Sally Meyer

Grew up in Urbana, IL. Her father, a Professor at the University of Illinois, Sally earned both a BS in Sociology and MA in Education from that institution. She taught elementary-aged children for a number of years in the Rantoul, IL. City Schools. Marriage to Dennis took her to Chicago, where she taught at Prince of Peace Lutheran School on the near north side of the city, and then to Flanagan, IL. Finding few to no job oppor-tunities in the field of education there, she enrolled at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, receiving her M.Div in 1994, serving churches in St. Joseph, IL. and Atlantic, IA. with her husband and a number of parishes in Illinois and Iowa as their “supply” or “Interim” Pastor.

In 2007, she gathered a number of gifted and compassionate members of the Atlantic, IA. community around her and launched the Lullabye Foundation. As Founder and Director of Lullabye, which has helped countless children “lost in the shadows of their own communities” to be able to participate in events and activities that would otherwise have been only a dream to them, she has found her passion. Always committed to the well-being of children, she lives to make life at least a bit better than it would be without a hands-up from an organization like Lullabye.

A published author of articles, poetry and Sunday School curriculum, Sally has also written a book about her experiences with a family member who phoned her one Spring morning to say “she couldn’t see her any more” Ordinarily Sarah tells of Sally’s efforts to bring her home - to no avail. This volume was published in 2016. A companion volume, Ordinarily Sarah, Book 2: Relentless, published in 2020, tells of Sally’s family member (and her own family) finally leaving the oppressive religious group they were a part of for 20 years. It also describes the battle between good and evil that is a part of all of our lives, though many of us refuse to acknowledge that truth. Together, the Ordinarily Sarah books outline the back-story behind the Lullabye Foundation and its mission to restore hope to at-risk and/or “lost” kids.