Pastor Wallace and his wife, Cathi, are natives of Minnesota and recently moved from Brooklyn Park Minnesota where Todd was Senior Pastor of Discover Church, a two site church—Brooklyn Park Lutheran and Discover Church in Champlin, a nearby community.  Todd and Cathi Wallace have been married for 25 years and have 3 children: Nathan, in his second year at the Naval Academy; Joy, a high school senior; and Noah, who is 9 years old.  Pastor Todd has background and experience as a youth director, solo pastor, and associate pastor in addition to his tenure as Senior Pastor for the past 12 years at Brooklyn Park. He has also been a Naval Reserve Chaplin and been privileged to represent the ELCA in Tanzania, South Africa and Papua New Guinea.

E-mail Pastor Todd at pastortodd@goodshprd.org

Pastor Phillippi began his pastoral ministry at Lutheran Church of the Cross (Sacramento) from 1973 to 1977. Bob completed a year of Clinical Pastoral Education at the University of California, Hospitals and Clinics, Davis and San Francisco, in 1978. He resigned from the active ministry in 1979. Bob worked for the State of California, Department of Transportation from 1980 to 2000, when he retired. Beginning June of 2002, he sought reinstatement to the ELCA ministry. Bob was hired as the Visitation Pastor August 1, 2003, and was called to that position November 23rd, 2003. Bob serves the Episcopal Church, Northern California Diocese at Trinity Cathedral and supplies other congregations as needed. He is a native Californian, born at Mare Island; he has lived in Sacramento since 1948. He graduated from Sacramento State University in 1968 and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. in 1972. Bob's wife, Gay, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and employed by the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

E-mail Pastor Bob at rphillippi@sbcglobal.net

Shirley Seatris was born and raised in Sacramento, attending Hiram Johnson
High School and Cosumnes River College. Shirley earned her degree in Medical Assisting from CRC in 1984, working in private practice and then with Kaiser Permanente after graduation. Her work in ministry began in January of 2000 with the position of IMPACT Director at Good Shepherd. In 2003 she was invited to work in ministry with Pastor Ron Thoreson and Pastor Phil Lee. Today, Shirley works in the areas of new member reception, women's ministry, Stephen Ministry, and small groups. She has a wonderful new husband, Jeff (August 22, 2009!) and three beautiful daughters. Her oldest daughter Stephanie is a senior in college, her youngest daughter Julia is a senior in high school, and Jeff's daughter Jen is a recent graduate of UC Santa Barbara.

E-mail Shirley Seatris at shirley@goodshprd.org

Drew grew up in Grass Valley and went to William Jessup University in Rocklin. Drew began working in Church ministry in 2001 and has ministered to junior high, high school, and college students for 8 years. After a few years of student ministry Drew moved on to "adult ministry" and worked as an associate pastor at a church in Auburn. However, it did not take long before he realized how much he missed students so, he decided to return home to youth ministry, and his plan is to stay there until he is no longer cool enough to work with teenagers. Drew is married to Jenny and they have no kids...yet. They love music, traveling, and spending time outdoors.

E-mail Drew Wademan at drew@goodshprd.org