Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind.
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We celebrate the assignment of vicars and deaconess interns as well as the call of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN candidates into the Office of the Holy Ministry. On Monday, April 29, 2019, it was announced that the English District would be receiving four vicars-elect. At the Call service on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, it was revealed that one candidate-elect would be coming to the district.
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO students learned their placement of first calls to pastoral and diaconal ministry and assignments as vicars and deaconess interns during two special services.
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Vicar-elect Zachariah Burgdorf
Hometown: St. Charles, MO
Home Church: Immanuel Lutheran Church, Saint Charles, Missouri
Has been placed to serve:
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Vicar-elect Justin Clarke
Wife's Name: Joy
Hometown: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
Home Church: Grace Lutheran Church, San Diego, California
Has been placed to serve:
Catalina Lutheran Church, Tucson, AZ
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Vicar-elect Raymond Hulett
Wife's Name: Aubrey
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Home Church: St Paul Lutheran Church - Irvine, Irvine, California
Has been placed to serve:
Messiah Lutheran Church, Danville, CA
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Vicar-elect Timothy Kern
Hometown: Millington, MI
Home Church: St. Paul Lutheran Church, Millington, Michigan
Has been placed to serve:
First Trinity Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, PA
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Candidate
James Robinson
Wife's Name
: Akila
Children: James (12) and Jude (9)
Hometown:
East Lansing, MI
Home Church:
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, San Diego, California
Has been called to serve as Associate Pastor:
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Candidate
Bradley Wellik
Bradley Wellik is the son of Andrew and Kristin Wellik, Ascension, Tucson, AZ. Kristin is a member of the English District Board of Directors. Bishop Hardy had the pleasure of greeting Bradley at Concordia, St. Louis on the day he received his first call. Bradley has been called to serve
Mountain View Lutheran Church (Pacific Southwest District), Las Vegas, NV.
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Calls Received
The Rev. Amadeus L. Gandy, Faith, Butler, PA, has received a call to serve as Associate Pastor and Mission Developer at St. Luke, Cabot, PA.
Mr. Rodrick R. Lane, Director of Christian Education (DCE), Redeemer, Lincoln, NE, has received a call to serve as DCE at Beautiful Savior, Lee's Summit, MO.
The Rev. James E. Thelen, Ascension, Tuscon, AZ, has received a call to serve 1C/The Sanctuary, Columbus, NE.
Candidate James Robinson has received a call to serve as Associate Pastor at Martin Luther Chapel, East Lansing, MI.
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National Youth Gathering
English District Sky Zone Event is Sunday, July 14, 2019 from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Deadline has been extended to May 19
th
to register for the Sky Zone event and to order t-shirts.
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Installation at Celebration Lutheran Church, St. John's, FL
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Celebration Lutheran Church said goodbye to their Interim Pastor Rev. Steve De Santo
and welcomed him as their new solo pastor.
They gifted him with a new white stole in thankfulness and celebration. Rev. Mathers was present for the installation.
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The Ferry family is serving God in Asia.
Read about their mission and work and how to best support them this month!
Rev. Charles Ferry will be speaking at the upcoming Professional Church Workers Conference.
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Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN began 1-1-1 on September 9, 2018. We have requested that every baptized member give $1 extra each week for missions, and there is now a clear plastic donation box in the Narthex for this purpose. The goal is to collect money in this way for one year. Half of the money will go directly to fund the Ritzmans and their work for the LCMS in Papua New Guinea and the other half will go the District where it will help fund one domestic and one foreign mission.
Redeemer has many large families with 4 or more children. The burden of $1 per baptized person every week is not much for most couples or single people, it can add up for those with large families! With this in mind, we are asking those that can afford it to adopt some of the children in the parish for this purpose by getting 50 $1 bills and then giving the money to the adopted child's parents. The adopted child will then be able to donate every week allowing them to participate in 1-1-1 along with their friends and other families. It was suggested that grandparents do the same, assisting their grandchildren in participating in 1-1-1, teaching them the joy of giving and helping to support missions here and abroad.
Please contact our District Mission Executive, Pastor
Derek Mathers
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Your prayer concerns are important to the English District. When you submit a prayer request, it will be posted in this weekly eNewsletter. The Bible's promise is true: "If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us" (1 John 5:14). Please email
Holly Scheer
with your prayer requests.
In our prayers: Pastor Christian Just, undergoing knee replacement surgery.
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We have been given the ultimate gift: forgiveness and salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. That gift is pure joy to us, bringing us peace and hope that just have to be shared.
The 2019–21
National Offering
is your opportunity to share that joy, to bring that peace and hope into dark and lonely places.
This triennium, the National Offering will bring joy to even more people and places, and you can help bring that "joy to the world!
"
We are encouraging all our LCMS congregations to commemorate this triennial effort with a special door offering designated for the 2019 National Offering on
National Offering Sunday
:
June 9, 2019
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Kaleidoscope Fund Grant Process Now Open!
Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) is proud to announce the 2019 Kaleidoscope Fund grant process is now open. The deadline for proposal submission is May 31, 2019.
Visit
LCEF
for full details and to submit your proposal.
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Financial Aid Offering!
Dear Future Church Worker,
Information and forms regarding 2019-2020 English District financial aid are available on the English District
website.
Please read the information carefully and note that the deadline for submission is
Saturday, June 1, 2019.
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Predictions New Tax Laws Would Cost Charities Billions Haven't Come True—Yet
Nonprofits were bracing for the impacts of the new tax law too, but it appears that dire predictions about the revamped tax code creating a $13 billion to $20 billion
drop in donations
didn’t materialize. What will happen in the future?
Read more to find out.
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LCMS Foundation
Did you know that bunching your funds can help you significantly on your taxes?
Read this important information here and then talk to Ron Grimm, the English District's Gift Planning Counselor, by
email or phone at 412-584-7039.
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Personalize Church Communications
Every church is unique and so are the people in it. This means that the way the people in it communicate is unique, too.
Learn how to reach out to people effectively.
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May
LCEF investment rates are available on the LCEF
website
. Rate sheets were emailed to all congregations and LCEF Advocates this week. The LCEF
Offering Circular
should be made available to any potential investor and is always available on the LCEF website:
lcef.org
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Birthday Celebration
Long time friends of Dorothy Riehl gathered in London, Ontario for lunch to celebrate her 94th birthday. Dorothy is the widow of Rev. Karl Riehl who served many years with Dorothy at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Toronto, a former church of the English District. L to R: Roger Ellis, Lynda Ellis, Ted Radke, Dorothy Riehl, Lucy Radke, Nancy Kirk, Ray Kirk, Linda Welke and Orland Welke.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON
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Pictured are Rev. Dr. Roger Ellis, celebrant and preacher, and Rev. William Chuol, lector, at the Memorial Service for Sudanese member Lam Diing who was murdered one year before. The service was in both Nuer and English at Hope Lutheran Church. Two hundred people, both English- and Nuer-speaking, filled the church. It was a great showing of support for the family who continue to mourn their family member who was well liked both at Waterloo University and in the church.
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Peace in the Valley, Benson, AZ
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Peace in the Valley Lutheran Church gained a better community presence and met a few more of their neighbors by participating in the April 27, 2019 J-6/Mescal Whetstone 5K Run. They were represented by 10 parishioners: five were runners/walkers and five were volunteers who greeted runners, handed out PITV brochures, cross packets, "What Lutherans Believe" flyers, PITV logo/info fans and pens, and water.
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Celebration Lutheran Church, St. John's, FL
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On April 21st, five young men
at Celebration Lutheran Church
received their first communion. They will be continuing their studies and working toward confirmation.
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Redeemer Lutheran School, Pittsburgh, PA
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Musical leads/supporting actors were invited to participate in a Gene Kelly workshop!
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Shepherd King, West Bloomfield, MI
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Counting practice with animal crackers.
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Christ the King, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
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Ms. Ziegler's Afternoon Class participated in the St. Jude's Trike-a-thon this week!
They did a great job
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Grace Beginnings, Wyoming, MI
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The children have been releasing butterflies into the wild.
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Faith Preschool of Jacob's Well, Fort Wayne, IN
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Learning about painting and paper mache.
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Correction
: A picture of crosses was incorrectly identified last week.
They were made by students at Faith Preschool of Jacob's Well in Fort Wayne, IN. We apologize for the error.
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Previous issues of the Servant to Servant eNewlsetter are available on the
English District website
.
You are encouraged to share the information from Servant to Servant with members of your congregation.
All are invited to subscribe to this weekly publication. Forward the newsletter to members of your church. They can subscribe by clicking on the
"Sign up for our emails"
link at the bottom. Thanks for spreading the word!
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Please share your congregation's or school's unique ministries with the rest of the District. Send pictures and stories for consideration to
Holly Scheer
by Wednesday, 12:00 pm ET. We want to see how YOUR congregation or school is showing the love of God to those around you.
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