Pastoral Staff
Pastor Jeff and his wife, Mim, have two children, Jonathan and Rebekah. They came to Good Shepherd in May, 1993. Pastor Jeff graduated with a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Texas Lutheran College (Seguin, TX), and a M. Divinity, honors, from Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN). He is currently working on his Ph.D. dissertation from the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT) in Integrated Marketing Communication.
Before coming to Good Shepherd, Pastor Jeff served five years as Associate Pastor at Excelsior Covenant Church in Excelsior, Minnesota.
His recreational pursuits include motorcycles, horses, skiing, archery, golf, and biking. He is an avid fan of REAL Salt Lake (Major League Soccer). Aside from sports, he loves to play guitar and sing, watch movies, and read good fiction novels.
Mim, his wife, graduated with a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Texas Lutheran College, and a M.A. degree from Augustana Lutheran College (Sioux Falls, SD) in Education. She coaches and teaches at Juan Diego Catholic High School. Mim loves all sports and animals. She grew up in Salt Lake City, while her father, Jerry Trelstad, served Good Shepherd as pastor from 1969 - 1982.
Pastor Jeff's vision for Good Shepherd to become a living Mission Training Center that equips and sends its members forth as missionaries for Christ into their communities and world. Both Pastor Jeff and Mim have served in several local and global missions, with a special heart for ministry to children.
Pastor James was raised in an LDS family in Utah and Anaheim, California. He recognized the Lordship of Jesus Christ as an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California. He has degrees in World Religion, Psychology, Divinity, and a PhD in theology from Marquette University. He has served churches and campus ministries in Colorado, Minnesota, and Utah.
He helped start Salt Lake Theological Seminary in 1984 while serving as a church planter in a Baptist congregation in West Jordan. served as Associate Professor of Biblical and Spiritual Theology for many years. He has authored two books, including Sacred Listening: Discovering the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola (Baker, 2006). James joined our staff in 2005. He shares pulpit duties with Pastors Jeff and Christine. His favorite things at church are worship, teaching, and mentoring your adults. James has three adult children and three beautiful grandchildren. Married for 24 years, he was divorced in 1988. A second marriage ended after only 29 months. His experience of family life and the challenges that come with divorce allow him deep compassion as he counsels and teaches in our congregation. James has many nonacademic interests. His most unusual passion is ballroom dancing. He has taught basic standard and Latin ballroom classes. He also enjoys skiing, tennis, fishing, and hiking in the Wasatch mountains.
Pastor Christine has been a member of Good Shepherd since 1998. She came to Good Shepherd to help in the prayer ministry and was soon led to also teach classes on Wednesday nights and in the Adult Sunday School. As a Seminary graduate and Masters of Divinity student she served as an intern at Good Shepherd. Pastor Christine and her husband have been married for 25 years. They have a son together and Pastor Christine has two daughters from a previous marriage. They also have two grandchildren who are the center of their world. Pastor Christine enjoys preaching and teaching and she is a prayer warrior. She grew up in Salt Lake City and at one time thought she would be a professional ice skater until her life took an unexpected turn when her father died unexpectedly. She is the driving force of our member care ministry and spends much time at the hospital bed side of those who are hurting or on the phone of those who just need to talk. She enjoys traveling with her husband and visiting with her children and grandchildren. She loves to read too.
Ministry Staff
Facility Maintenance
Stuart Zeeh
Stuart Zeeh