Who Are We?
We are all on a journey in this life. Over this last year and a half, many of us of felt like we have been navigating off the map. We are tired, confused, and we do not necessarily know what the future holds. The SED Coaching Network is an association of certified coaches who are skilled at helping you gain a higher perspective to orient to your new environment, gain awareness of the resources and opportunities available to you, and empower you to move towards the future that God is leading you to discover. We stand ready to walk with you in helping you elevate your kingdom potential through just-in-time resources that fit your unique circumstances.
What is Coaching?
In the SED Coaching Network, we view coaching as a client directed process that empowers individuals and ministries to discover the best of who God has created and redeemed them to be in Christ, and then determine the best path forward in living that calling out. A coach serves as a creative think partner, helping you process the goals and visions that not only you have for your life and ministry, but the goals and visions that God has as well. A coach will never tell you what to do, but rather through deep listening and asking powerful questions, seeks to empower you in determining your own solutions and designing action steps. Coaching is perfect for those times of transition in life, moving from what was, to discovering what could be. Sometimes in order to see God’s visions for our lives and ministries become a reality, we need someone who is in our corner, providing encouragement, support, and accountability along the way.
The SED Coaching Network brings a wealth of knowledge, training, and experience to help individuals and ministries in a variety of circumstances. We work closely with congregational leaders and members to find the right solutions for your specific context and area.
If you have any questions to see if coaching is right for you or you would like to connect with a coach to begin that journey that you sense God is calling you to please contact Travis Guse, Executive Director for Wellness and Coaching, at tguse@se.lcms.org.
The SED Coaching Network seeks to:
- Promote a culture of coaching throughout the SED and in member congregations for discipleship empowerment, spiritual growth, and organizational development.
- Provide coaching support to pastors, church workers, congregational leaders, and the Priesthood of All Believers to discover and more effectively live out their calling in Christ.
- To connect God’s people around our district’s mission of connecting people to Jesus so that lives are transformed and God’s kingdom grows.
- To raise up and multiply coaches within SED congregations for greater vocational discipleship.
- Encourage and support one another in our coaching ministries, that we would grow in our knowledge and proficiency as coaches.
Individual Coaching
Engage a coach for one-on-one coaching conversations around leadership support, professional growth, sabbatical planning, personal well-being, leading through change, and vocational discernment.
Group Coaching
Engage in a collaborative learning environment, facilitated by a coach, with others who share a common focus.
Team Coaching
Engage a coach to work with your ministry team for starting new Kingdom initiatives, strategic visioning and implementation, strengths-based organizational development, and team-building.
Meet the coaches
Rev. Dr. Travis Guse, PCC
Executive Director Of Wellness & Coaching
Southeastern District, LCMS
Contact Info:
tguse@se.lcms.org | 208-680-4928
About Me As A Coach:
I serve as the Director of Wellness & Coaching for the Southeastern District (LCMS). I am an ICF-certified Life & Executive Coach (PCC) and Gallup Strengths Coach. Recently, I completed my doctorate in Coaching (D.Min.) from Western Seminary in Portland, OR. My passion is to empower everyday believers to discover and live out their authentic calling in Christ to be a greater blessing in the world today. I have a conviction that every believer needs to be empowered to be the Church, not just go to church, as part of their calling as the Priesthood of All Believers.
As a coach, I specialize in vocational discernment and empowerment, starting new entrepreneurial ventures, strengths-based coaching and team building, leadership development and effectiveness, visioning and strategic planning, positive organizational development, and wellness/well-being coaching. I also serve as a coach trainer with Coach Approach Ministries (CAM), providing ICF-certified coach training through our SED Coaching Network and beyond.
Coaching Niche & Expertise:
Coach Certifications & Accreditations: • ICF Certified Coach, PCC • Certified Wellness Coach • Gallup Certified Strengths Coach • Trained in Gallup’s Builder Profile (BP10) • Certified Myers-Briggs Facilitator • Certified in EQ-i 2.0 & 360 • Certified In Christian DISC Assessment • Trained in Appreciative Inquiry • Auxano Certified Clarity First Navigator (Church Unique & God Dreams) • Coach Trainer with CAM
Coaching Certifications:
PCC – Professional Certified Coach (International Coach Federation)
SED Coaching Certified
Contact Info:
preacherdog@cox.net | 208-860-0991
About Me As A Coach:
I received my Coaching certification in 2013 and have since been coaching individuals, congregational leaders and teams in a variety of coaching formats. I do individual, triad or team coaching using different coaching models to help each coaching client discover their God-given gifts, passions and strengths, and to further harness those talents for greater Kingdom impact.
My goal as a coach is to be your creative think partner and to help you strategize how to move from point A to point B using the best of who God made you to be.
Coaching Niche & Expertise:
Coaching on CliftonStrengths; Divine GPS (Called2B); SED Lay Deacon formation; life coaching; mission coaching.
Coaching Certifications:
Mission Coach i(2013) Center for US Missions
CAM 501: Foundations of Christian Coaching
CAM 503: Coaching Change, Transitions, and Transformation
CAM 508: Coaching for Spiritual Growth
SED Coaching Certified
Contact Info:
About Me As A Coach:
I served in the church for 18 years as an office manager and pastoral ministry assistant. As a church volunteer I have served as Assimilation Chairperson, LWML Secretary and President, Lay Minister of Administration, Coordinator of Congregational Renewal Team, and Multi-site Coordinator. Currently serving as Leader of Pregnancy Support Group for single moms and in my second term as congregation president. While not officially serving as a coach in these positions, my role has always been to affect positive change whether proactively, amidst transitions, or through adaptive change.
I have authored two books: The Good News According to Rock-n-Roll and Be Quick to Listen with Dr. Rick Bommelje.
In addition to the certificates below, I earned a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Behavior from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, and an master’s degree in Positive Organization Development and Change from Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland, OH.
I have been married to my husband, Joe, for 51 years. We have two grown daughters, three grandchildren and a beagle named Stella.
Coaching Niche & Expertise:
Most people dislike change. I did, until I started studying the science of change and realizing how vital adaptability is in this unpredictable world. You might have heard the statement that the ‘only constant is change’. Therefore, life and everything in it is subject to transformation. When it comes to individuals, coaching is all about change. The same holds true for organizations that have been the subject of a myriad of change management theories. That’s why guiding people and organizations through change is my passion. I like to focus on adaptability, building resilience, increasing opportunities, overcoming resistance and new ways to promote positive personal and organizational development.
Coaching Certifications:
Certificate In Developing Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence*
Appreciative Inquiry Certificate In Positive Business And Society Change*
SED Certified Coach
Certified Christian Leadership Coach**
*Issued by Case Western Reserve University/Weatherhead School of Management
**Issued by Coach Approach Ministries
Tina has a passion for helping churches uncover their unique sweet spot for ministry and learning to thrive in it. Tina is a Director of Christian Outreach, ICF Certified Coach, and an entrepreneur with 25 years of experience of helping congregations maximize their collective potential to meet the needs and opportunities in their community.
Contact Info:
pastorgaretellis@gmail.com | 517-643-7140
About Me As A Coach:
I love being able to help people make positive changes within their lives, from the big, monumental changes to the small, everyday life changes. I love being able to work with people to accomplish their “aha” moments. But most importantly, I love being able to help people see where God is leading in their lives and how to follow that lead.
Coaching Niche & Expertise:
My career and background include many years as a husband, father, pastor, teacher, and family life minister. Because of this, I am especially passionate about working with church workers and congregations as they seek to faithfully serve God and their neighbor. I also appreciate working with husbands and fathers as they serve their spouse and family.
Coaching Certifications:
Certified Coach
SED Coaching Certified
Contact Info
donnalippitt@gmail.com | 443-812-1477 (cell)
Name: Donna Lippitt, Coach for Pastor/Church Worker Spouses, Lay Deacons
About Me As A Coach:
Donna has been an LCMS pastor’s wife in the Southeastern District for 23 years and has served in the church on staff as a worship team leader and music director. She has led strategic church planning teams and women’s ministry programs. She has owned her own small business and worked professionally as a writer, conference planner and non-profit administrative director. She currently works in recruiting and onboarding for a homecare company in the Richmond, VA area. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the Pennsylvania State University. Donna has been married to her husband, George, for 36 years and is the mother of a grown daughter and two grown sons and grandmother to a precious 3-year-old granddaughter. A very loving son-in-law and Yellow Labrador, Nittany, round out the family.
Coaching Expertise:
Donna serves the Southeastern District as a Certified Coach, Lay Deacon and on the District’s Church Worker Wellness Team. In addition to coaching a Lay Deacon huddle, Donna’s coaching passion is to help pastors’ wives and other church worker spouses identify and process the joys and challenges they experience in their unique role in the body of Christ and to live out God’s plan for their personal and family health, spiritual growth, unique gifting and service and leadership in the Kingdom of God.
Pastors, church workers and their spouses swim in the ministry fishbowl where everyone sees them as they live and work. Spouses are given a place of honor in the body of Christ, yet many times they are lonely. It is hard to make and maintain friendships, and they sometimes don’t know who they can trust. They are sometimes confused about their role in the church or at the mercy of church culture expectations and/or intense ministry need. They sometimes struggle to maintain healthy boundaries and balance between home and church.
Coaching can help pastor and church worker spouses increase awareness around these unique joys and challenges and help them assess their own spiritual and emotional health, empower them to discover their unique gifting in the Kingdom of God, and provide resources to support and encourage them in their ministries. Coaching can help them chart a course for positive change and growth!
Contact Info:
pastor@livinghopestafford.org | 540-657-4105
About Me As A Coach:
I have been a coach in the SED Coaching Network for the past three years. I believe in the value of coaching as a resource for support, encouragement, and positive change. As a coach, I am honored and privileged to join people in their lives, careers, or personal journeys as they explore and work toward a bright and better future. I take seriously the trust those being coached place in me. I am committed to confidentially and, with the permission of the person I am coaching, to praying for them in my personal prayers.
A little about me personally. I am forty years old and have a wife and three children. I have served as a Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod Pastor for thirteen years in both large and smaller congregations. I love Jesus and His mission, the Bible, my family, sports, history, reading, traveling, and exercising.
Coaching Niche & Expertise:
I am open to all coaching situations. I am a coach because I believe that all people are important to God and loved by God. As I coach, I want to walk with others and guide them in whatever way they discover is best for them.
Coaching Certifications:
SED-Certified Coach
I am currently serving as Senior Pastor and Executive Director at King of Glory in Williamsburg, VA. I also serve as the Program Coordinator for the SED Lay Deacon Program.
Contact Info: revlannonmartin@gmail.com; 757.258.9701
About Me As A Coach: I am a challenger. I like to challenge up and coming church workers to dream big, work hard, and see what God has in store.
Coaching Niche & Expertise: I have coached Lay Deacons, Lay Deacon Interns, and Vicars primarily as they find their own strengths and passions for kingdom service.
Coaching Certifications: CAM CCLC
Contact Info:
Email Jeff Marquardt | T – (704) 562-9104
I have been an LCMS parish pastor for 29 years and involved in coach training and coaching since 2019.
About Me As A Coach: I am an encourager! I am most gratified when I see a coaching client find a new direction or consider a new (to them) way of looking at their life and/or their work.
Coaching Expertise: My interests in coaching are particularly directed towards how rest and sabbatical can impact a person’s whole life.
Coaching Experience & Training: I have taken several of the coaching courses offered through the SED and am working toward my ACC accreditation. My experience has included coaching towards a sabbatical and as a Lay Deacon Training huddle coach.
Coaching Method: My objective in coaching is to help each client make positive changes in their profession and life.
Contact Info
alison.speerbrecker@gmail.com | 763-234-6738
About Me As A Coach:
I’m a former Licensed Clinical Social Worker (adult mental health focus) turned stay-at-home mom of 5 turned Enneagram coach + life coach. I feel like I’ve “seen it all” and my sweet spot is listening with empathy + non-judgment.
My passion is working with women who feel like they need to see change in their lives but don’t feel confident or capable of making those changes. I love to come alongside them + help them understand what has been keeping them stuck (beliefs about themselves, behavior patterns, etc) + create a plan to move forward (cheering them on all the way!).
I’m able to use a variety of modalities in my coaching, including Enneagram education, mindset/thought work + behavioral change tools. The coaching is tailored to meet each client where they uniquely find themselves.
Coaching Niche & Expertise:
I have worked with women struggling to meet personal + business goals, overcome negative self-talk, people pleasing, self-limiting beliefs + develop healthy habits. I have provided group and individual Enneagram-based coaching, as well as Enneagram workshops.
Coaching Certifications:
Enneagram Certified Coach
SED Coaching Certified
About Me As A Coach: I am a volunteer coach available for single or short term engagements to help people navigate through life’s uncertainties and transitions. Though the person being coached is charting the course through the coaching process, I aim to help him or her ultimately see God’s guidance through life, even in times of turbulence. An engineer by profession, I feel that bigger challenges can often be tackled by breaking them into manageable pieces, and creating a path where progress is made toward the goal step-by-step.
Coaching Experience & Training: SED Certified Coach
Contact Info:
Contact Info:
glennroseman5@gmail.com | 828-302-9305
About Me As A Coach:
As a pastor, I desire to identify, develop, and build upon my current skill set. In so doing, I am better suited to assist others in their daily pursuits. I welcome and appreciate the privilege of walking beside others as they seek God’s will in their lives; free themselves from life’s thickets, grow, and thrive.
Coaching Expertise:
After beginning training in 2021, I have continued to train and network with other Christian coaches through the Southeastern District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
Coaching Experience & Training: CAM 501 Foundations of Christian Coaching, CAM 502 Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship, Group Mentor Coaching.
Coaching Method: Let’s discover God’s plan together!
Contact Info:
tim@giftedpeople.org | 704-641-5811
About Me As A Coach:
I have been involved in coaching for over 10 years. I was first introduced to coaching by George Bullard who at the time was training coaches in partnership with Jane Creswell at the Hollifield Leadership Center in NC.
Coaching Expertise:
My coaching has involved work with pastors, professional church workers and congregations. Through Wheat Ridge Ministries (Now We Raise Foundation) I helped create a Ministry Sabbatical Resource Center and coached pastors in planning sabbaticals.
In retirement, the focus of my coaching is around sabbatical planning and walking with church workers and leaders in times of conflict and change.
Coaching Experience & Training:
A new website has been developed for use by those planning sabbaticals: www.ministrysabaticalresourses.com. I have also created a Conflict and Change Toolbox that assists me in coaching workers facing those issues in ministry. Another helpful resource is the Personal Ministry Plan which is useful to those wanting a greater focus on their ministry and better accountability. Information about both of these resources can be found on my website.
Coaching Method:
Most of my coaching is done by phone because of the distance involved with those I coach. It has also been a cost-effective way to walk with people.
Contact Info:
Myers0696@hotmail.com | 860-287-9827
About Me As A Coach:
I take an easy and very relational approach to coaching my clients. Let’s have a conversation, and spend some time together, and along the way, we’ll find a path that encourages your growth or next steps. I believe that hidden in the undercurrents of our chats lies the direction your heart wants to go, and I aim to help bring that to the surface. I love to use the occasional assessment tool or activity to open new awareness or shed light into an area or strength that may be hiding within.
Coaching Niche & Expertise:
I have several areas that I am currently coaching in. I love to work with Military Spouses because I can relate to them on many levels. I am a good fit for people looking for Occupational change and/or transition. I’ve helped a few homeschooling families with organization, curriculum, and time management. And lastly, I have a passion for helping married or engaged couples.
Coaching Certifications:
SED-Certified Coach
Prepare/Enrich Certified
Contact Info:
Alan.c.shaw@hotmail.com | (919) 307-9247
About Me As A Coach: I am a retired Army officer with over 22 years of leading organizations and teams at various levels. I received my coach certification through Coach Approach Ministries in 2014 and started Plumb Line Strategies, LLC “helping people and organizations align to what’s next”. I currently work with the military special operations community on transforming organizational culture. My heart is with working with individuals and churches looking to learn more about themselves and moving forward to what’s next.
Coaching Expertise: Leadership Coaching, Congregational Coaching, Team Building and Group Dynamics, Game Theory Exercises, Entrepreneur 90-day Transformation Challenge, Behavior Assessment (individual and team)
Coaching Experience & Training: Certified John Maxwell Team member, Certified Path4 / Path6 and DiSC Behavior Assessments, Church Planter Coaching, High Performance Patterns Coaching, Certified gameOn facilitator, Certified Mobile Team Challenge (team building)
Coaching Method: Coaching Packages, In person, Skype/Facebook, Workshops, Individual/Group