The members of Star of the North Lutheran Church have been joining together around the Word and Sacrament for over 50 years.

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

We are served by Reverend Scott L. Shields.

Pastor Shields received his bachelor’s degree from Augusta College, Rock Island, Illinois in 1997. He attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from 1997 to 2000. He served a delayed vicarage at Grace Lutheran Church in Gordon, Nebraska and was later called and ordained as their pastor in 2001. In 2003, Pastor Shields received a divine call to serve Trinity Lutheran Church in Rock Springs, Wyoming where he served until 2016. Pastor Shields joined the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps in 2013 where he served as a Reserve Chaplain for the United States Marine Corps until 2016. In 2016 he entered Active Duty and served as a United States Navy Chaplain in San Diego, California until 2019. From 2019 to 2021, Pastor Shields served with the United States Coast Guard as a Chaplain in Alaska. He left service in 2022 and was called to serve as an Associate Pastor at Faith Lutheran in Juneau, Alaska. He served Faith Lutheran while working full-time in the Kensington undeground gold mine. Pastor Shields was installed as Pastor of Star of the North on March 16, 2024.

Pastor Shields married his wife, Jennifer (nee Mathews), in 1994. They have been blessed with three daughters, three sons-in-law and three grandchildren.

What We Believe

As Christians walking together with the many congregations of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, our faith and life are centered on the crucified and risen man, Jesus of Nazareth, whom we believe to be the Son of God and rightful King of all creation.

We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God, and the only rule and norm of faith and life and we boldly confess the Three Ecumenical Creeds of the Church to be faithful testimonies of our faith.

As Lutherans, we confess all the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, which can be found in the Book of Concord, are a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to stop by and speak to Pastor Shields or call the church at 907-283-4153.

For more on what we believe please visit lcms.org/about/beliefs.