great river vineyard - leadership team

Wade & Lynne Wilson
Wade is our lead pastor and Lynne serves as a co-leader in the Kids Church. Wade and Lynne both grew up in Austin, Minn., the home of SPAM. Before God called him to be a pastor, Wade served seven years in the U.S. Marines and was a network administrator for a pension administration company. He received training to be a pastor at the Vineyard in Champaign, Ill., and in 1998 he started pastoring at the Vineyard Church in Rolla, MO. One of Wade's passions is to help people get closer to Jesus. Lynne teaches special education and coaches the girls' tennis team at Holmen High School. Wade totally digs being married to Lynne for almost 25 years, and they have four children, whom they love very, very much: Marcus, Cody, Courtney, and Noah.

John & Gillian Haas
John is the main worship leader at the Vineyard and has a degree in Aerospace Engineering. John and Gillian were married in 2009 and together love serving in all kinds of ways. John spent two years working for the Rolla Vineyard as the worship leader and doing graphic design for the church. During those years he also went through VLI (Vineyard Leadership Institute), from which he graduated in 2007. Currently John works at Chosen Valley Testing in La Crosse in the field of Geotechnical Engineering and Gillian stays home with their baby daughter Ruby. Before getting married, Gillian worked for the Vineyard church in Duluth, MN as the Administrative Assistant to Michael and Brenda Gatlin, and also oversaw the Compassion ministry there. She also went through VLI and has a degree from the University of MN-Duluth in Sociology and Psychology. Together they enjoy leading their lifegroup, hosting themed parties, eating fine foods (like dark chocolate, black decaf coffee, Kates On State, and dark beer), perusing thrift stores, preaching, and listening to independent music.

Paul & Jessica Bratsch
Paul and Jessica have been a part of Great River Vineyard Church since 2009. Paul leads the LifeGroup Ministry and Jessica is a co-leader in the Kids' Church. They moved back to La Crosse after spending four years in Colorado while Paul attended Denver Seminary and served as the Pastor of Community Life at a local church. Prior to this, Paul graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Religious Studies. He currently works for an agency that helps people who have disabilities find employment. Jessica takes care of their three great kids: Silas, Maggie, and Micah. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where she studied Early Childhood Education and Sociology. Jessica helped oversee the children's program at their church in Denver. Together, they enjoy hiking, St. Patrick's Day, hammocks, loons, playing with their kids, and eating at Burritos House.