Keynote Speaker #1 - Ebassa Berhanu

LCMC

Keynote Speaker #1 - Ebassa Berhanu

October 3, 2022 • Ebassa Berhanu

Ebassa is a child of God redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus. He is the lead pastor of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Torrance, CA. Ebassa and his beautiful wife, Hana have 4 children together. Ebassa is passionate in seeing people fall in love with Jesus and investing in the next generation.

2022 Service Coordinator's Report

October 3, 2022 • Mike Bradley

Mike Bradley is the service coordinator for LCMC. Mike brings 40 plus years of leadership and ministry experience, having served in Lutheran congregations in Nebraska (Christ Lutheran Church) and South Dakota (Trinity Lutheran Church) as a youth pastor, worship leader, associate pastor, and senior pastor. He also served as President for The Master’s Institute Seminary for ten years and most recently, as Director for the Alliance of Renewal Churches (ARC). Mike is passionate about helping leaders and congregations create an atmosphere that is a safe place for developing healthy leaders and disciples in the church, and equipping God’s people for lives of effective witness and ministry in the world. He is the author of the book, Being a Safe Place for the Dangerous Kind, in which he articulates the essential connection between solid theology and healthy practice in mission and ministry. Mike enjoys sports of all kinds, having served as a high school basketball and baseball coach while serving Trinity Lutheran Church in Rapid City, South Dakota. He and his wife of forty-two years, Debi, enjoy reading, hiking, and swimming, and Mike enjoys the occasional golf outing. They have five adult children, Andrew Michael, Joseph Ross, Rachel Christine, Stephen Daniel and Benjamin John; three grandsons, Michael, Isaac, and Lucas; and two granddaughters, Violet and Ferrah. Mike and Debi live in Gilbert, AZ with their three-year-old white Labrador, Maggie Mae.

Keynote Speaker #2 - Steve Turnbull

October 4, 2022 • Steve Turnbull

Steve is the senior pastor at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church. He loves Jesus, his wife, his children, God's church, deep dish pizza, and dark coffee.

Keynote Speaker #3 - Graeme Sellers

October 4, 2022 • Graeme Sellers

Graeme started out for the road to Hollywood, determined to write and direct with his friend and collaborator, Bruce, whom he met at Tri-City Mall, where they both worked—Bruce making sandwiches and Graeme selling t-shirts. Bruce went on to win numerous local Emmys and released his first independent feature length film, “Raising Buchanan,” in 2019. Graeme’s life turned in a different direction. A graduate of Fuller Seminary, he was awarded fellowships to pursue theological studies in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Dunedin, New Zealand. The lead pastor at Wonderful Mercy since 1994, Graeme served for 20 years on the National Leadership Team of the Alliance of Renewal Churches and 12 years on the pastoral advisory board for PrayerQuake. When not hanging out with his wife of 30 years and four children, Graeme enjoys deep sea fishing, single malt scotch, Americana roots music, and the poetry of W. H. Auden and e.e. cummings. He and Bruce are in talks (sadly, just with each other) to resume work on a screenplay they began in 1987, an adventure thriller set against the backdrop of World War I.