Pastor Morehouse
The Rev. Dr. Michael Morehouse was born and reared in Toledo, OH. He is a graduate of Adrian College (1987, BBA, Management and German, Magna Cum Laude), Concordia Theological Seminary (1998, MDiv, Historical Theology), and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (2017, DMin, Pastoral Ministry). Pastor Morehouse is Senior Pastor of Catalina Lutheran Church, having served at Christ’s Altar here since July 12, 1998.
Prior to entering the Office of the Holy Ministry, Dr. Morehouse was a financial consultant, and before that, spent several years in retail management. Throughout that time, he served as a Signal Corps enlisted soldier and second lieutenant; then became an Army aviator (1LT – MAJ), and finally as Chaplain, US Army, retiring in 2006 after a tour in Iraq, with 23 years of military service. He currently serves as the 180th Field Artillery Regimental Association Chaplain.
Pastor Morehouse served as Vice-President of the Campus Christian Center of the University of Arizona (2007-2018); on the Board of Regents for Concordia University, Irvine, CA (2010-2016); and was Circuit Visitor for the Southern Arizona Circuit of the English District of the LCMS (2019-2022). In 2023, Dr. Morehouse served as a visitation team member of the Association of Theological Schools for their accreditation review of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO.
He continues to serve as a member of the LCMS Operation Barnabas Advisory Group. He served as English District Vice-President (4th- 2nd) from 2022 – 2025. He continues serving in the English District as 1st Vice President of the English District of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod as of this year, 2025.
Pastor von Hindenburg
He resigned this call, effective December 31, 2020, and relocated to Catalina, Arizona. Rev. von Hindenburg remains on the LCMS pastoral roster, meaning he is eligible for a call. He is an active member at Catalina Lutheran Church and provides pulpit supply ministry in the Arizona South Circuit area. In 2025 the Arizona South Circuit voted him in as South Circuit Visitor. He will serve in this role through 2028. In 2024, Catalina Lutheran Church called him to be our Assistant Pastor. He accepted. In that Called role, he serves the members of the congregation performing duties that resemble that of a Parish Assistant, Ordained.
A second career pastor, von Hindenburg worked in the financial field for more than 25 years prior to beginning ministerial duties. He is a proud graduate of the University of Arizona (1974, BA Public Administration) and an alum of the business graduate school at USC (1978 International finance and administration). He studied for the ministry at both Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. He is married to Karina Lindsey-von Hindenburg. They have no children, but do spoil their beloved cats, Aristotle, Sophia, and Thalia.
Deacon Tom
Deacon Tom Honebrink was raised in Mayer, MN where he was blessed to attend Zion Lutheran School and Mayer Lutheran High School. While attending Concordia College-St Paul he met his to-be wife Diana. He and Diana are privileged to be raising their three children – Max, Athena and Beatrice. Deacon Tom has been honored to serve on district, circuit and congregational boards and offices throughout his life. He was installed as deacon to Catalina Lutheran Church in January 2014 and is also currently serving on the Board of Directors for the English District of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Deacon Tim
Deacon Timothy Dinkel is the son of an Army LC-MS Chaplain and Pastor (before and after military service), and was raised with church music being a focus among parents both having classical music training and involvement in the music of the church. Upon relocating to AZ, he met his wife Stacia, and they were blessed with two girls, Emily and Lydia, along with now two lovely granddaughters. Church and choral music have always been a focus in his life since early childhood, and he has continued to participate in semi-professional classical choirs in Tucson, as well as lead, direct, cantor, and compose music for Catalina Lutheran Church. He also served as an Elder for several years, provides website assistance, and having the vocation of a civil engineer, provides technical support as co-chair of the Building Committee. He was installed as a Deacon of Music in January 2024 at Catalina Lutheran Church.
Deacon Roni
Dr. Roni Grad is a retired pediatric pulmonologist (lung specialist). He chairs the Life Team, serves on council as Director of Child and Youth education, leads Sunday school openings and teaches occasional classes, ushers, and assists with altar guild duties at the Wednesday midweek DS. He completed the lay-diaconate training program of the Lutheran Servanthood School in December, 2023 and was commissioned Deacon by the congregation on Misericordias Domini Sunday, April 14, 2024, with a sanctity of life focus. Roni serves as Life Coordinator for the English District (LCMS). He also serves on the Lutherans For Life Board of Directors as secretary, chair of the Verba Vitae (academic Lutheran sanctity of life journal) steering committee, and member of the position statements committee. He recently completed service as President of the Arizona-South Circuit Forum. In the Tucson community outside CLC, he serves with his wife Dr. Judy Pugh on the board of Family First Pregnancy Care Center and Family Diaper Bank, Oracle, Arizona, where he also volunteers. He meets regularly with the Tucson for Life coalition.
Vicar Hyde 2026- 2027
Vicar Hyde was born in Abilene, Texas, on 21 April 1992 to Kevin and Jodie Hyde. His father was an Air Force pilot for 28 years, then taking a job with the USO in the Pacific on Okinawa, where His mother
was a Scuba Instructor. His parents left Okinawa and now live closer to family in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has one younger brother who also attended West Point and became an Infantry Officer. George exited the service to pursue a Computer Science degree and now lives with his wife Lindsey in Austin, Texas. The family moved across the country several times growing up, including: Abilene, Texas, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Newport, Rhode Island, Little Rock, Arkansas, Anchorage, Alaska, Abilene, Texas again, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Powder Springs, Georgia, Springfield, Virginia, and Little Rock, Arkansas again.
He graduated from high school and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 2014 as an Infantry Officer with a Bachelor of Science degree in Military History with Thesis. After initial training at Fort Benning, Georgia, Vicar Hyde served at Joint Base Lewis McChord, deploying to the Philippines and Indonesia. He graduated the Maneuver Captains Career Course at Fort Benning Georgia as an honor graduate and was stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, where he commanded two Airborne Infantry Companies. During that assignment, he also adopted his dog, Sandy. Vicar Hyde enjoys hiking with Sandy most mornings to keep active. His last assignment was to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He exited the service on 01 January 2024 so that he could attend that year’s fall class at Concordia Seminary Saint Louis.