Calls and Vacancies
Updated May 26, 2026
Changes and additions from the past week highlighted in bold.
PASTORAL CALLS
- Rev. Timothy McCall, Immanuel, Junction City to Faith, Mountain Home, Idaho – declined
PENDING ORDINATIONS AND/OR INSTALLATIONS
- Rev. Daniel Kinley, Holy Cross, Fort Wayne, IN to T.I.G. – accepted, installation Sunday, August 2, 2026
- Candidate Jacob Anderson (CSL) to Holy Cross, Wichita (Associate Pastor) – ordination / installation Sunday, August 16, 2026
VICARAGE AND INTERN ASSIGNMENTS 2026-2027
- Vicar Brian Fish (CSL) – Beautiful Savior, Olathe
- Vicar Matthew Shipman (CSL) – Zion, Linn
CONGREGATIONS CALLING OR PREPARING TO CALL A FULL-TIME PASTOR
- Hoisington, Concordia (sole)
- Leavenworth, St. Paul (sole)
- Overland Park, Christ (senior)
- Vassar, Zion (sole)
CONGREGATIONS CALLING A COMMISSIONED MINISTER
- Leavenworth, St. Paul (Teacher)
- Manhattan, Christ (Teacher)
- Overland Park, Christ (Part-Time Teacher)
COMMISSIONED MINISTER CALLS – from the field
- Rachel Ada, Hope, Shawnee (Teacher) – commissioning / installation Sunday, August 23, 2026
- Deaconess Candidate Peggy Gott (CSL) to Redeemer, Olathe – commissioning / installation pending
- Deaconess Candidate Nola Gray (CSL) to Redeemer, Olathe – commissioning / installation pending
- Dan Snyder, Concordia Academy, Wichita – commissioning / installation Sunday, August 23, 2026
Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Three CSL pastoral candidates, two deaconess candidates, and two vicars were assigned to the Kansas District.
Candidate calls from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL): Jacob Harding, pastor-elect to First Lutheran Church and Preschool, Paola; Euder Paul, pastor-elect to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Wichita; Jacob Anderson, associate pastor-elect to Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School, Wichita; Deaconess candidate Peggy Gott to Redeemer Lutheran Church and Preschool, Olathe, and Deaconess candidate Nola Gray to Redeemer Lutheran Church and Preschool, Olathe.
Vicarage and intern assignments from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL): Vicar Brian Fish to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church and Preschool, Olathe, and Vicar Matthew Shipman to Zion Lutheran Church, Linn.
Photos were taken during April 2026 Call Day, courtesy of CSL.