Each member of our staff brings an unique and special skillset to our team. From past missionaries to tech gurus we have team that can serve the church in almost every way.
Meet The Staff
George and Jill Rodriguez
Pastor
George and Jill are originally from Gonzales, La. After both becoming Christians around the same time, they started their journey in ministry in 1995. Before serving in Lake Charles, they were church planters in Russia for 13+ years. Their passion is for churches to be a light for Christ and be filled with the Holy Spirit. They were married in 1992 and love their "coffee time" together. :) While serving Russia, they adopted their first daughter Linna, and since then the Lord blessed them with 2 other daughters, Aaliya and Destiny, and their dog Rudy.
Zack and Laura Rodriguez
Pastor
Zack and Laura moved to Lake Charles in 2015 to serve the church in various capacities. Prior to working at the church full-time, Zack worked in the private and public sector as an accountant and an auditor, as well as managing several ministry projects. Zack currently serves as a Pastor here at the Vineyard.
Laura is employed as a Speech Pathologist in the Lake Charles area. She has also ministered to women and children and served on church worship teams for over 10 years.
Zack and Laura met while pursuing their graduate degrees at Southeastern Louisiana University. They were married in 2013, and they currently have 2 children, Jackson and Rosie.
Don and Mary Bradley
Worship Pastor and Young Adult Ministers
Don and Mary Bradley are life-time residents of Lake Charles and joined the Vineyard in 2004. They both have served long-time careers in law enforcement with the City of Lake Charles Police Department. Don is now a retired Lieutenant of the LCPD and works at Toyota.
Don volunteers as the worship pastor here at vineyard, Mary volunteers in the children's ministry, and together they lead a young adults bible study and volunteer on the prayer team.
They have 5 grown children and 9 grandchildren.
Hunter and Alaina Rutz
Media Director and Children's Director
Alaina grew up in Lake Charles and began attending the Vineyard in 2013. Since then she has been a faithful servant in our children's ministry, and joined the staff as Children’s Director in 2018.
Hunter grew up in Moss Bluff and began attending the Vineyard in 2015. From our online presence to our Sunday morning services, Hunter has volunteered to help us stay culturally current since 2015, and joined the staff as Media Director in January of 2018.
Hunter and Alaina met at the Vineyard and were married here in March of 2019.
Selina Condron
Church Secretary
Selina Condron, and her husband Aaron moved their family to Lake Charles in March of 2020, and began attending church at the Vineyard shortly after. Selina has worked in the administrative field for over 15 years and joined the staff as church secretary in August of 2021. She has a heart for serving in many areas.
Selina was born and raised in Shreveport, and she met her husband, a Texas native, through work. They have 2 children, Calli and Briggs, plus their dog child Sadie Rose.