Meet Our Consultants
Each of our consultants is an independent contractor committed to providing competent, ethical, Grace centered, cost sensitive capital campaign consulting and coaching for faith based communities. Our ministry is based on a common vision for congregational stewardship, a commitment to a common work ethic and contracting format with churches.
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Jon B. Olson
Consultant
Pastor Jon B. Olson has a passion for helping congregations reach their stewardship/campaign goals.
During his longtime tenure as senior pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, he helped establish the Hope Lutheran Foundation and was a key leader in five successful capital campaigns to fund a building addition and the remodeling of the church building.
Pastor Olson has found great pleasure working with congregations in Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Dakota, and South Dakota as a consultant with Capital Campaign Services.
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Pastor Olson believes good giving is central to one’s Christian faith and that it is a joy to return to God a portion of what God has first given us.
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Pastor Olson has Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from Minnesota State University in Moorhead, and a Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He lives on Long Lake, near Erhard, Minnesota, and is the father of adult twin daughters.
Philip Reitz
Consultant​
Pastor Philip Reitz, retired from active ministry, continues to find joy in helping congregations grow in generous participation in God's mission in the world. He joined Capital Campaign Services in 2009.
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Pastor Reitz has served congregations in Chicago, IL and Boise, ID. He has also served as a trained Intentional Interim with congregations in Montana and Washington. In 1998 he accepted the call to the Deployed Stewardship Staff in Region 1 of the ELCA, where he worked with congregations and synods to encourage and strengthen leadership competence in stewardship ministry. He has led capital campaigns in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin, California, Colorado, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska.
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Pastor Reitz is committed to helping God’s people grow in their Baptismal covenant as stewards of all that God has entrusted to them. He affirms the connection between one’s stewarding habits and growth in discipleship. Pastor Reitz has a heart for congregational ministry and delights in sharing the journey as God’s people accomplish the vision God has for them.
Phyllis Wiederhoeft
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Trusted Advisor / Coach
While Phyllis Wiederhoeft has stepped back from active ministry as a campaign consultant with CCSN, she continues to associate with our team as a way to provide valuable coaching and insight for our team as well as congregations.
A Deacon (Associate in Ministry) since 1990, she served a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation in Madison, Wisconsin, as a Director of Christian Education, Youth, and Music for eight years before pursuing a master's and a doctorate degree in adult education. Upon completion of those degrees, she served for 13 years as Assistant to the Bishop in the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. In this capacity she focused on working with congregations in the areas of stewardship, evangelism, call process and long-range planning. Phyllis then served as the Executive Director for ALDE, a professional membership association for Christian fundraisers and was awarded the 2016 Outstanding Executive of the Year. She retired from that position May 1, 2019. Phyllis became a Capital Campaign Services Consultant in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2006.
Phyllis is married to Jim, who is a retired estate planning attorney. The Wiederhoefts have two young adult daughters and are members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
Phyllis is committed to helping God’s people grow in their relationship with their Lord through the stewardship of all that God has entrusted to God's people. She is convinced that there is a direct connection between the use of financial resources and growth in discipleship. Phyllis has a love for congregations and delights in helping them accomplish the vision God has for them.
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Tom Peterson
Consultant
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Pastor Tom Peterson has served the Church as an ordained ELCA pastor for forty plus years. He has walked with congregations as they live out their unique calling in the places where they are rooted, while doing vibrant ministry within and beyond their walls. He believes the stewardship of sharing one’s time, talents and financial support is a statement of a committed faith and speaks of being part of something bigger than oneself. Bringing about God’s Kingdom where a congregation and individual members are planted is an awesome calling and mission.
Pastor Tom served four ELCA parishes in the upper Midwest and has been a leader in capital campaigns in all four. Each church enhanced their ministry with the results of their campaigns when they built a new sanctuary, remodeled an education wing, built a new fellowship hall and classrooms, retired a mortgage debt, did the “not-so-glittsy” work, but much needed, restoration and repair to parts of a magnificent
downtown church facility, and/or engaged in special mission support projects. He has seen congregations energized as they catch the Spirit and share a vision for what is possible as they commit to stretching themselves.
Pastor Tom retired from a settled parish ministry setting in the late summer of 2020 and has followed that up to
pursue the role of consultant for capital campaigns in congregations and non-profit organizations and to, also, step into interim positions when the Church called. Parish pastoring and consulting are ministries he loves.
Pastor Tom and his wife, Cindy, have two adult children, a grown foster daughter who has remained a special part of their family, and four young grand-daughters. Cindy and Pastor Tom live in west central Minnesota and feel blessed to enjoy the sunrises over the lake and the nature that surrounds them.
Pastor Tom completed the Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising course in the summer of 2018, with a personal emphasis on generosity/philanthropy, year-round stewardship programming and capital campaigns. The capital campaigns he has led and helped navigate and inspire over the years have been challenging and rewarding.
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Kathryn Haueisen
Trusted Adviser / Coach
While Kathryn Haueisen (Kathy) has recently stepped back from active campaign leadership to pursue other interests, she continues to provide valuable advise and coaching for the CCSN team. Kathy is an ELCA pastor; former Executive Director of Lutherhill Ministries, an ELCA outdoor ministry; and has been a Capital Campaign Consultant since 2007. Over the years she’s been leading congregational capital campaigns she’s worked with dozens of congregations around the country to help congregations raise funds for projects such as building a first unit, expanding existing facilities, repairing a roof, installing an elevator, remodeling outdated facilities, retiring debt and even installing a new geothermal heating system. She served on her synod’s stewardship committee and was the Director of the former ELCA Stewardship Key Leader program from 2011 though 2014, when she retired from full-time ministry. She continues to teach and consult about stewardship and development issues at conferences and in congregations.
Pastor Haueisen earned her Master of Divinity at Wartburg Theological Seminary, through the Lutheran Seminary Program of the Southwest in Austin. She was named the alumni of the year in 2017 and did development work for them prior to accepting the position as Director of the Stewardship Key Leader program.
She lives in Houston with her husband and a spoiled miniature poodle. She enjoys reading, writing and traveling to keep up with her daughters and their families, including six grandchildren scattered over four states. She writes regular blogs about people making helpful contributions to our global village at HowWiseThen.com
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About stewardship, she says, “It all belongs to God. We’re the chosen ones to manage the resources of the world on behalf of God. It is impossible to out give God, but it can be fun trying to do so.
Richard Wehrs
Consultant
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Pastor Richard Wehrs has served Christ’s church in a variety of capacities over nearly 40 years, many focused on worship facilities design & construction, congregational strategic planning and church fundraising. Ordained as a pastor in the ELCA in 1986, his first call in suburban Minneapolis included a position on the church building committee – a turning point in his life.
After serving congregations in Minnesota and Missouri, he spent several years with a nationally known church fundraising organization, and then partnered with a regional design/build firm as a project developer. Most recently he served as Regional Manager for the ELCA Mission Investment Fund, working with ELCA ministries in six states and 13 synods.
He holds graduate certificates in Non-Profit Management and Non-Profit Fundraising/Fund Development from the Center for Non-Profit Management, University of St. Thomas School of Business.
Today Pastor Wehrs is an experienced and
enthusiastic member of the CCSN team, able to provide services ranging from building use assessments to strategic planning and other listening processes, and from feasibility studies to capital and debt reduction appeals. He’s fully committed to the idea that, motivated by God’s grace and divine generosity, we are joyfully driven to acts of human generosity – and a critical duty of the Church is connecting people who want to make a difference in the world with opportunities to do so, in Christ’s name.