Our Staff

Rev. Bruce Rumsch, Pastor and Minister of Worship and Spiritual Care

Pastor Bruce Rumsch was born in Springfield, IL but grew up in Edmonton, Alberta.  Following a move with his parents to Portland, OR, he attended school in Indiana, and Illinois, finally graduating from Concordia Seminary, Ft. Wayne in 1978.  He has served Congregations in Osburn and Mullan, Idaho; Oak Harbor, Washington; and came to Trinity, Hillsboro in 1989.  While at Trinity he has served as the Associate Pastor from 1989 until 2007.  In 2008 he became the Minister of Worship and Spiritual Care and currently continues to serve in that capacity.  During his time at Trinity, he also served as a US Navy Reserve Chaplain, retiring from that in 2005.  Pastor Bruce loves the outdoors, enjoys WW2 and Old West history, and is a founding member of the Trinity Cruisers motorcycle group.  Bruce and Carol have two grown daughters; Becky, a DCE in Bellevue, WA; and Charlotte, married to Pastor Dan Weber in Coeur d'Alene, ID.  They also have one tremendous granddaughter, Alexis, and one tremendous grandson, Micah.

Clint Souligny, Minister of Outreach and Congregational Life

K. UmaShankar ("Uma"), Minister of Children, Youth, and Families

Ryan McIvor, Deacon

Ryan McIvor was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up southwest Portland.  He has been licensed as a Deacon in the Northwest District LCMS since December 2004 and has served Trinity Lutheran in that capacity since January 2005.  Ryan also serves as a member of the Executive Staff of the Northwest District – Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod as the Northwest District Vice President of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF).  Ryan and his wife, Jenny, live in Hillsboro along with two children (Justin and Alexis) and Samantha the dog.

Kelly Dobbin, Music Minister

René Williams, Preschool Director

Mrs. René Williams attended University of Oregon and has taken many early education courses. Her experience includes nine years of teaching at Trinity Preschool. René has one son, Willie (14) who attends Hillsboro High School. René has been a part of Trinity congregation all her life and is involved in many different areas of ministry within the church, including Children, Youth and Family ministry and Stephens Ministry.

Sandy Madsen, Parish Nurse Coordinator

Sandy Madsen has been a registered nurse since 1985 when she completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Linfield College. Her nursing experience includes 8 years of acute care nursing at Good Samaritan Hospital (Portland, OR) working in the "float pool" and in the Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. She also spent 14 years as a Community Health Nurse at Legacy Visiting Nurse Association providing skilled nursing visits to homebound individuals with a variety of illnesses.

Sandy was introduced to the idea of Parish Nursing by Pastor Bruce Rumsch. Given her background in community health and volunteer programs she found the idea interesting and completed training as a parish nurse in 2003. At that time she became active as a volunteer parish nurse at Trinity. In 2005 she completed the Basic Preparation course for Parish Nurse Coordinators and was hired a few months later as Tuality Hospital's first Parish Nurse Coordinator. In 2010 she was hired by Northwest Parish Nurse Ministries as the organization’s Education Coordinator. She works full time in both positions and continues to volunteer as the Parish Nurse Coordinator at Trinity. Sandy really enjoys being actively involved in her community especially promoting programs that support health and wellness.

Sandy married her husband, Aaron, in 1987, at Trinity. They have two adult children, Connor, who actively serves in the US Navy, and Hayley, a college student.

Astri Bragstad, Accounting/Events Coordinator/Membership

Lori Campbell, Office Secretary

Lori has been working in our Church office since the fall of 2004. Previous to coming to Trinity she worked in office capacities in both the Forest Grove and Banks School Districts and the world of insurance.  As a Christian, Lori supports several local charities and service groups and is involved in service to both the young and the elderly.  She has volunteered countless hours with local schools, public library, community groups and organizations including Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America, The Metropolitan Youth Symphony of Portland and her church women's organization. Lori and her husband have lived in the Forest Grove area for 30 years and have raised six children.  She enjoys tending her grandchildren, sewing, reading and ballroom dancing.