The Rev. Tim Orlowski

Vice President

Rev. Tim Orlowski grew up in suburban Detroit.  He attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona where he earned a B.A. in German.  After college, he spent a year traveling on a volunteer music ministry team, which toured the Midwest and New England states, and Denmark and Germany.  He received his M.Div. at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, OH in 2007.  He currently serves as the Pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Albuquerque, NM.  He has been a member of the NMCC Board since 2009, on which he also serves as Bishop Deputy to Bishop Allan Bjornberg of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  Tim is also currently serving as Chair of the Board for Lutheran Campus Ministry at UNM and CNM, and as a member of the Policy Committee for the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of New Mexico.

Tim is married to Eryn Orlowski, who teaches at La Luz del Monte - a charter school in Albuquerque.  They have been married since 2003.  Together they enjoy hiking, cooking, and traveling.