Rev. Jeffery L. Schufreider has been a minister of the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod for the last 26 years.Pastor Schufreider was born on November 10, 1950 in Seattle, Washington to John and Vernetta Schufreider. He is the second-oldest of five sons, all who are living in the Seattle area.

Rev. Schufreider graduated with a BA degree in Education from The University of Washington in 1974. He started working as a youth minister and church organist following his graduation. In 1995 Rev. Schufreider entered Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Ill. He graduated with a Master of . Divinity from that seminary in 1979 and was called to be assistant Pastor at Holy Cross in Los Gatos, Ca Besides serving at Holy Gross Lutheran Church in Los Gatos, Pastor Schufreider served as Pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mountain View and First Lutheran in South San Francisco. He also has served as education director at Hope Lutheran Church in Daly City.