Meet our Pastor & Staff
Pastor Tania Schramm
Email: pastortania515@gmail.com
Pastor Tania’s blog
Phone: (515) 707-3815
Pastor Tania has served at Grace since September 2022. (Fun fact: Grace is also where she served on internship in 2017-18!) Tania received her Master of Divinity from Wartburg Theological Seminary in 2019. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Master of Arts in English from Iowa State University. Previously, Tania served at St. John Lutheran Church in Des Moines as Minister of Pastoral Care, at Windsor Heights Lutheran Church as the Children’s Ministry Coordinator, and for Wartburg Theological Seminary in digital teaching and learning support. Before a calling into ministry, Tania worked as a systems analyst and technical writer.
Tania is a life-long Iowan and lives in Waukee with her husband Dave, who works at GuideOne Insurance as a commercial lines underwriter and their two children. Joey is in his first year at Luther College, studying computer science and participating in their vocal music program, and Ben is a junior at Waukee High School who enjoys art, singing, and technology. Tania's greatest joy in ministry is “sharing the love of God in Christ with people and accompanying them as they live out their faith in their daily lives and relationships.
Lisa Meyer, Accompanist
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Leanne Putman-Thomas, Parish Administrator
Email: gracelutheranadel@gmail.com
Phone: (515) 993-4766
Leanne moved to Adel about 20 years ago after working for DuPont in their finance department for 10 years. She has two daughters. Robin is married, has two boys, and is a sixth grade teacher at Desoto Intermediate (aka Mrs. Todd). Monica attends the University of Iowa and is planning on law school after graduation.
While she was a stay-at-home mom for her youngest, she was also a nanny for a family with three boys, and had many years of teaching, training up, loving the children, and having many adventures. Now she is settling back into the workforce both at Grace, another part-time job at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, as well as embroidering for Iconic Apparel and her own embroidering business. She enjoys spending time with her two grandsons and three honorary grandsons making shelters in the woods and watching their sports events. When she finds time, she also likes to sew.