Dr. Willie La Favor
Organist and Music Director
Willie La Favor graduated from Indiana University in 1997 with a Doctor of Music in Piano Performance and Literature. He began playing the piano in church at the age of nine and prior to coming to Messiah Lutheran served as Minister of Music at Northwood Christian Church in Indianapolis, IN for eight years. His organ studies include a two-year tenure as the Organ Scholar at the Chautauqua Institution. He is married to Debbie Grohman, an ordained Presbyterian minister, and they have a son, Andrew, who enjoys "playing concert" at the organ and piano.