Meet the team.
Shawn Bowman
Senior
Pastor
Pastor
About Pastor Shawn
Pastor Shawn is married to Suzanne and together they have five children Luke, Ethan, Joel, Levi and Faith. Shawn joined the VLC team in the spring of 2004 has been Senior Pastor at Victory Lutheran for over 21 years. Pastor Shawn is responsible for overseeing ministries operating at VLC and providing vision and leadership along with weekly preaching. Shawn’s greatest joy is evangelism and growing people in Christ. His hobbies are fishing, hunting, auto body work, daily walks, Bison football and having family
home as much as possible.
home as much as possible.
Kristen Ronnevik
Student Ministries Director
Jon Ronnevik
Associate
Pastor
Pastor
About Pastor Jon
Pastor Jon is married to Kristin and they have a crew of six boys, Micaiah, Gunnar, Leif, Haakon, Oskar and Finn. Jon joined the Victory staff as Associate Pastor September of 2023 and is responsible for the coordination of our Sunday ministries, supporting and training ministry leaders, and engaging young families. Jon has a heart for discipling, raising up and releasing leaders, and engaging in community. He enjoys riding his Harley, hiking, camping, playing softball, hunting, off-roading, and doing life together with family and friends.
Kelsey Hirsch
Women's Ministry Chair
Conan Hirsch
Director of Worship & Communications
About Conan
Conan and his wife Kelsey were both born and raised around the Bellingham Washington area in the Pacific Northwest. Conan joined the staff at Victory in the Fall of 2019 as Youth and Worship Director. Currently Conan is responsible for leading, building, and training our worship arts program, as well as videography and social media. He enjoys getting to use God's gifts to help share stories of His goodness. Conan enjoys spending time outdoors, cooking, traveling, golfing, playing games, and spending time with friends and family.
Pam Schmiedeberg
Women's Ministry Chair
Fay Tracy
Administrative Assistant & Deaconness
About Fay
Fay and her husband Tom have four adult children; Dan, Steph, Tyler, Zach and four grandchildren. She has been on staff since November of 2005. Fay's role could be described as the "grease that keeps the integral cogs turning" for the pastoral staff and for all ministries at VLC. Her duties include graphic design, website, church center app and Podcast management. In her free time, Fay enjoys cooking, baking bread, sketching & painting in watercolor, gardening, camping, Bible study and time with family and friends.
Otila Cruz
Custodian