Joy Reigns Lutheran Church

Vicar Matthew Smith-Laubenstein

I’m excited to be here at Joy Reigns Lutheran Church, where I’ve served as Vicar since June of 2008. My wife Kara and I just moved from Princeton, NJ where we recently completed of Master of Divinity degrees. I served at Lutheran Church of the Messiah in Princeton Township and at Princeton University for 3 years andat Christ the King Lutheran Church in Kendall Park, NJ for 1 year. Christ the King is my home congregation and I am under care of the NJ Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. When I complete my vicarage at Joy Reigns I’ll seek a call as a pastor in a congregation of the ELCA