Gloria Wilke graduated in 1986 from  Immanuel Lutheran College, Eau Claire, WI. She taught first through fourth grade at Gethsemane Lutheran School in Spokane, WA from 1986-1990. She married Pastor Michael Wilke in 1990. The Lord blessed them with 4 boys and she home schooled them while the lived in Rapid City, SD. She has taught at Gethsemane Lutheran School in Saginaw since 2003. She teaches pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and several first grade classes. Phone: 989-792-9390

Heidi Nelson is the 1st-4th grade teacher at Gethsemane. She is originally from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, where she lived with her parents and three younger brothers. She attended Berea Lutheran Grade School and then went to Immanuel Lutheran High School and College.  She graduated there with a Bachelor of Science degree in May of 2005. She married Rick Nelson in March of 2006. Heidi enjoys walking, badminton, and scrap booking. Phone: 989-779-7774