Welcome Pastor Tracey Breashears Schultz!

Pastor Tracey grew up in the Southwest, having lived in San Diego, Phoenix, and Houston. She was baptized at Trinity Episcopal in Escondido, CA at the age of seven months.

As a child, she loved attending non-denominational worship services with her paternal grandmother. In high school, she was active in the youth group of her Baptist church. She met her first husband through Baptist Campus Ministry. After his untimely death in 2000, she became a Lutheran (LCMS), largely influenced by the ministry of a chaplain who had cared for her family. She joined an ELCA congregation in 2002 and says of her faith journey, “it has been a growth in grace.”

Pastor Tracey is a graduate of Cypress Creek High School (1992), the University of Arkansas (B.A. English/Spanish 1996), and Wartburg Theological Seminary (MDiv 2007). She is a student in the ACTS (Association of Chicago Theological Schools) Doctor of Ministry Preaching Program (Class of 2014).

After college, Pastor Tracey worked as a trainer for a medical software company in Little Rock, AR. In 2000, she completed her teacher certification courses and left the software field to pursue a teaching career. She taught junior high Spanish at Christ Lutheran School (LCMS) in Little Rock. As a teacher, she led mission trips to Mexico and served as a translator for a number of medical mission teams.  In 2003, she moved to Iowa to begin her seminary education. She completed her internship at Zion Lutheran Church in Limon, CO in 2006. Pastor Tracey was ordained in July 2007.

Since her ordination, Pastor Tracey has served as Associate Pastor of MacArthur Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio (www.macparkelca.org). She finds joy in all aspects of ministry, but her passions are worship, preaching, education, and service. She also enjoys cooking, baking, Broadway musicals, reading, doing yoga, drinking coffee, and going to the movies.

Pastor Tracey is married to Chris Schultz, an architect and life-long Lutheran. Chris is a San Antonio native. He is a graduate of the University of Texas and holds degrees in Architecture and Engineering. He has worked as an architect in Boston and in San Antonio. Pastor Tracey and Chris recently celebrated their second anniversary. They hope to make the Heights their home.