About

Hi! My name is Harold Vanicek. I love wondering about faith and life, and exploring with others how all thing are connected and interdependent.  I feel most in sync with God when dwelling and delighting outdoors with creation and others.  Science is my first love language of, and with, God.  I love helping nurture community where ALL are welcome, where ALL can be curious and wonder, and where ALL are affirmed as beloved and sacred. 

I grew up in the small Central Texas town of Rosebud.  I received a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master’s of Divinity from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.   I have been a pastor in ELCA Lutheran congregations in Texas since 2009. I am currently Lead Pastor with St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Marble Falls.

As part of my passion for creation care, I am active with Lutherans Restoring Creation, an organization that resources and inspires climate and creation care for Lutherans and people of all faiths.  I enjoy astrophotography, learning local bird songs, all things pollinator garden, can spend hours on a woodworking project, and I am a local honeybee beekeeper who is always up for talking bees (honey or solitary bees)!