Staff and Leadership

Pastor Peter Hoft grew up in Michigan, Illinois, and southern California. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from Concordia University Wisconsin in 1996, and graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 2000 with the Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained into the Pastoral Ministry on July 2, 2000, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Collinsville, IL, where he served as Associate Pastor until 2006. From 2006-2015 he has served as Associate Pastor at Park View Lutheran Church, Eldridge, IA and then was installed as Senior Pastor in January of 2015. He was united to his wife, Bethany, on December 27, 1997. They have been blessed with two children, Nathan and Gretchen. He enjoys spending time with his family and reading.

Bethany grew up in Southwest Minnesota, in a town called Worthington. Growing up, she lived on a chicken farm with her family and many pets. She attended Concordia University in Saint Paul, MN from 2020-2024, majoring in Christian Ministry with minors in Lutheran Theology and Religion. She is the Director of Christian Education and Outreach intern here at Park View Lutheran. When she has downtime, she enjoys baking, cooking, creating art, crocheting, listening to and playing music, and being with people. She sings, plays the guitar, violin, and clarinet. She currently lives in Eldridge, IA, with her cat, Aslan, named after the Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.

Joan Serrano was hired in the fall of 1985 as custodian while attending the adult membership class. She would occasionally work in the office while the secretary was out of the office. On October 1, 2000 she took over the office duties when her mother, Barb Colbert retired. Joan and her husband, Jerry, have three children: Jerry Jr., Chris, and Mindy. They have four grandchildren: Kylee, Analyn, Gabriella, and Sophia. In her free time, Joan enjoys bowling, reading, crossword puzzles, and spending time with her grandchildren.

Jen and her husband have grown to love the North Scott Community over the last 16 years and have three children, two in elementary and one starting high school.  The family also includes two cuddly pups – Hadley, a Shorty Jack Russel Terrier, and a German Shepherd Border Collie Mix named Duchess. All three of her kids graduated from Share and Care and had a wonderful experience.  Jen loves being part of the Share and Care family and joining in on the singing and dancing of silly songs that preschooler’s love. She is excited to tackle the work as director for her first year and get to know all the families that will grace our preschool doors. Jen and her family attend Park View Lutheran Church, where she very much enjoys helping to organize Vacation Bible School. She also enjoys working with the North Scott Clover Kids (4-H for grades K-3 rd ). Some of her hobbies include writing, crafting, and watching her kids partake in their various school and other extracurricular activities- which include dance, gymnastics, baseball, cross-country, band, and 4-H.

Rhonda began as Lead Teacher at Share and Care Preschool in 2014. Previous to that position, she was first a preschool mom when her boys attended here and then our Teacher's Aide since 2008. She has also been a substitute Teacher's Aide for the North Scott Schools and a classroom volunteer for Kindergarten through 6th grade at Alan Shepard Elementary. Her love for children, warm hugs and smiles make her well known by parents and children in the community.  Rhonda and her husband, Carl, are now empty-nesters and have two adult sons.  Alex is a senior attending Iowa State University majoring in Mechanical Engineering.  Nick is a graduate of Iowa State in Mechanical Engineering and is working and living here locally with his new wife.  Rhonda enjoys being an indoor plant "mom", watercolor painting, making jewelry and resin crafts, baking, and racing autocross in her Mustang.  She and Carl enjoy traveling on weekend trips, attending car shows, playing with their "grandpups", and visiting with family from Texas.

Molly grew up in Ohio and graduated from The Ohio State University.  She and her husband Ben relocated to Eldridge in 2006.  They have two children who both loved their experience at Share and Care.  Atle is 14 years old.  He will be in 8th grade at Morning Star Academy.  Ben and Molly adopted him from South Africa when he was 2 years old.  Julia is 8 years old.  She will be starting 3rd grade at Ed White Elementary.  She has a vivid imagination and loves being outside. As a family, they enjoy traveling, often visiting relatives in Ohio and North Carolina. If they aren’t playing board games in their living room you can likely find them riding bikes or walking their little dog around Eldridge.  Molly enjoys cooking and baking and always has a helper in the kitchen. She has a passion for working with young children and is looking forward to another school year.

Shauna has four children that all attended Share and Care Christian Preschool. During her youngest son's last year of preschool, she started helping as a substitute and then didn't want to leave! Shauna loves having a job that allows her to teach young children in the mornings, while also being available to her own family later in the day and during school breaks! On her off days from Share and Care, Shauna works as a substitute teacher and aide for the North Scott School District at Alan Shepard Elementary.
Shauna lives in Eldridge with her husband, Steve, and their kids; Caleb (18), Cadence (17), Camdyn (13) and Canon (12). Their oldest son will be attending University of Iowa as a freshman this year. Her kids are heavily involved in music, dance, theatre, baseball and basketball. Their family also includes two dogs named Mickey and Eeyore. In her spare time, Shauna enjoys mowing, cooking and tending to her vegetable gardens.

Denise and Rod have two children, Jeremy and Emily. Denise’s first knowledge of Share and Care was when her daughter Emily attended and they became members of Park View Lutheran. Emily is now married to Brad Peters; they live in Kalona, IA and have a daughter, Caitlynn born in 2008. Jeremy lives in Davenport and works for Von Maur as a System Administrator. Emily is a RN, MSN and is a nurse educator, simulation coordinator for the Veteran's hospital in Iowa City. Denise joined the Share and Care faculty in August of 1986. She started out working as a teacher for 20 hours a week under the direction of Pat Schrage. When Pat retired, Betty Lockhart became Director. Denise then was Lead Teacher, On-Site Supervisor over the past 26 years. In 2012, she took over as Director of Share and Care after Betty’s retirement. Denise retired in June of 2020 and then came back as director until Jennifer was hired. She thoroughly loves being with the children and coming up with new ideas to share with them. Each fall she looks forward to meeting the new families and their children. She is looking forward to being back at Share and Care and being with the children and their families again. This is something she has missed even with being retired.