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Calls and Vacancies

Updated August 18, 2026

Changes and additions from the past week highlighted in bold.

 

PASTORAL CALLS

  • Rev. Theodore Cook, Zion, Pittsburg to St. John & Zion, Thief River Falls, MN – declined
  • Rev. Christopher Kellogg, (Emeritus) to St. John’s, Topeka, visitation pastor – accepted

PENDING ORDINATIONS AND/OR INSTALLATIONS

  • Rev. Timothy Wangerin, Christ the King, Salina to Concordia, Hoisington – installation Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, at 10 a.m.
  • Rev. Euder Paul (CSL) to St. Andrews, Wichita (Pastor) – installation pending

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

  • Leavenworth, St. Paul (sole)
  • Mission & Shawnee, Trinity (associate)
  • Overland Park, Christ (senior)
  • Vassar, Zion (sole)

CONGREGATIONS CALLING A COMMISSIONED MINISTER

  • Leavenworth, St. Paul (Teacher)
  • Wichita, Holy Cross (Director of Christian Education)

COMMISSIONED MINISTER CALLS – from the field

  • DCE Hannah Elsey, Fairmount Ministries to St. Paul, Columbia, IL – pending
  • Rachel Ada, Hope, Shawnee (Teacher) – commissioning / installation Sunday, August 23, 2026
  • Dan Snyder, Concordia Academy, Wichita – commissioning / installation Sunday, August 23, 2026
  • Deaconess Candidate Peggy Gott (CSL) to Redeemer, Olathe – commissioning / installation Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026
  • Deaconess Candidate Nola Gray (CSL) to Redeemer, Olathe – commissioning / installation Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026

EARLY CHILDHOOD OPEN POSITIONS

 

 

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

Luke 10:2b

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.