Leadership

Pastor Frank was born in Los Angeles and when he was five years old, his father passed away. When his mom remarried, the family moved to Pasadena.  

He graduated from Knoxville College in Knoxville, TN and has a master’s degree from National University. Rev. Matthews was a licensed deacon at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Los Angeles and began serving Concordia Lutheran Church of Inglewood about 15 years ago when the Synod ended the licensed deacon program. He was ordained as a Special Ministries Pastor and served at Concordia until it closed earlier this year. After working 31 years for the City of Pasadena's Department of Water and Power - Water section, Pastor Frank feels he is where he belongs with people, doing what God has called him to do. He and his wife Kim Jackson-Matthews have three sons and two grandchildren. 

Judy has been a member of First Lutheran Church for over 40 years. She was raised in El Monte and when she moved to Temple City, Judy knew that she wanted her children (4 of them) to attend church and school at First Lutheran. Judy has worked as a Registered Nurse for 33 years at LAC+USC hospital. She has a Master’s degree in Mental Health and has taught classes at Cal State Los Angeles part time for the last 10 years, along with her fulltime job. Now, Judy has retired but keeping busy. She is a member of the committee of aging with the Temple City, a member of the leadership committee, and a community member on the Ethics committee at LAC+USC hospital. Judy likes Luke 1:37 – "Faith does not make things easy it makes them possible."