Many, many teams comprise Agapé Church. We are so thankful for them! Our Ushers, Greeters, Worship Teams, etc. are so important to the daily function of our church. They are categorized into administration and ministry departments.
YOUR PASTORAL CARE TEAM
Your Pastoral Care Team, part of the ministry department, is a group of ministers ready to meet the needs of the church body. Contact information for this team can be picked up at Agapé. General prayer requests, please click here.
Dave along with his wife, Nancy have attended Agapé since October of 1981. They have 3 children and 10 grandchildren that keep them busy.
Dave and Nancy enjoy going to their families activities and spending time with them.
Growing up in a Catholic family on a dairy farm, Mary Kay learned Christian values and the reward of hard work. A painful divorce led her seeking answers in life, ultimately coming to the belief that Christ paid the price for her sin and accepted Him as her personal Lord and Savior, becoming born again on March 19, 1986. She began to grow in her faith and relationship with Father God.
After four years, Mary Kay moved to Nashville and attended Faith is the Victory Church. While there, she was involved in street ministry, bible studies in the inner City, and prison ministry, where she shared the good news of Jesus Christ. She moved back to Iowa in 1999 and found Agapé in the phone book! She felt God leading her to Agapé, began attending, and developed a deeper walk with Father God, diving into the process of receiving Father’s love and giving it away. Her passion is intercessory prayer and ministering to others through prayer ministry, seeing lives transformed by God’s healing love.
Grounded, practical, and curious. Mindy gleans stories from the Bible and weaves them into a picture of God’s love for your life today, She is committed to breaking through the barriers past experiences and have trapped in us, laying a new framework free of shame and condemnation.
An unexpected encounter with the unconditional love of God changed Christy’s life and ignited a hunger in her for more. Since that day, she’s been intentionally pursuing healing and a deeper relationship with Father God. She recently completed a certificate program in narrative focused trauma care through The Allender Center where she learned to open her heart to others and discovered common themes of pain we all share. Christy enjoys asking questions that invite others to experience more healing and a deeper walk with God. She’s quite witty and makes good use of her dry sense of humor.
Married for 37 years, Craig and Sheila bring hope, encouragement, and plant seeds of greatness. Truly, nothing is too big for God. They have attended Agapé for 35 years and trained in prayer ministry of the Father’s healing love, learning to receive healing from the past and comfort in the present. This healing has drawn them to the brokenhearted and the underdog, enabling them to share hope with the hopeless. Their greatest joy is to see others receive God’s comfort and love, then turn around and give it away.
A heart big enough to welcome everyone, seasoned by a love strong enough to withstand the harshest storm. Jenni’s shepherd’s heart is at work in filling the role of pastoral team lead, tumbling coach, and personal trainer, all with the common thread of encouraging others to accomplish their dreams. Jenni’s hope is for everyone to experience the unrelenting love of Father God.
Dureen is the administrator at Agapé for over 30 years. Over the years, Dureen has been involved in many aspects of ministry at Agapé including teaching and prayer ministry. She is always ready with words of encouragement for the Body. Dureen has attended and facilitated several Father’s Love Conferences and Teaching/Training Seminars. Dureen and husband Gary have 2 children, 5 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild.
Su Berger has been a member of Agapé for over 40 years. Su facilitated Children’s Ministry for most of those years. Su and her husband, Thom have been involved in the following activities: Inside/Out Team, Home Bible studies, Altar Ministry, Prayer Ministry Traveling Team. They have attended the following: Wally Jordahl for Bootcamp Counseling Center for 2 years; Rhema bible school Continuing Education; CMAI; Marriage Counseling training through Thrivent. They have 3 Adult children: Jeremy, Joshua, and Jaci and 4 grandchildren, Alexia, Rachel, Kalliape and Aiden.
Play the video to find out about the different teams in our Administration Department!
Pastoral Care Team
The Pastoral Care Team meets the needs of the church body. Whether you need prayer, counseling, or an officiant for a wedding, this team can help you. You will find many of these people facilitating our services or other special events.
- Jenni Coleman* (Team Lead)
- Su Berger*
- Dureen Bradshaw*
- Craig and Sheila Dwine*
- Christy Johansen*
- Doug and Mindy Ralston
- Bob Scott
- Mary Kay Schlader*
- Dave and Nancy Wilson*
*On-call ministers.
Play the video to view all of the teams in our Ministry Department!