LAMA Policy Council welcomes Vicar Wendi Van Beek

Vicar Wendi Van Beek joins the LAMA Policy Council, accepting the call to serve a three-year term on the board.

Vicar Wendi Van Beek (she/her/hers) is the Minister of Word and Service (Deacon) intern at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Tucson. Vicar Wendi earned her MA degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in May of 2023, an M.Ed in Education Administration from the College of Counseling and Human Resource Development at South Dakota State University in 2011, a BS degree in Behavioral Science from Bellevue University in 2008, and an AA degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in History from Kilian Community College in 2007.

Vicar Wendi feels her vocational call in the Church to accompany others, equip others, empower others in their process of discernment and their identity as disciples.  She feels called to do this through the gifts of coaching, spiritual practices, spiritual direction, and personal development. She is committed to radical welcome and inclusion, so that we may more fully embrace our neighbor, our community, our world, and work for advocacy and justice in and for the world that God so loves. 

Vicar Wendi is originally from South Dakota. In addition to her work as intern at OSLC, and LAMA Policy Council, she serves on the national board for Diakonia: Growing in Faith, and on the Internship Task Force for Wartburg Theological Seminary. In her free time Vicar Wendy enjoys reading, traveling, crocheting, camping, cheering for the Minnesota Twins, and spending time with beloved family and friends. 

Please join LAMA in welcoming Vicar Wendi to the Policy Council, and encourage her through prayer and accompaniment in this important work.