Rev. Dr. David Ellingson
Professor of Children, Youth & Family Studies
Director, Children, Youth & Family Center
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• Long-term coaching for congregational youth and family ministry
• Biblical and theological foundations for faith formation
• Youth and family-friendly worship
• Creating family faith rituals
• Spirituality and youth ministry
• Technology and multimedia use in ministry
• Health and wholeness

Beth Elness-Hanson
Professor & Chair of Biblical Studies
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• Who is your God? Why the Bible Matters (1 or 2 sessions)
• Connecting with God through the Psalms (1 to 5 sessions)
• Coming from stick, mud, and cow dung huts: Teaching in Africa (a missionary adventure)
• HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, East Africa: A glimmer of hope
• "How in the world do we interpret Old Testament law?: Discussions on Torah" (1 or 2 sessions)
• "Words of Eternal Life: Inductive Bible Study Methods" (5 to 10 sessions)

Susan Houglum
Professor & Chair of Early Childhood Education
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• Congregational children’s ministry
• Raising children of faith
• Intergenerational ministries
• Planning and evaluating effective Christian education programs
• Sociological effects on children and youth
• 40 Developmental Assets for children
• Children, nature, and God
• Designing learning environments for children

Mark Jackson
Professor & Chair of Children, Youth & Family Studies
Associate Dean for Administration
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• Biblical and theological foundations for faith formation
• Youth leadership training
• Service learning and creating meaningful mission/service experiences
• Church and nonprofit management, strategic long-range planning, program evaluation
• Retreat and conference planning
• History of church architecture

Rev. Erik Samuelson, M.Div., M.A.
Campus Pastor
Director of Spiritual and Vocational Formation

• Available for Sunday preaching and worship leadership
• Creating a culture of call in your congregation
• Congregation-based community organizing
• Spirituality of young adults
• Discover your spiritual type
• Emerging Missional Church
• Connecting to post-modern generations
• Emergent worship—what and how
• Methods for using congregational conflict for mission
• Lutheran Confessions
• Lutheran History
• Reformation Era
• Lutheranism in America

Dr. David Schulz
Professor & Chair of Communications
Director, Integrated Studies Program
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• History, theory, and applications of rhetorical tradition (esp. political campaigns and Greek and Roman history of the tradition)
• Social movements and campaigns (organizing, tactics, strategies, establishment responses)
• Technology and persuasion
• Intercultural communications consultant
• Longtime consultant for healthcare communicative best practices
• Presentational skills coach (for all audiences; have coached dentists, doctors, engineers, etc.)
• Service learning theories and practices