
P
astor Tom Klusmeyer, vacancy pastor
pastortom@campphillip.com
Pastor Tom graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1980 and was assigned to a congregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One of his greatest joys at that congregation was working with young people.
In 1983 he received and accepted a call to serve as the first Camp Director/Camp Pastor at Camp Phillip outside of Wautoma, Wisconsin. Camp Phillip provides relaxation in creation and renewal in Christ for WELS youth, adults, families, churches and schools throughout the year. Over the years Tom has done everything at camp including preaching, sing-alongs, programming, administration, food service, fundraising, maintenance, construction, chainsawing and grass cutting; he's built websites, designed online registrations, written curriculum, created training manuals, operated backhoes, filled out hundreds of government/insurance forms, paid thousands of bills and washed millions of dishes.
Tom retired from Camp Phillip in 2020 and became involved at Peace Lutheran in Wautoma as Elders chairman, Church council member, Outreach committee member, webmaster and now vacancy pastor.
Tom is married to Nancy who is a Registered Nurse. At Camp Phillip Nancy became a full-time volunteer making meals in the kitchen, cleaning buildings, washing mattress pads at the laundromat at midnight, doing health care and even counseling in cabins at night. Tom and Nancy have two children, Nathan and Hannah. Nathan is in his last year at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminay studying to be a pastor. After two years in China with Friends of China, Hannah came back to Wautoma and is now the Director of the Wautoma Public Library.