Servant to Servant 11-11-2022

English District of

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

God in All Things - Without Borders

Servant to Servant

Dear PEGGY,

November 11, 2022

Veterans Day - November 11, 2022

Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For one day, we stand united in respect for our veterans.

May the good Lord bless all our veterans.

Divine Calls

Call Received

The Rev. Brian P. Westgate has received a Divine Call to serve as Sole Pastor of St. Paul's, Kouts, IN (Indiana District).

Calls Returned

The Rev. Steven D. Latzke (Indiana District) has returned the Divine Call to serve as Sole Pastor of St. Thomas, Streetsboro, OH (English District) and Christ, Manuta, OH (Ohio District).

Miss Hannah R. Zahrte (North Wisconsin District) has returned the Divine Call to serve as Director of Christian Education of Prince of Peace, Medina, OH.

Evangelization Team

HOW ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY?

Are you wondering what has changed in your neighborhood, while you’re thinking about doing some much needed outreach? In some ways a lot has changed since 2020, and MissionInsite, a service provided by the English District Lutheran Church Extension Fund, is hosting a series of workshops to help explore the new landscape around us.

The Evangelization Team

Ministry Impact Webinar | American Beliefs Study Report:

Meeting Community Needs

November 1, 2 PM EST

Click Here To View the Webinar Recording

Have Americans changed their views on social and moral issues over the past few years? Are families in the front of people’s minds? What is the importance of personal faith in our current culture? What do people believe about God, about Jesus? How important is the role of the church in addressing these essential faith questions? What does this study suggest that people need from a faith community today? This webinar is for everyone interested in engaging their community more effectively by understanding the current beliefs of their neighbors in a changing world. Discovering today’s current social and moral attitudes as well as the importance of faith in our culture, should significantly impact the ministries in your church! Click the link above to view the November 1^st webinar recording.

MissionInsite Beginnings:

Who and Where Are We Looking?

November 22, 11 AM EST

Click Here To Register

Are we looking for congregants, community, or both? Creating shapes will help us know where to look! Join us as we discover this important part in successfully using MissionInsite.

Campus Ministry News from All Saints

Why does campus ministry hold events to attract students?

The college students were having so much fun that they did not want to quit. That’s what happened at the Second Annual Field Day at the Range event at the Grove City Sportsmen’s Club this October.

Grove City College and Slippery Rock University students had met at 1 PM intending to stay until 5 PM. But that is not what happened. They did not want to leave! They wanted to continue trapshooting, obviously their favorite shooting activity. Although it was dusk, the gun flashes of happy shooters lit up the sky until 7 PM.

What a day! The event was so popular that a third is being scheduled for next spring. The event was special because the students had a chance to enjoy being together and were getting to talk to campus pastor Rev. Jacob Deal and with church members Peter Rigney and Ed Geidner, who had done all the work preparing and cleaning up the spent shells. And, of course, the pizza lunch brought by Mrs. Rosemary Rigney was a hit. The lunch was big enough to be shared with a group of Grove City College students who had wanted to participate but could not due to previous commitments.

Click here to read more!

News from the Kasters in Florida

It has been a long stay in the US; we pray that it will end before too long. Therefore, we commend ourselves to the loving hand of the Father. We are writing to you to bring you up to date on what has happened, while also asking for your prayers for what is about to happen. We ask you to look inside our newsletter for details. We thank you for your continued support and prayers, and we thank you for your patience with us during this time.

Please click here to read the full medical update.

Prayer Requests

The Bible's promise is true: "If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us" (1 John 5:14).

District daily prayers for December are located on our website.

Your prayer concerns are important to the English District. If you have a prayer request you would like shared in this newsletter, email the District office.

LCMS Foundation

Contact Ron Grimm, English District Planning Counselor, 412-584-7039 or visit www.LCMSFoundation.org.

Contact Dan Lepley, DVP - English and SELC District Lutheran Church Extension Fund, for more information at 317-402-9401.

In Our Churches

St. Mark's, Mississauga, ON

Rev. Dr. Roger Ellis had the pleasure and honour to preach at his home church, St. Mark’s Lutheran on All Saints' Day. This was special as St. Mark’s had sent him off 58 years earlier with their prayers and blessing to begin studies at Concordia College Milwaukee to study for the ministry. Rev. Jeff Miskus, Senior Pastor, invited Rev. Ellis to come and preach this day as his 50th year in the ministry celebrations draw to a close.

Pittsburgh Area Lutheran Ministries, Pittsburgh, PA

Pictured right are the assembled clergy at this year's Pittsburgh Area Lutheran Ministries (PALM) Reformation service on October 30 at First Trinity Lutheran Church. President John Pingel of the Eastern District LCMS was the preacher.

In Our Schools

Faith, Watertown, WI

Faith Lutheran School honored military veterans for Veterans Day. Leading the service was Rev. Dr. Neil Rand.

Hales Corners, Hales Corners, WI

The first graders visited Timber Lee Christian Center last week. They had a great day exploring rooms focused on the Creation. They also learned about different animals and had a chance to hold several of them.

Redeemer, Pittsburgh, PA

The preschool, kindergarten, and first grade classes took a great field trip to the Pittsburgh Symphony last week!

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