DAVID WENDEL
Assistant to the Bishop for Ministry & Ecumenism, North American Lutheran Church The Rev. Dr. David Wendel graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication. He is a 1981 graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and served his internship at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hobbs, New Mexico, before being called to Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs in 1986. He earned a doctor of ministry in preaching from the Association of Chicago Theological Schools in 2001. In 30 years of parish ministry, Pastor Wendel gained valuable hands-on experience serving as pastor to two congregations that had suffered under unhealthy relationships, lack of vision and impaired mission and ministry. He now assists many congregations in the NALC with visioning, healing and renewal, especially focusing on pastor/parish relationships. He addresses these topics regularly in his NALC News column. Pastor Wendel and his wife, Susan Riches, have two adult children, two grandsons and two granddaughters.
Chaplain KEN HOHAG
Pastor, Black Forest Lutheran Church The Rev. Ken Hohag has been the pastor of Black Forest Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado for 28 years. He is also the Dean of the Rocky Mountain Mission District of the NALC.
Sacristan:
Kathy Berrill, Deaconess at Saint Luke's Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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