January 2023 to present
ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH OF COON RAPIDS, ELCA, Anoka, MN
Minneapolis Area Synod Interim Pastor
www.adventluthanoka.org
February 2021 to December 2022
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, ELCA, Henderson, MN
Minneapolis Area Synod Interim Pastor
www.redeemerlutheranhenderson.org
August 2008 to September 2019
CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA, Minneapolis, MN
Pastor for Worship, Arts & Hospitality
Pastor for Worship & the Arts, Hospitality, and Pastoral Care
www.centralmpls.org
June 2006 to Aug 2008
CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Area Synod Interim Associate Pastor
www.centralmpls.org
June 2005 to June 2006
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA, Little Falls, MN
Northeast Minnesota Synod Interim Pastor
www.flclittlefalls.org
2001 to 2004
AUGSBURG FORTRESS ECCLESIASTICAL ARTS, Minneapolis & Philadelphia
Executive Director
www.augsburgfortress.org
The art and design studio of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, this seventy year old enterprise is the home of Friar Tuck clergy apparel, Castle Craft textiles and Worship Interiors design service. The executive director leads the development efforts of Ecclesiastical Arts and serves on the Augsburg Fortress, Publishers management team.
1993 to 2001
AUGSBURG FORTRESS, Minneapolis, MN
General Manager, Ecclesiastical Arts (2000-2001)
Director of Product Management; Worship, Music & Ecclesiastical Arts (1999-2000)
Resource Manager, Ecclesiastical Arts (1999)
Manager of Worship, Music & Ecclesiastical Arts Sales (1995-99)
Resource Representative, Worship & Ecclesiastical Arts (1993-95)
Resource Representative, Ecclesiastical Arts
www.augsburgfortress.org
1990 to 1993
MIDVALE COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA, Madison, WI
Associate Pastor, youth and education
www.midvalelutheran.org
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
North American Academy of Liturgy
North American Association for the Catechumenate
LITURGICAL DESIGN CONSULTANT SERVICES
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Building renewal
www.centralmpls.org
Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer, Minneapolis
Gathering space and entrance addition
www.lccronpenn.org
CHURCH-WIDE AND SYNODICAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Worship Resource Management Team, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; a collaborative body of publishing house and church-wide staff who plan the strategic direction of resource development for the worship life of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1995 - 2004)
Leader of plenary presentations, master classes, clinics, and workshops in the area of worship and the arts (1993 - present)
Fall Theological Conference Worship Team (2007, 2019) Minneapolis Area Synod, ELCA
ELCA Strategic Planning participant, Congregational Life Roundtable (2003)
Planning Team, Worship 2000 Jubilee; ELCA Worship Conference, Chicago (2000)
Chair, Synodical Worship Committee; South Central Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA (1992-1993)