Our Staff
Rev. Adam Moline was born and raised in the Lincoln area. He is the son of Robert and Debra Moline. He attended and graduated from Lincoln Lutheran High School in 2002 after which he achieved a Bachelor’s Degree in History at Concordia University Nebraska. He then graduated with a Masters of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He served as Pastor at the dual parish of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hankinson, ND and St. John’s Lutheran Church of Belford, ND from 2010 to 2018 at his first call. While there he served in a variety of District Positions, including as the District LWML counselor, Circuit Visitor, and on the District Board of Directors. He has visited Kenya, Germany, and Israel as various parts of his ministry while serving in North Dakota.
In 2018, Pastor Moline accepted the call to serve as Pastor at Good Shepherd, and has been there ever since. He hosts a variety of radio shows on KNNA, and is blessed to preach and teach God’s Word to God’s people.
While at Concordia University, Pastor Moline met his wife Elizabeth. They have four children, Ella, Claire, Gabriel, and Hannah. Pastor Moline enjoys history, fishing, hunting, building things of wood, and travelling with his family.
Rev. Thomas Goodroad began serving Good Shepherd in the summer of 2023.
Thomas was born in March of 1994, the third of four sons of Larry and Kari Goodroad. He was Baptized the same month at Trinity Lutheran Church in Kearney, MO, by Rev. Drew Newman. He grew up on an acreage outside of Holt, MO, and was homeschooled by his mother from preschool through high school graduation. He attended Thomas Edison State University online and graduated with a BA in Psychology. Throughout middle school and high school, he was enrolled in speech and debate classes, during which he met his wife, Marlyse. They married on June 25, 2016. They lived in Polo, MO, for three years while Thomas finished his bachelor’s degree before moving to Fort Wayne, IN, to attend Concordia Theological Seminary. They moved to Lincoln, NE, for Thomas’s vicarage at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, from August 2021 to July 2022. He received a call to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE, on April 25, 2023, to serve as associate pastor.
Thomas enjoyed growing up in the country and loves a wide variety of hobbies and activities such as reading, writing, tinkering with electronics—such as computers and 3Dd printers—riding motorcycles and ATVs, and creative hobbies—such as woodworking, leatherworking, and resin casting. He and Marlyse love animals and hope to one day have a small hobby farm on which to raise them.
Vicar Trevor Flanick was raised on a small farm in Maryland along with five brothers. He was baptized, catechized, and confirmed in the LCMS and was homeschooled from kindergarten through graduation. After high school, he attended Messiah College in PA, where he studied Criminal Justice and Psychology. He also participated in Army ROTC to prepare for a military career. Vicar Flanick met his wife Beckah while they were students; they were married and graduated from college in 2013.
After undergraduate studies, Vicar Flanick was commissioned as an active-duty Infantry officer in the Army. In the following nine-and-a-half years, the Flanicks traveled and lived throughout the country, being stationed in Georgia, Alaska, and Kansas. During his time in the Army, Vicar Flanick served in various positions such as Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Battalion Planner, and Company Commander in Airborne Infantry, Armored, and Mechanized Infantry units. He also spent some time overseas for deployments and training.
In 2022, Vicar Flanick left military service, moved the family to Fort Wayne, IN and began the MDIV program at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 2022 to 2024, he was blessed to serve as a seminarian fieldworker at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Praise Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne. Vicar Flanick was assigned to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Lincoln, NE on April 22, 2024 and was installed on August 18, 2024.
The Flanicks have three sons—Gideon, Theodore, James—and twin daughters—Constance and Caroline. Vicar Flanick enjoys shooting, hunting, hiking, reading, woodworking, and traveling with family.
