Our Team

  • Scott Hackler

    Senior Pastor

    pastorscott@spiritofgrace.com

    Pastor Scott comes to us from South Dakota, his home state, but has also served as a pastor in Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico and Illinois. He is married to Miriam and they have four adult children, Jon (married to Amanda), Zach, Hannah (married to Roy), Ian and one very special grandson, Raylan..

    Pastor Scott was a music major in his undergraduate work and received his Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. His interests include Fly Fishing, food and travel. Pastor Scott and Miriam are loving life in Arizona and excited to be a part of such a dynamic ministry.

  • Merly Miranda

    Admin Assistant

    merly@spiritofgrace.com

  • Deb Frusciano

    Faith Community Nurse

    deborah@spiritofgrace.com

    Deborah is originally from Michigan and moved to Arizona in 1999 as a full-time resident. She received her nursing degree from the University of Detroit and worked as a nurse for 32 years before retiring from full time nursing July 2015. While in Michigan, she and her husband attended St. Peter’s Lutheran Church where she was active in Stephen Ministry and in volunteer nursing activities. As a nurse in Michigan, she worked in ICU, Hospice/Home Care and did volunteer work at a domestic violence shelter, Salvation Army homeless shelter and AIDS Interfaith Network.

    Since moving to Arizona in 1999, she worked as the Pediatric HIV Clinical Nurse Coordinator at Phoenix Children’s Hospital until 2015. Deborah continues to maintain her Arizona Nursing license as well as certification in two areas of nursing—ACRN (AIDS Certified Registered Nurse) and CT (Certification in Thanatology: Death, Dying, and Bereavement). Deborah received her Faith Community Nurse (FCN) training in 2007 and attended an updated course in 2018. While at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, she served on the Nurse Practice Council and the Phoenix Metropolitan Area HIV/AIDS Planning Council. She also had the privilege of working extensively with refugee populations from all over the world with spiritual and psycho-social needs in addition to their medical needs.

    She and her husband Rich have been members of Spirit of Grace since 1999. Since joining the church here, she has served as a Stephen Minister leader, blood pressure lead nurse, CPR/AED coordinator, Advent Giving Tree coordinator, secretary of the church council and in other areas as needed

  • Glenn Schultz

    Director of Finance & Administration

    glenn@spiritofgrace.com

    Glenn has been a Valley resident since 1956, graduating from ASU with a degree in finance. He practiced as a CPA from 1969 to 1991 when he left public accounting. From 1991 until 2009 he worked in financial planning, and real estate development before becoming a sales manager. From 2009 to 2015 he was the owner/manager of a downtown Phoenix restaurant. Because of a need to be in the workforce, he joined SOG as its accountant at the beginning of 2019.

  • Jerry Huston

    Facilities Manager

    JHuston@spiritofgrace.com

    Jerry and his wife Annie moved to Tucson in 1979 from Des Moines, Ia. Jerry worked for Pima County Facilities as Construction Project Manager. Multi-million dollar projects like Parking Garages, Juvenile Court Center, Jails, then moved on to two team Spring Training Stadiums/Recreation Complexes (Tucson and Surprise). You could say all the challenges involved with building things was his passion, watching beautiful buildings or a recreation complex grow from a simple plot of ground. Now retired, enjoys his position as Facilities Mgr at SOG, the challenge of gourmet cooking, and his newest passion is becoming the next Barbecue Pit Master.

  • Norm Lindstrom

    Assistant to Facilities Manager

    Norm was born in Chicago and raised in Milwaukee where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin. He and his spouse Franci, a native of Tucson, met and later married in Phoenix in 1981. Due to Norm’s career path, they have lived in San Diego, Spartanburg, SC, Cleveland, OH and suburban Denver. In April of 2014 they relocated from Cripple Creek, CO to escape the long winters. They are both avid Green Bay Packer fans.

  • Annie Huston

    Grace Notes Editor

    annie@spiritofgrace.com

  • Ken Carnes

    Choir Director

  • Dr. Joe Dramise

    Counseling Ministry

    Dr. Dramise provides “By Apointment only” counseling sessions every Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. mornings.

    Each month he leads Kindred Spirtis, an opporutnity for members to socialize to be healthy.

    For details shee Ministries - Counceling Ministry.

The Staff meets every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in the Conference Room.

If you have issues you would like the Staff to discuss, please contact Pastor Scott or any member of the Team.