Calls and Vacancies
Updated July 22, 2024
Changes and additions from the past week highlighted in bold.
PASTORAL CALLS
- Rev. Joseph McCalley, Columbia, MO to Trinity, Medicine Lodge & St. John, Nashville – pending
- Rev. Kevin McReynolds, Redeemer, Mountain Home, AR to Messiah, Hays – pending
- Rev. Benjamin Micheel, Christ, Topeka to Trinity, St. Joseph, MI – pending
- Rev. Michael Penikis, Candidate to Faith, Menomonie & Holy Trinity, Boyceville, WI – pending
- Rev. Jordan Schut, Holy Cross, Rochester, MN to St. Paul, Clay Center (associate) – pending
- Rev. Aaron Wagner, Christ the King, Salina to Our Redeemer, Marshall, MO – declined
PENDING ORDINATIONS AND/OR INSTALLATIONS
Rev. Joel Cundiff, St. Paul, St. Joseph, MO to St. Paul, Leavenworth (associate) – accepted, installation Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at 10 a.m.
SMP Vicar Jeff Lane to Faith, Topeka – ordination / installation Sunday, August 11, 2024, at 3:30 p.m.
Rev. Sherman Stenson, Austin, TX to Zion, Downs – installation Sunday, August 4, 2024
VICARAGE AND INTERN ASSIGNMENTS 2024-2025
- Vicar Jacob Harding (CSL) – Zion, Linn
- Vicar Josiah Sandcork (CSL) – Beautiful Savior, Olathe
- Deaconess intern Lara McComack (CSL) – Calvary, Topeka
- Deaconess intern Carolyn Ferguson (CTSFW) – Immanuel, Wichita
CONGREGATIONS CALLING OR PREPARING TO CALL A FULL-TIME PASTOR
- Atchison, Trinity (senior)
- Basehor, Risen Savior (associate)
- Chanute, Zion (sole)
- Clay Center, St. Paul (associate)
- Dodge City, Holy Cross & Jetmore, St. Paul (sole)
- Ellsworth, St. Paul’s (sole)
- Emporia, Messiah (sole)
- Hanover, Trinity (sole)
- Hays, Messiah (sole)
- Medicine Lodge, Trinity & Nashville, St. John (sole)
- Mission/Shawnee, Trinity (two associates)
- Wichita, Holy Cross (senior)
- Wichita, St. Andrews (sole)
CONGREGATIONS CALLING A COMMISSIONED MINISTER
COMMISSIONED MINISTER CALLS – from the field
- Principal David Birnbaum, First, Ponca City, OK to Trinity, Atchison – accepted, installation Sunday, August 4, 2024
- DCE Hannah Elsey, Faith, Topeka to Fairmount Ministries – accepted, installation Sunday, August 11, 2024
- Amy Goltl, Immanuel, Olivette, MO to Holy Cross, Wichita – accepted, installation Sunday, August 11, 2024
- CUNE Teacher Candidate Anna Johnson to Bethany, Overland Park – commissioning / installation Sunday, August 25, 2024
- Teacher Sarah Warneke, Candidate to Trinity, Winfield – installation Sunday, August 11, 2024
Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Two CSL pastoral candidates were called, one deaconess candidate, two vicars and one deaconess intern were assigned to the Kansas District.
Three CTSFW candidates were called, and one deaconess intern was assigned to the Kansas District. From left: President Justin Panzer, John Kastner (associate pastor-elect, Beautiful Savior, Olathe), Beatrice Kastner, Joseph Goodroad (pastor-elect, Grace, Iola), Olivia Goodroad, Christopher Warneke (pastor-elect, Redeemer, Arkansas City, and assisting capacity pastor-elect, Trinity, Winfield) and Sarah Warneke. Not pictured: CTSFW deaconess intern Carolyn Ferguson (Immanuel, Wichita) and Deaconess candidate Claire Gerrard (Trinity, Garden City).
Candidate calls from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW) and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL): Deaconess candidate Claire Gerrard (CTSFW) to Trinity, Garden City; Matthew Goltl (CSL) associate pastor-elect to Risen Savior Lutheran Church, Wichita; Joseph Goodroad (CTSFW) pastor-elect to Grace Lutheran Church, Iola; John Kastner (CTSFW) associate pastor-elect to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Olathe; Deaconess candidate Ashley Nelson (CSL) to St. Paul Lutheran Church and School, Leavenworth; Nathan Nelson (CSL) associate pastor-elect to Trinity Lutheran Church, Leavenworth; and Christopher Warneke (CTSFW) pastor-elect to Redeemer Lutheran Church, Arkansas City and assisting capacity pastor-elect to Trinity Lutheran Church, Winfield.
Vicarage and intern assignments from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW) and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL): Vicar Jacob Harding (CSL) to Zion Lutheran Church, Linn; Vicar Josiah Sandcork (CSL) to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Olathe; Deaconess intern Lara McComack (CSL) to Calvary Lutheran Church, Topeka; and Deaconess intern Carolyn Ferguson (CTSFW) to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wichita.
Photos were taken during April 2024 Call Day, courtesy of CSL and CTSFW.