The Rev. Canon Ivar Hillesland
Acting Canon for Congregational Development and Leadership FormationIvar oversees congregational development, including The College for Congregational Development, and the coordination and deployment of diocesan consultants for Mutual Ministry Reviews and Vestry Retreats. Ivar has been working in our diocese and beyond as a congregational and intercultural consultant as well as teaching with the College for Congregational Development since 2015. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University, Yale Divinity School, and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, he was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 2012 and continues to minister at Church of the Apostles (COTA), a joint Episcopal/Lutheran worshiping community in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. In the NW Washington Lutheran Synod, he also serves on the Synod Council, Personnel Committee, and Strategic Team for Authentic Diversity and is passionate about building the relationship between Lutherans and Episcopalians. Raised in Pasco, WA, he now lives in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle with his wife Targhee, three boys (Olyver, Odin and Orion) and their adorable dog Matilda. He is also an avid musician who loves to lead and write music for the church (thereverbcollective.com).
- ivarh@ecww.org
- 206.325.4200 x2030
