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Calls and Vacancies

Updated May 5, 2025

Changes and additions from the past week highlighted in bold.

 

PASTORAL CALLS

  • Rev. James Bender, Candidate to Our Saviour, Kansas City – pending
  • Rev. Richard Bridgman, Faith, Appleton, WI to Messiah, Emporia – pending
  • Rev. Conrad Oehlert, St. John, Hooker, OK to Trinity, Medicine Lodge & St. John, Nashville – declined
  • Rev. Anthony Oliphant, Redeemer, Elmhurst, IL to Christ, Topeka – pending
  • Rev. Jeffrey Proctor, Hacienda Heights, CA to Holy Cross, Dodge City – declined

PENDING ORDINATIONS AND/OR INSTALLATIONS

  • Rev. Rick Schneider, St. Paul, Ronan, MT to Redeemer, Atwood – installation Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
  • Rev. Shawn Fenske, St. Lorenz, Frankenmuth, MI to Holy Cross, Wichita (senior) – accepted, installation pending

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)
  • Emporia, Messiah (sole)
  • Hanover, Trinity (sole)
  • Hays, Messiah (sole)
  • Kansas City, Our Saviour (sole)
  • Medicine Lodge, Trinity & Nashville, St. John’s (sole)
  • Palmer, St. John (sole)
  • Phillipsburg, First (sole)
  • Shawnee, Trinity (associate)
  • Topeka, Christ (sole)
  • Wichita, St. Andrews (sole)

CONGREGATIONS CALLING A COMMISSIONED MINISTER

  • Cheney, St. Paul’s (Teacher)
  • Leavenworth, St. Paul (Principal) (Teacher)
  • Linn, Linn Lutheran (Teacher – 7th and 8th grades)
  • Olathe, Redeemer (Early Childhood Director)
  • Overland Park, Christ (DCE) (Teacher – 6th grade)
  • Shawnee, Hope (Teacher – MS Math / Science)
  • Topeka, Calvary (Deaconess)
  • Topeka, St. John’s Classical (Teacher)
  • Wichita, Holy Cross (Teacher – 2nd grade)

COMMISSIONED MINISTER CALLS – from the field

  • Teacher Corrie Clatt, Calvary, Kansas City to Redeemer, Olathe – pending
  • Deaconess Candidate Alyssa Choate, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis to Bethany, Overland Park – commissioning and installation pending
  • Teacher Christina Heiss, Holy Cross, Cary, IL to Hope, Shawnee – accepted, installation Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025
  • DCE Olivia Johnson, Concordia, Nebraska to Lord of Life, Leawood – accepted, installation Sunday, May 11, 2025
  • Teacher Amy Kutz, Candidate, Wendell, NC to Holy Cross, Wichita – declined
  • Deaconess Candidate Lara McComack, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis to Calvary, Topeka – commissioning and installation Sunday, August 17, 2025

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.