Pastor Buecheler is a Southern California native. He grew up spending many weekends and vacations in Lake Arrowhead after his parents bought a cabin when he was three years old.  During college, he worked on Lake Arrowhead as Lake Patrol.  He is an Eagle Scout.  Pastor Buecheler was called to serve at Mt. Calvary in 1996.  Since arriving the church has continued to grow, opening a Child Care Center in Running Springs and expanding its ministries in Lake Arrowhead. Pastor Buecheler is  always looking for new ways to connect people to Jesus. He is a member of the Lake Arrowhead Rotary and is a Hospital Chaplain at Mountains Community Hospital. He is married to Dr. Nancy Buecheler, a Financial Associate of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. They have four daughters, Rachel, Abby, Anna, and Emily.

Bob came to Mt. Calvary in 1995 and serves as director of Mt. Calvary’s choirs and praise team, plans worship, plays the organ and piano, and assists in a myriad of ministries.  He is the musical director for Mt. Calvary’s annual Broadway show and plans special events such as concerts and hymn festivals. Bob is a native of San Jose, Ca., and gained his first mountain-living experiences visiting his grandparent’s cabin in the High Sierras each summer growing up.  Bob trained as a church musician and as a director of Christian Education at Concordia University, Irvine. He also has a graduate degree in organ from Cal State Fullerton. He believes the mission of the church is to continually share the good news of God’s grace, to offer worship and praise to God, and to reach out and care for its members and the community around it.

Since moving to the mountains in December of 2000, Kim has been very involved in Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. While her kids were growing up in the church, she began helping out with first the children’s ministry and then as they got older with Youth Ministry.  Kim was the Youth Director at Mt. Calvary from 2013 to 2020, and currently serves as Director of our School in Lake Arrowhead.  She feels very blessed to be a part of the Mt. Calvary staff and so privileged to be able to share the love of God with the children in our school.  She has been married for almost 28 years  to Andrew and has two daughters, Macyn, and Jenna and son-in-love, Chris.

Tracy was born and raised in San Diego, and began working in children’s ministry at the young age of 14. Since then, she has more than 30 years of experience working with every age from preschool to junior high. She loves working with children because it gives her an excuse to be silly and have fun! She also has a passion for sharing the great news with kids that Jesus loves them and can make an amazing difference in their lives. In June, 2013 she joined the church staff as the children’s ministry director. She enjoys developing, coordinating, and maintaining the children’s programs here at our church.  For the last three years, she has also enjoyed developing missions programs for the church, including trips to both Mexico and Guatemala.   She feels truly honored to share in the wonderful work that the Lord is doing and to be part of such a dynamic and caring staff!  She is very blessed to share life with her husband of more than 30 years, Scott.   Their two children, Justin and Kylie, live just down the hill.

Originally from the San Gabriel Valley, Mrs. Vickey has been working with children in different capacities since 1985.  She initially discovered her love for children while she was in college studying photography. During this time she slowly gravitated toward pre-school related jobs until she realized that she wanted early education to be her career.  In her role as Running Springs School Director, she supervises and mentors the teachers, makes sure that license requirements are being followed and  up-to-date, manages the school budget and performs other duties necessary to keep the school running smoothly.  In addition, Vickey actively promotes the school within the Running Springs community.  She is both a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and the local elementary school’s PTA.  In her spare time, Mrs. Vickey loves spending time with her family which includes her husband Chuck and daughter Molly. She is also a Girl Scout leader and AWANA leader, an avid photographer, and last but not least, a huge Los Angeles Dodgers fan.