MEET PASTOR LADONNA

In Jesus Christ, God is on a mission to love and bless this world – that includes you! God also calls each of us to participate in that mission. The guy who fixes your car, the lady who does your hair, that co-worker in the next cubicle, those children on the soccer team, and your family are all people God wants to love and bless.

Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve had a passion for God’s mission in this world. I credit that passion to a young couple who lead my congregation’s youth group. They demonstrated in word and deed God’s unconditional love, grace, and mercy. They challenged me to live in that love and to use the gifts God had given me to share that love with others.

As the pastor of St. David Lutheran Church, I am called to assist people in living out their calling to be God’s missionaries in their daily life. This happens through preaching, teaching, informal conversations, pastoral counseling, ministry committees, community service projects, and mission events, just to name a few. The people of St. David are committed participating in God’s mission to love and bless this world… beginning right in our own neighborhoods and community.

I began my ministry with St. David Lutheran in February, 2009. I was ordained as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) in 1994. Prior to that, I served six years in staff ministry as a lay person. Beyond the congregation, I serve as a member of the ELCA Region 8 Transformational Leadership Team, which leads training events for congregational leaders.

My immediate family includes my husband, Steven, and daughter Rebekah. We have a dog named Jennah and a cat named Buttercup. As a family we enjoy music, spending time together, kayaking and summer vacation at Camp Nawakwa.

In the joy of serving Christ,
Pastor LaDonnna