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Calls and Vacancies

Updated November 17, 2025

Changes and additions from the past week highlighted in bold.

 

PASTORAL CALLS

  • Rev. Richard Bridgman, Faith, Appleton, WI to Messiah, Emporia – pending
  • Rev. Bruce Lesemann, St. John, Storm Lake, IA to St. Andrews, Wichita – pending
  • Rev. Darren Pflughoeft, St. Paul, Lusk, WY to Holy Cross, Dodge City – declined

PENDING ORDINATIONS AND/OR INSTALLATIONS

  • Rev. John Philipp Augustine, Plainview, MN to Christ, Augusta & Grace, El Dorado – installation Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, at 3 p.m. at Grace, El Dorado
  • Rev. Reed Shoaff, Salem, Taylorsville, NC to Messiah, Hays – installation Sunday, January 11, 2026

VICARAGE AND INTERN ASSIGNMENTS 2025-2026

  • Vicar Ryan Milbrath (CSL) – Zion, Linn
  • Vicar Jonah Wilson (CSL) – Beautiful Savior, Olathe

CONGREGATIONS CALLING OR PREPARING TO CALL A FULL-TIME PASTOR

  • Chanute, Zion (sole)
  • Dodge City, Holy Cross (sole)
  • Ellinwood, St. John (senior)
  • Emporia, Messiah (sole)
  • Garden City, Trinity (senior)
  • Hoisington, Concordia (sole)
  • Leavenworth, St. Paul (sole)
  • Medicine Lodge, Trinity & Nashville, St. John’s (sole)
  • Paola, First (sole)
  • Wichita, St. Andrews (sole)

CONGREGATIONS CALLING A COMMISSIONED MINISTER

  • Cheney, St. Paul’s (Teacher)
  • Leavenworth, St. Paul (Principal) (Teacher)
  • Ottawa, Faith (Director of Church Ministries)
  • Shawnee, Hope (5th grade Teacher)
  • Wichita, Ascension (Teacher)

COMMISSIONED MINISTER CALLS – from the field

 

Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

Luke 10:2b

Two CSL pastoral candidates, two deaconess candidates, and two vicars were assigned to the Kansas District.

Candidate calls from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL): Robert Choate (CSL) associate pastor-elect to Bethany Lutheran Church and School, Overland Park; Matthew Vatthauer (CSL) associate pastor-elect to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Clay Center; Deaconess candidate Alyssa Choate (CSL) to Bethany Lutheran Church and School, Overland Park, and Deaconess candidate Lara McComack (CSL) to Calvary Lutheran Church, Topeka.

Vicarage and intern assignments from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL): Vicar Ryan Milbrath (CSL) to Zion Lutheran Church, Linn, and Vicar Jonah Wilson (CSL) to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Olathe.

Photos were taken during April 2025 Call Day, courtesy of CSL.