This interview was originally published on the Living Lutheran website on June 16, 2026. Read the full article here.

In 2012, my then-girlfriend, now my wife, Shelley, and I were visiting multiple churches in the Raleigh area. We came from different church backgrounds but had similar wants in a church. After our first visit to Good Shepherd, we both were drawn to it and knew we wanted to connect more.

We are involved in many ways in and around Good Shepherd. We love the life-changing service theme that the church actively lives out. We enjoy volunteering for Family Promise, a charity for at-risk and homeless families, and Coffeehouse, a regularly offered evening of entertainment for all ages with an emphasis on adults with developmental delays. Our children are active in youth and cross-generational ministries as well as acolytes, and Shelley enjoys helping as a worship leader.

It’s important to our family to find ways to connect with the gospel message. Whether that’s hearing it preached from a pulpit—Good Shepherd has great sermons—or living it out through Jesus’ call to love one another in the ministries they have available, there’s something for everyone. Good Shepherd is a place of love and connection. 

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