1611 Stanford Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94306

Phone: 510.847.1475
Email: gos1@alumni.stmarys-ca.edu

The Rev. Gregory Otto Schaefer, B.A.,M.Div.,M.A.

Ministry Service

2015 Present:
Dean

2015 Present:
Member

Lutheran Campus Ministry Network, Board of Directors

2012 2016:
Member

Heart and Home Collaborative Board of Directors

2009 2011:
Member

Bishops Commission on Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs

2008 Present:
Adjunct Faculty

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Berkeley, CA

2007 Present:
Pastor

University Lutheran Church

Palo Alto, CA

2007 Present:
Advisor

Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry

Stanford, CA

2004 2007:
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Director of the Campus Pastoral Team/Dean of the Chapel

Berkeley, CA

2004:
Thanksgiving Lutheran Church
Stated Supply Pastor

Santa Rosa, CA

2003 2007:
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Berkeley, CA
Director of Faith Active in Love: Theological Institute for Undergraduates

2002 2007:
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Director of the Admissions Center

Berkeley, CA

2002:
Lutheran Church of the Cross
After-School Program Founding Director

Berkeley, CA

2000 2001:
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Vicar/Pastoral Intern

Beachwood, NJ

1999:
Chaplain Resident

University Medical Center

Loma Linda, CA

1999 2000:
Pastoral Resident

St. Andrew Lutheran Church

San Mateo, CA

1996 1998:
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
Pastoral Resident

1994 1998:
Saint Marys College of California
Moraga, CA
Campus Minister, Campus Pastoral Team, Resident Hall Advisor (1997-1998) Orientation Board

Peninsula Conference, Sierra Pacific Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Lafayette, CA

Education

San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, California

Doctor of Ministry, Pastor as Spiritual Leader, In Progress
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
Master of Arts, Religion and Psychology, 2003
Thesis: Pastoral Care with Generation Xers after September 11th, 2001.
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California
Master of Divinity, Parish Pastoral Ministry, 2002
Saint Marys College of California, Moraga, California
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Religious Studies, 1998

Relevant Skills

Experience teaching Scripture and Theology at the college, seminary, and parish levels.

Experience in Campus Ministry at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Experience in Vocation Counseling and Pastoral Counseling at Seminary level.

Worship and Evangelism

in Grace in Our Backpacks

Live, Jesus, in Our Hearts

in Christus Lux, I, 2, Pentecost 2007.

We are the Young, Our Lives are a Mystery: Pastoral Care with Generation Xers.
Three Trees Press, Berkeley. 2006.

The Christian Brothers in California

Accepted for publication in a journal of writings on the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Language
Proficiencies

Conversational Spanish

Translation of New Testament Greek

Memberships

Stanford Associated Religions, Executive Committee (2009-2011)

Stanford Faculty Club (2007-2016)
California State Horsemens Association
Smithsonian Institution
Dorothy Day House Board of Directors (2007)
PLTS Alumni Awards Council (2005)
National Honor Society (1994)
California Scholars Federation (1994)

Publications