About

• Grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma and Houston, Texas.
• Lutheran (LC-MS) pastor, currently serving LifeBridge Community Church in Sealy, Texas

Contact (vCard)

(713) 965-6761 [voice/text/Signal/WhatsApp]
m.me/scott.heitshusen [Facebook Messenger]
scott@heitshusen.com
scott.heitshusen@gmail.com

LifeBridge Community Church

Pastor
2162 FM2187, Sealy TX 77474 {location}
P.O. Box 934 Sealy, TX 77474 {mail delivery}
lifebridgesealy.com
sheitshusen@lifebridgesealy.com

Education

• Concordia Seminary — St. Louis, MO
  Fall, 1991 — Spring, 1996
  M.Div.
• Concordia University — Seward, NE
  Fall, 1989 — Spring, 1991
  B.A. (Theology; minor in Youth Ministry)
• Texas A&M University — College Station, TX
  Fall, 1987 — Spring, 1989

Congregations Served

• LifeBridge Community Church
  • Pastor // September, 2018 — Present
  • 2162 FM 2187 Rd, Sealy, TX 77474
  • LC-MS Congregation Information
• St. Mark Lutheran Church & School
  • Associate Pastor // January, 2015 — September, 2018
  • Senior Pastor // July, 2006 — January, 2015
  • 1515 Hillendahl Blvd, Houston, TX 77055
  • LC-MS Congregation Information
• Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Pastor // November, 2001 — July, 2006
  • 2525 Jefferson Rd, Athens, GA 30607
  • LC-MS Congregation Information
• Trinity Lutheran Church & School
  • Interim Senior Pastor // December, 1999 — October, 2001
  • Associate Pastor // July, 1996 — November, 1999
  • 123 E. Livingston St, Orlando, FL 32801
  • LC-MS Congregation Information
• St. John’s Lutheran Church & School
  • Assistant to the Pastors // Fall, 1995 — Spring, 1996
  • Vicar // Fall, 1994 — Spring, 1996
  • 3517 Jeffco Blvd, Arnold, MO 63010
  • LC-MS Congregation Information
• Hope Lutheran Church & School
  • Field Work Student // Fall, 1992 — Spring, 1994
  • 10701 St Cosmas Ln, St Ann, MO 63074
  • LC-MS Congregation Information

Church Offices, Activities, Etc.

• Sealy Lions Club — Lions Club International
  August 18, 2025 – Present
• Circuit Visitor, Texas Circuit 31
  June, 2025 – Present
• Guest, Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S7Ep2. The Church’s Care for Victims of Human Trafficking
  January 10, 2025
• Texas District Representative, Lutheran Adoption Conference
  April 10-11, 2024
• Texas Life Coordinator – Human Trafficking at the LCMS National Youth Gathering
  July, 2022
• Presenter at the 2020 Healing After Abortion Virtual Conference
  October 30, 2020
• Board of Directors — Sealy Pregnancy Resource Center
  • 11/2018 – Present
  • 08/2021 – Vice President
• District Life Coordinator, Texas District, LCMS – Human Trafficking
  June 27, 2020 – Present
• Member of the Sealy Ministerial Alliance (Resale Shop)
  09/2018 – Present
• Circuit Visitor, Texas Cicuit 41
  2016-2018
• Trained “Coach” for the Texas District to help church planters
  09/2012 – 08/2018 [approx.] 
• Registrar and Committee Member for the Texas 2011 Professional Church Workers’ Conference
• “Graduate” of the Pastoral Leadership Institute
  06/2007 – 07/2011
• LCMS Pastoral Voting Delegate
  1998 Convention
  2007 Convention
• Involvement with “D.A.D.S.” {“Dads Appreciating Down Syndrome”}
  Fall, 2006 – Present
• Involvement with the Down Syndrome Association of Houston {DSAH}
  Fall, 2006 – Present
• Certified Child Educational Advocate through the “Parent Leadership Support Project;” Georgia Advocacy Office of the Georgia Governor’s Office
  12/2005
• Board of Directors, Bethesda Lutheran Homes & Services, Inc. (now Ablelight)
  11/2003 – 07/2007
• FL-GA District Stewardship Advisory Council
  2003
• Certified Stephen Ministry Leader
  Spring, 2000
• LCMS Pastoral Voting Delegate
  1998 Convention
• FG Great Commission Convocation Planning Committee
  11/1998 – 08/1999
• LCMS Chaplain, University of Central Florida; Orlando, FL
  02/1998 – 12/1998
• Florida-Georgia District Website Administrator
  10/1997 – 08/1999
• Member of the Florida-Georgia District (FL-GA) Technology Task Force
  08/1997 – 03/1998
• BOD, Orlando Luther Middle & High School; Orlando, FL
  04/1997 – 08/1999

About

• Grew up in Houston, Texas
• Grant writer for the Sealy Pregnancy Resource Center

Education

• University of Houston Downtown — Houston, TX
  Fall, 2018 — Spring, 2022
  MANPM
• Brown School of Social Work
  Washington University — St. Louis, MO
  Fall, 1991 — Spring, 1993
  MSW
• University of Houston Downtown — Houston, TX
  Fall, 1986 — Spring, 1991
  BGS