Pastor Paul Wilde to Serve as Prelate for the Coronation of Queen Shenandoah XCIX

Pastor Paul Wilde serves Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on the south end of Winchester. He received his pre-seminary degree from Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota, and graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wisconsin, with a Master of Divinity in 2018.

While in college, he served in the Minnesota Army National Guard and deployed to Kuwait in 2011–12 in support of Operation New Dawn. He was ordained in the summer of 2018 and began his pastoral ministry at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Owosso, Michigan, where he served until moving to Winchester to serve Shepherd of the Hills in the summer of 2023.

Pastor Wilde and his wife, Meghan, enjoy traveling and spending time outdoors, hiking in the mountains, kayaking on the Shenandoah, and skiing and snowboarding in the winter.