People...


Gonzalo Degadillo
Pastor Degadillo translates our closed-captioned videos for international outreach.  Gonzalo holds a Masters degree in International Affairs and Electrical Engineering in addition to a degree in Divinity from the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.  Since 2006 he has been both a pastor in Florida and Director of Spanish within  WELS Multi-Language Publications . Here he is shown with his wife María Inés.  They have two children:  Gonzalo and Juan Jose.

Pastor Degadillo's work can also be seen in his websites  Iglesia por Internet,
Blog Christo Palabra de Vida and Website Cristo Palabra de Vida.
Gail and Dona Thornton




Gail and Dona were married at Redeemer in 1971. Gail is a life-long member of Redeemer, having lived in the Yakima area all his life. He is a long-time cattle rancher from the Cowiche area and serves as president on the Church
Council. Dona has worked at Albertson's
bakery for 26 years and is active in Anna Circle.  They have two children, Jody and Stacy, and four grandsons; Trey, Ty, Brandon, and Michael.


John and Ruth Hardison
John and Ruth met each other at Redeemer in 1975 and have been together ever since.  Both are retired teachers who have served in various roles in the congregation
over the years.  John has published a collection of short stories in a book called
Under God's Sky, and more recently "Christmas Reflections".  He is presently working on his next book which will be published through Northwestern Publishing House. The Hardisons circulate a monthly newsletter and have their own website at http://www.johnrhardison

Our Pastor
Pastor Tim Schwartz grew up in St. Paul
Park, MN. He received his pastoral
training from Northwestern College of
Watertown, WI and
Wisconsin Lutheran
Seminary
in Thiensville, WI. His experience includes service at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tomah, WI five years as a home missionary in southeast New Mexico and three years in Yakima. His wife, Niki is a stay at home mom with experience teaching grades pre-K through third grade. They have been
married ten years and have three children: Jadon, Josiah and Micah.