Welcome Interim Pastor Dana Peterson!

Pastor Dana Peterson is Rocky Mountain Synod’s Assistant to the Bishop for Congregational Vitality and Director for Evangelical Mission.

He works New Start and Strategic ministries, and with the RMS’s initiative called Vital Right-Shaped Ministry (VRSM).  As part of VRSM, Dana coaches and consults with pastors, congregations, and other organizations, helping them grow deeper as disciples of Jesus, discover, and implement their Values, Mission, and Vision, and helps congregations increase their vitality and shape their ministries for their future.

Dana is also the owner of Fresh Thinking Coaching and Consulting (freshthinking.online).  He is an Executive Coach and serves on the Advisory Board for Excellence in Leadership, the leadership development ministry begun in the Rocky Mountain Synod in 2017. He has led workshops on Emotional Intelligence, and is certified as an “EQi 2.0” instructor and facilitator.  In addition, he has been a non-profit executive and capital campaign consultant.

Ordained in 1984, Dana has served congregations in Fort Collins, Colorado, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Dana is a husband, father of four, grandfather of six, bass player, and avid motorcycle rider (not necessarily in that order).  He lives in Fort Collins with his wife, Karen, and their dog, Rags.    Karen and Raggy the dog will join him in the Twin Cities when their house in Colorado sells.  Until then Dana will be bunking in with one of his sons and daughters-in-law in Highland Park.