Calls and Vacancies
Updated April 22, 2024
Changes and additions from the past week highlighted in bold.
PASTORAL CALLS
- Rev. Philip Cook, Trinity, Mission and Shawnee to Excutive Director of LUMA – pending
- Rev. Keith Emshoff, St. Paul’s, Ellsworth to Holy Trinity, Grandview, MO – pending
- Rev. Keith Emshoff, St. Paul’s, Ellsworth to Our Savior, Newton, IA – pending
- Rev. Eddie Hosch, Messiah, Emporia to Emmanuel, Maui, HI – pending
- Rev. Evandro Kopper, St. Paul’s, California, MO to St. Andrews, Wichita – declined
- Rev. Anthony Masinelli, Grace, Sandy, UT to St. Paul’s, Cheney – pending
PENDING ORDINATIONS AND/OR INSTALLATIONS
Rev. Timothy Wilcoxen, Zion, Carlinville, IL to Trinity, Burlington – accepted, installation Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. at Trinity, Burlington
Rev. Jacob Mueller, Holy Cross, Emma, MO to Hope, Shawnee – accepted, installation Sunday, June 2, 2024, 2:30 p.m. at Hope, Shawnee
Rev. Sherman Stenson, Austin, TX to Zion, Downs – accepted, installation pending
VICARAGE ASSIGNMENTS 2023-2024
- Nathan Harkins – Beautiful Savior, Olathe
- Nash Ringquist – Trinity, Winfield
CONGREGATIONS CALLING OR PREPARING TO CALL A FULL-TIME PASTOR
- Arkansas City, Redeemer (sole) – seminary
- Basehor, Risen Savior (associate)
- Cheney, St. Paul’s (sole)
- Clay Center, St. Paul (associate)
- Greenleaf, Bethlehem & St. Peter’s, Barnes (sole)
- Hays, Messiah (sole)
- Hoxie, Immanuel & Oakley, Immanuel (sole) – seminary
- Leavenworth, St. Paul (associate)
- Leavenworth, Trinity (associate) – seminary
- Medicine Lodge, Trinity & Nashville, St. John (sole)
- Olathe, Beautiful Savior (associate) – seminary
- Wichita, Ascension (associate)
- Wichita, Risen Savior (associate) – seminary
- Wichita, St. Andrews (sole)
CONGREGATIONS CALLING A COMMISSIONED MINISTER
- Atchison, Trinity (Teacher)
- Emporia, Messiah (DCE intern)
- Fairmount Ministries (Commissioned Minister)
- Garden City, Trinity (Deaconess)
- Leavenworth, St. Paul (Teacher)
- Linn Lutheran School (Teacher)
- Overland Park, Bethany (Teacher)
- Topeka, Calvary (Deaconess intern)
- Wichita, Holy Cross (Teacher)
COMMISSIONED MINISTER CALLS – from the field
- Principal David Birnbaum, First, Ponca City, OK to Trinity, Atchison – accepted
- DCE Hannah Hayden, Redeemer, Republic, MO to Fairmount Ministries – declined
- Principal Eric Pralle, Zion, Independence to First, Ponca City, OK – pending
Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Nathan Harkins (CSL), vicar, was assigned to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Olathe, in the Kansas District.
Two CTSFW candidates were called, and one vicar assigned to the Kansas District. From left: Mark Gaschler (pastor-elect, Immanuel, Linn), Olivia Gaschler, Colleen Ringquist, Nash Ringquist (vicar, Trinity, Winfield), President Justin Panzer, Nicholas Belcher (associate pastor-elect, St. John’s, Topeka) and Lauren Belcher.
Candidate calls from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW): Mark Gaschler, pastor-elect to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Linn; Nicholas Belcher, associate pastor-elect to St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Topeka.
Vicarage assignments from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW) and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL): Nash Ringquist (CTSFW) to Trinity Lutheran Church, Winfield; Nathan Harkins (CSL) to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Olathe.
Photos were taken during April 2023 Call Day, courtesy of CSL and CTSFW.