Education: Born and raised in Hastings, Nebraska BA – Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska M. Div. – Central Lutheran Theological Seminary, Fremont, Nebraska Served as Lutheran Pastor: Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church, large metropolitan congregation in Omaha, Nebraska; associate pastor, director of Youth & Christian Education and heavily involved in communication and outreach programs First St. Paul’s… Read More »

Dave is married to Karen Sitzman and are year-round residents of Sun City Grand and have been members of Spirit of Grace since 2002. Moved from the Seattle area where they lived the previous 23 years where Dave had a career in sales and marketing in the construction industry. Currently member: Outreach Worship Ministry, Choir,… Read More »

Sue is married to Doug and they have been members of Spirit of Grace for the past 12 years. Sue has been a member of the Personnel Committee for 10 years and is currently serving as the Chairperson. Was a member of the Stewardship Committee for two years. Was a member of the Call Committee… Read More »

My husband, Mick, and I have lived in Sun City Grand since 2006. In 2013 we joined Spirit of Grace, and we both feel blessed to be part of such a wonderful Christian community. Our son’s family lives in Davenport, IA. Our daughter’s family lives in Seattle, WA. We have three grandchildren ages 6, 4,… Read More »

SPENCER (SPENCE) VIDEON – Moved to Sun City Grand in 2004 from Aspen, Colorado where he was in various management positions. After several years as snowbirds, they became full time residents and members of Spirit of Grace in 2015. In Colorado Spence was involved in Sunday School teaching and also served as Director of Sunday… Read More »

Dick was born in Decatur Illinois in 1944 where he attended Eisenhower High School. He married Marilyn in 1969. He began his career with the Goodyear Tire and rubber co. in 1966 and retired in 2001. During his tenure he held numerous field and home office management positions in sales and marketing. The last 13… Read More »

Richard is a native of Indianapolis and is a veteran with four years in the United States Air Force. After service he returned to Indianapolis and went to work for Western Electric Company, which evolved into AT&T/Lucent Technology. Promoted into management and after serving in various positions was transferred to Chicago. Shortly after starting at… Read More »

Robin was born and raised in Chicago. He has been married to wife Beverly for 52 years. They were married at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and continued their membership there until moving to the suburbs. They are proud parents of three children and seven grandchildren. Both Robin and Beverly have served on church council at… Read More »

Treedah was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, but was raised in Missouri. As a child, her mother took her to a Baptist church every Sunday. She has three children with eight grandchildren with a great granddaughter on the way. While raising her family in Sheridan they attended the “Christian” church. Treedah enjoyed teaching Sunday School to… Read More »

My life’s journey has been varied and blessed. I spent over 25 years in the hotel industry and had the opportunity to live and work all across the USA from Minneapolis to Miami, Chicago to San Diego and many places in between. Travel has been a lifelong passion and these experiences afforded me an opportunity… Read More »

Sheila was born in Iowa but when she was 6 years old, her family moved to Southern California and she became a “California Girl” growing up one-quarter mile from Knott’s Berry Farm, the beach, and “good old time rock-n-roll.” From the time she was 7 years old, she knew she wanted to be a secretary/administrative… Read More »

Fred hails from Detroit Michigan. After a four year stint in the Air Force he moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington where he majored in Drama. Needing employment, he went to work at the Sears Catalog Plant in Seattle where he lingered for thirty years, spending his evenings acting and directing in… Read More »

A native of Chicago, Linda is a graduate of Illinois State University with a BS in Business Education and Administration, MBA from Inter American University in Puerto Rico, and a Master of Arts in Religion from the Athenaeum of Ohio, a Catholic seminary. Before coming to SOG, she worked for General Electric in their financial… Read More »

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… Read More »

Gerry is an ex-Brit and moved to the USA in 1984 when he married Marianne. In England, Gerry had worked for a large Aerospace Company for 25 years and had been an Accountant, a Systems Manager and an Auditor for the company. Gerry and Marianne initially lived in Virginia where Gerry worked as Controller for… Read More »

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… Read More »

Jerry and 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… Read More »

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… Read More »