This week, CUW alumni at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne received pastoral calls or vicarage placements.
Second-year seminary students receive vicarage and internship assignments while fourth-year students receive their first calls to serve as pastors and deaconesses in Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod congregations throughout the country.
We congratulate and celebrate our most recent crop of Concordia University Wisconsin alumni who received their placements and calls this week. We pray the Lord’s blessings on their ministry work ahead.
Those who received vicarage assignments:
Garrett Anklam | Saint Mark Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas
Joseph Bender | Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lansing, Michigan
Noah Burmester | Holy Cross Lutheran Church in North Canton, Ohio
David Christensen | Zion Lutheran Church in Mitchell, South Dakota
Kevin Curry | Immanuel Lutheran Church in Saint Charles, Missouri
William Ebel | Faith Lutheran Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jacob Friedrich | Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce, Nebraska
Joshua Horst | Immanuel Lutheran Church in Olivette, Missouri
Joshua Kastens | Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Edward Krez | Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church in Oviedo, Florida
Jacob Moede | Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, Missouri
Paul Mroczenski | LCMS Office of International Mission in St. Louis, Missouri
Peter Ross | Saint John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Laurel, Montana
RuthAnn Langness (Deaconness Internship) | Perry Lutheran Homes in Perry, Iowa
Those who learned of their pastoral calls:
Justin Brockman | Sion Lutheran Church in Chatham, Michigan
Bryce Clayton | Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Peter Frank | St. Peter Lutheran Church in Conover, North Carolina
Jedidiah McClellan | Zion Lutheran Church of Wayside in Greenleaf, Wisconsin
Luke Otten | Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Elmwood Park, Wisconsin, and Christ The King Lutheran Church in Racine, Wisconsin
Drake Peterson | St. John Lutheran Church in Marysville, Ohio
Alexander Smith | Calvary Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa
Grant Thiel | Shepherd of The Hills Lutheran Church in Greenville, Wisconsin
David Wenndt | Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake, Iowa
*Call will be announced during an evening service on April 24. Check back for an update.
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