The Chaplain Program is designed to provide emotional, non-sectarian spiritual and professional support to department members, their families, and the community in emergency situations, times of crisis or as otherwise needed.
Meet Our Chaplains
Chaplain Pat Lautenbach (on the left) was born and raised in Cedar Mill, OR. He graduated from Sunset High School and attended Northwest Nazarene University, where he earned his BA. He then attended Western Evangelical Seminary (now the George Fox School of Theology) and earned his M.Div. He was ordained in 1995 and was commissioned as a Chaplain in the US Navy at the end of that same year. From 1995 to 2007, Chaplain Lautenbach served two Marine Corps tours, one Navy tour, and a US Coast Guard tour. After his “release” from the Navy, Chaplain Lautenbach served as an Executive Pastor at a local church in the Portland-Metro area. He left civilian ministry to become the stay-at-home parent for his two young kids. Around that same time, he had an invitation to join Washington Co. Fire District 2 as a Chaplain. After two years serving the Firefighters of Dist. 2, he started, along with Chaplain McGuire, in 2012. Chaplain Lautenbach is married to Andrea Laidlaw. They have two nearly grown kids, Jake and Jenny. Chaplain Lautenbach and his wife are avid cyclists who enjoy gardening, family and friends.
A Hillsboro Oregon native, Delia Coker (in the middle) currently lives in the heart of Beaverton with her husband who is a Lieutenant in the fire service, her 17-year-old daughter, her 14-year-old son and their 4-year-old dog. Delia started her work with police officers as a Cadet with Hillsboro Police at the age of 16, she then became a reserve deputy and then worked for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for just under 10 years when she went to stay home to raise their children. During that time Delia started her master's in counseling at George Fox in Newberg and is now finishing up a Master of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary with a Chaplaincy track. In addition to serving the Beaverton Police, Delia serves as a chaplain for the Washington County 911 dispatchers and serves as a staff chaplain at her church. She is also on an international team of Disaster Relief Chaplains that deploy to tragedies all over the world. Delia loves coffee, reading, and traveling.
Growing up in Tigard, Oregon, Chaplain Jim McGuire (on the right) pursued a career in medicine until he felt called into ministry. He began serving in Student Ministry at Village Baptist Church in 1979. In 1992, he became their Executive Pastor where he was ordained in 2007 and oversaw their staff and ministry plan until 2012. Jim holds a bachelor’s degree from Portland State University in psychology, and has studied theology at Western Seminary, and counseling at Lewis and Clark. He is a senior chaplain with the International Conference of Police Chaplains and is a certified instructor for them. Jim is a founding member of The Oregon Chaplains Academy, training first responder chaplains in the state of Oregon. Jim has always been engaged in his community. He has been a spiritual mentor of police officers for years. In 2012, he felt God’s clear call to devote all his ministry effort to working with the Beaverton Police Department.