Our Team

Born and reared in Tennessee, Pastor Lisa Rygiel has lived in many different places including Oklahoma, Texas, New York, Louisiana, and now Trinidad. She spent most of her working life as a Certified Safety Professional and recently retired to dedicate herself to full-time ministry. Pastor Lisa has served as a lay leader in the ELCA since 2015, before beginning her studies to become a Lutheran pastor.

On Sunday, Aug. 10, the Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelagouni (Bishop of the ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod) ordained and installed LIsa Rygiel as the new pastor of Zion's Lutheran Church. 

I am pleased to serve this amazing church community!  Like many of us who worship at Zion’s, I grew up in a different denomination.  And, although I have always been involved in some manner in other churches (choir, Sunday School teacher, etc.), I was never called to ministry until I found the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA).  

The values of this organization mirror my own and allow me to serve wholeheartedly and without reservation. These values are grounded in faith, in our biblical and Lutheran confessional sources and our love of God and neighbor. They speak to the way this church lives and practices our faith, and they will guide how we journey forward in Christ as church together. Those values are: 

• Forgiveness and reconciliation 
• Dignity, compassion, and justice 
• Inclusion and diversity 
• Courage and openness to change 
• Faithful stewardship of God's creation and gifts 

Does that sound like a church you would be interested in?  I hope so.  

You can learn more about the ELCA from their website.  Or Come and See (John 1:39) by joining us in worship at 10:00 am on Sunday. 

You are welcome as you are, and you will be loved! 

God’s peace,

Pr. Lisa Rygiel