Pastor Gary Sproat is the Senior Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Mahomet.  He came to Mahomet in November, 2003.  Pastor Gary is a native of Altamont, Illinois where he graduated from high school.  He is a graduate of Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa with a B.A. in social work, and a graduate of Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.  He was ordained October 7, 1973.   He has also done graduate work at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and Indiana University Hospitals in Indianapolis.  After serving two parishes in Michigan, he spent twenty years in specialized hospital ministry in Illinois, Indiana and Nebraska with special emphasis in medical ethics, bereavement care, and tissue and organ donation.  Prior to coming to Mahomet he served as interim pastor for the last 4 years at several congregations in south central Illinois.  His wife Jill works for the State of Illinois in the Dept. of Human Services.  They are the parents of three sons, Geoff, Joshua and Jeremiah.