer Leader this fall. They come from Spring Valley, Wisconsin. More information about Emma, their interests, dreams, and goals are coming!

Campus Ministry Director

Deacon David Behling [he/him/his]

David is a Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and has worked in college and university settings for over 20 years. He was an English major as an undergraduate, and has graduate degrees in Biblical Studies, Technical Communication, and Creative Writing [MFA]. He grew up mostly in Tucson, Arizona, but moved around a lot as a child and also has lived in Japan and Germany. He currently lives in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. His interests include reading fantasy and Science Fiction, cooking, and binge watching Great British Baking Show , Grace and Frankie, Schitt’s Creek, and Star Trek: Voyager on Netflix with his partner, who is a pastor at a church in Chippewa Falls.