Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Cross Christian church, preschool & K-8 school
Laguna Woods
Aliso Viejo
Pastor - Leland Lantz
Leland Lantz has been with Lutheran Church of the Cross since June of 1997 when he was called to be pastor of evangelism and to help start a satellite campus somewhere in Aliso Viejo. He was instrumental in finding the property and helping to start Aliso Viejo Church of the Cross and Christian School. Leland has just been called to be the senior pastor of Lutheran Church of the Cross.
Leland and his wife Marcia are graduates of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. Leland and Marcia both earned their masters degrees from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Leland in music and Marcia in elementary education.
They both taught in Southwest Iowa for 5 years and Leland continued to teach for another 3 years in Springfield, Missouri prior to attending Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Leland and Marcia have two children, Emilie is 22 years old – just graduated from Luther College in Decorah, IA May 23, 2010 with Bachelors in Social Work. Jonathan is 20 years old – graduated from MODOC Railroad Academy in 2009.
Their family has enjoyed two short term mission trips, one to the Czech Republic in 2003 and 2005 to Bolivia. Leland has served on the Miracle Ranch Children’s Home board in Tecate, Mexico and works at the ranch with building projects.
Leland’s role as senior pastor calls him to provide oversight and direction to all areas of ministry at Church of the Cross.
Christian Church, Christian Preschool, & Christian K-8 School in Orange County, CA
The Christian churches, preschool and K-8 school of Lutheran Church of the Cross and Aliso Viejo Church of the Cross serve the communities of Aliso Viejo (AV), Laguna Woods (LW), Laguna Hills (LH), Lake Forest (LF), Laguna Beach (LB), Laguna Niguel (LN), Irvine, East Irvine, Tustin, Tustin Ranch, Newport Beach (NB), Corona Del Mar, Costa Mesa, Mission Viejo (MV), Ladera Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita (RSM), Coto De Caza, Dove Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Portola Hills, Foothill Ranch, Anaheim, Anaheim Hills, San Joaquin Hills, San Juan Capistrano (SJC), Capistrano Beach, Dana Point (DP), San Clemente (SC), and the Surrounding Areas of beautiful South Orange County (OC), California.