Sabbatical Coach

Sharon Howell Welsch

Book an Appointment Sharon loves having the opportunity to encourage and listen to the heart of another through the disciplines of spiritual direction, coaching, and soul care.  She describes this ministry by inviting us to envision sitting on a screened in porch, sipping sweet tea, and sharing heart to heart in unhurried conversation about one’s […]

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Pamela Nelson

Book an Appointment Pamela serves with Soul Shepherding as a Sr. Spiritual Director and Coach. She is an Ordained Pastor serving as Executive and Biblical Counseling Pastor, Creative Arts and Women’s Ministries Director. She has been in Ministry for 27 years and currently is The Director of Soul Care for Advance Hope Mental Wellness and 

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Ned McGrady

Ned serves with Soul Shepherding as a Spiritual Director and Coach with a focus on chaplaincy support and missionaries serving cross-culturally. He is the Director of Member Health for World Gospel Mission, has traveled to 31 countries, and served cross-culturally in Mexico and Ecuador. Over the past 30 years, Ned has pastored churches in Ohio

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Rob Jacobs

Rob serves with Soul Shepherding as a Spiritual Director and Coach. He is the Pastor of Spiritual Growth and Development at Saddleback Church. He has an M.A. degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University. Also he has been certified as a StratOp facilitator for churches, and has completed the Soul Shepherding Institute and Spiritual Direction

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John Walton

John serves with Soul Shepherding as a Spiritual Director providing soul care and coaching, especially for pastors. He is a Senior Pastor with nearly 30 years of experience in historic and intergenerational churches. He has an M.Div. degree from Howard University and a D.Min degree from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, with an emphasis in Leadership

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Dave Rimoldi

Dave serves on the staff of Soul Shepherding providing spiritual direction, sabbatical coaching, retreats, seminars, and supervision of spiritual direction students. He’s also an adjunct faculty member at Talbot School of Theology and has been a pastor with churches in the Long Beach area for close to 20 years. He has an M.A. in Christian

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Sungshim Loppnow

Sungshim serves with Soul Shepherding as a Spiritual Director and Coach. She is also licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working in private practice and as a church consultant. For over a decade she was a pastor’s wife at a Korean American megachurch. She has an M.A. degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller Theological

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Dave Larson

Dave serves with Soul Shepherding as a Spiritual Director and Coach. He is the Lead Pastor for a large church in California’s Central Valley, where he has served for nearly 30 years. He has an M.A. degree from California Theological Seminary. Also he and his wife Gena completed the Soul Shepherding Institute and Spiritual Direction

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Gena Larson

Gena serves with Soul Shepherding as a Spiritual Director and Coach. She is the Executive Director of a non-profit ministry and has been a pastor’s wife at a large church for over 30 years. She and her husband Dave completed the Soul Shepherding Institute and Spiritual Direction certificate training. She was struggling with burnout when

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