Cole McGlynn grew up in Southern California and went to college in hopes of becoming an engineer. As he worked towards his degree, he started to recognize that God may have been calling him elsewhere. As he started to discern a call to ministry, he transferred to his hometown college, California Lutheran University. While at CLU he decided to study Theology and Christian Leadership and met his wife Amanda who had also discerned a call to ministry. While in college, Cole worked at two different Bible camps, one in California and one in Idaho.
After college, Amanda and Cole both went on to attend Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, MN where they earned their Masters of Divinity. While in seminary, Cole worked at a United Methodist church plant in urban Minnesota, an Episcopal Church in small town North Carolina, and a shared ministry of four Lutheran churches in rural Texas.
Cole, Amanda and their son Rowan currently live in Vista. Amanda is the pastor of King of Kings Lutheran Church in Oceanside. Apart from work, Cole enjoys gardening, cooking, backpacking, reading, playing board games, and brewing beer. In Vista, the family keeps busy with an Australian Shepherd named Banjo, a Great Pyrenees mix named Cricket, eighteen chickens, six ducks, 4 turtles, a few hundred small fish, a hive of bees, a pond, orchard, micro vineyard, and large garden. Cole was called to serve as Our Savior’s pastor in November 2021. As a pastor, Cole especially loves preaching, teaching, getting to know everyone, and discerning where God is leading Our Saviors Lutheran Church and School in the future.
George Freitas Music Director
Gay Bemoll Church Secretary & Bookkeeper
Gay has been with Our Savior's over 20 years and loves pink flamingos.