Retreats

Becky Lahna was ordained in ECO in 2013.  After 17 years of serving in college ministry in a variety of contexts throughout the U.S., she moved to Santa Barbara in June 2016 to plant Goodland Church, where she is the pastor.  Becky is a graduate of the University of Washington and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.  She holds both a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of Theology in Preaching. Most recently, Becky worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA as the divisional director of Northern New England. Becky sensed a call to church planting several years ago, which led her to planting an ECO church in Santa Barbara.  She likes to run and hike, is an avid Seahawks fan and loves to gather people, especially around a table.

Dr. Sittser grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended Hope College and Fuller Theological Seminary, where he earned his MDiv degree. He served as an associate pastor at Emmanuel Reformed Church in Paramount, California, for four years, and then as chaplain at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, for six years before returning to school, this time at the University of Chicago, to earn his PhD in the history of Christianity under Martin E. Marty. He has been teaching in the theology department at Whitworth University since 1989 and is now a full professor.

He sits on many committees and boards at Whitworth and in the community, including serving as chair of the theology department, the certification for ministry program and the MA in theology program, which he helped to establish in 2008. He also leads a theology reading group for local pastors.