In addition to her responsibilities to Mosaic and Mosaic International, Twila spearheads direction and expansion for the Rejoicing Spirits program by walking with church leaders and congregations who want to actively include people with disabilities. Twila graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Before joining Mosaic, Pastor Twila was senior pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Belvidere, Illinois. There, she and her congregation strongly supported Mosaic and its Rockford location by acting as advocates and volunteers. Her previous position was director of global church sponsorship at the Evangelical Church in America (ELCA)—one of the largest Christian denominations in the U.S.—where she led a team to raise $6 million annually to support nearly 250 ELCA international personnel and more than 300 ELCA global projects. While with the ELCA, Pastor Twila also served her first years with the organization as a global missionary herself.