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Rev. Al Polito Jr. is the pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in
Monticello, Iowa. He and his wife Linda have been married for 27 years.
They have two children. Their son Josiah graduated in May 2007 from
Wartburg College with a Physical Therapy degree. Josiah is employed at
Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Their daughter, Blythe is a 3rd
year student at Wartburg College majoring in Elementary Education.
Al was born in Chicago, Illinois. At 9 years of age his family moved to
Des Moines, then two years later moved to Hartford, Iowa. Al attended
the Carlisle school district and graduated from Carlisle High School in
1975. He then attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa
graduating in 1980 with a Physical Education degree and a minor in
Religion and Recreation.
Al and Linda met while participating in church camp ministry at Knox
Knolls Camp in central Iowa. It is at this camp where Al first heard of
Camp Wyoming when a friend recruited him to spend a week at Camp Wyoming
as a male counselor. Al and Linda married in 1980, moved to Maquoketa,
Iowa where Linda was a teacher and Al enrolled at the Dubuque Seminary
School. Al graduated in 1984 and the family moved to Dexter, Iowa where
Al served two churches for 6 years.
In 1990 Al accepted a call at the First Presbyterian Church in
Monticello, Iowa. Shortly after starting in Monticello, Al attended a
retreat at Camp Wyoming for new pastors. He and Linda both attended the
You & Me camps with Josiah and Blythe. Most recently Al and Linda
participated in the Pastor in Residence program by spending a week
onsite at Camp Wyoming.
Each fall First Presbyterian holds a Camp & Conference dinner in order
to raise the funds needed to send their youth to camp. The church pays
100% of the camp fee. Appreciative youth and their families rally
together and take care of setting up, working the dinner and cleaning up
afterwards. Several other fundraisers are held throughout the year.
In his spare time, Al likes to spend time outdoors walking and hiking,
and has recently enjoyed Boundary Water canoe trips with his son and
friends. The last movie Al has seen was a collection entitled, Planet
Earth. Al’s favorite treat is ice cream. Family and friends bring Al the
greatest joys in life.
Thank you Al for sharing yourself and your family with Camp Wyoming.
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