Pastor Tom Noll to Deliver Invocation at the 2020 Arlington Heights Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast

Pastor Tom Noll will deliver the Invocation at the 33rd Annual Arlington Heights Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, February 6, 2020, from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM at the Doubletree Hotel, 75 Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights.

Pastor Tom was born and raised in Round Lake, IL, He attended high school at Concordia, Milwaukee, and college at Concordia, River Forest. For 6 years he and his wife Bonnie taught in Mt. Vernon, New York, teaching grades 1-4 in a small Lutheran school. They then taught for 7 years at St. Andrews in Park Ridge, IL. Bonnie taught Kindergarten and Tom was a Language Arts teacher and the school librarian. During this time, Tom earned an MA in Library Science from Rosary College in River Forest. In June of 1981, Tom entered seminary at Concordia, Fort Wayne. He returned to St. Andrews as a vicar late in 1982, and was ordained into the Holy Ministry at St Andrews on Nov. 27, 1983.

Pastor Tom was the Associate Pastor at St. Andrews until 1993; when he accepted a call to be the senior pastor at St. John’s, Lombard, IL, where he served until 2002. For the next ten years he served as the Visitation Pastor for Trinity, Roselle, IL, until his retirement in 2012.

He continues to teach a weekly adult education class at Trinity. He preaches at several other area churches on a regular basis and teaches Bible classes at Lexington Square in Lombard and at Luther Village in Arlington Heights, where he and Bonnie have lived since 2013. At Luther Village, he is on the Spiritual Enrichment Board and co-ordinates a weekly Protestant service for the residents. Since 2018, he has been one of three retired pastors who are called to be assistant pastors at St. Peter in Arlington Heights.

Pastor Tom and Bonnie enjoy retirement, taking advantage of the many cultural offerings in
Chicago, and traveling domestically and overseas each year.

Arlington Heights Police Chief Nicholas A Pecora, Jr. to Give the New Testament Reading at the 2020 Arlington Heights Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast

     Nicholas A Pecora, Jr., Chief of Police in Arlington Heights, will give the New Testament reading at the 33rd Annual interdenominational Arlington Heights Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, February 6, 2020, from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM at the Doubletree Hotel, 75 Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights.

Chief Pecora leads a high functioning cadre of law enforcement professionals to include 110 sworn members and 30 support staff.  The agency operates on a calendar year budget of $27M. 

Nick began his law enforcement career with the Arlington Heights Police Department in 1982 and was appointed to his current department director position in 2019.  As an executive leader, Pecora managed the Patrol Division and Police Administration as a Deputy Chief.  Prior command and supervisory functions include the Community Services Bureau, Patrol and Traffic Bureaus as well as similar responsibilities in two high profile multi-jurisdictional task force units.  Front line experience was obtained through assignments as a detective, field training officer and forensic technician which helped to form a solid and well-rounded law enforcement foundation.

Chief Pecora holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Robert Morris University.  He is also a graduate of recognized executive leadership studies including Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command and the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy.

Arlington Heights is more than a place to work for Nick, it is the Community he and his wife, Deanna, chose to establish roots and raise their family.  Together, they have three grown children and three grandsons.