Pastors, deacons and vicars placed across Canada
In four services over the past month, congregations and schools across Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) received word of God’s gift to them of new church workers—pastors, vicars and deacons.
Concordia Seminary, Ft Wayne held its placement services May 2-3 sending three pastoral candidates to serve in Canada.
The following week, on Sunday, May 8 at Christ Lutheran Church in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Concordia University College presented two teachers for placement in Lutheran Schools.
LCC’s two seminaries sent three pastoral candidates and nine vicars into the Canadian field during services May 27 in Edmonton and May 28 in St. Catharines.
Pastoral Candidate placements
(CLS=Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton; CLTS=Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines)
Lorne Reddemann, CLS Placement pending
Ian Wemyss, CLS Zion Lutheran Church, Surrey, B.C.
Wei Ge (Wayne) Zhang, CLTS Trinity Lutheran Church, Richmond, B.C.
Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne
Steve Brummett Emmaus Lutheran Church, Drayton Valley, Alta.
Jeremy Swem Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Regina, Sask
Paul Zeigler Zion Lutheran Church, Prince George, B.C.
Vicarage assignments (one-year internship)
Seungwoo (Sam) Choi, CLTS Korean Lutheran Church, Toronto, Ontario
Darren Dressler, CLS Airdrie Mission/Redeemer Lutheran Church, Airdrie/Didsbury, Alta.
Todd Guggenmos, CLS Bethany Lutheran Church, Campbell River, B.C.
Vincent Moore, CLS Trinity Lutheran Church, Abbotsford, B.C.
Dereck Pillay, CLTS Redeemer Lutheran Church, Waterloo, Ont
James Prophet, CLS Zion/St. Paul’s Lutheran Churches, Yorkton/Springside, Sask.
Kurt D. Schultz, CLTS Trinity Lutheran Church, Winkler, Man.
Mark Schultz, CLS Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wetskiwin/Usona, Alta.
Jeff Swords, CLTS St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Saskatoon, Sask.
Diaconal (Teacher) Placements
(Concordia University College of Alberta)
Melissa Moore Placement pending
Isabel Tisdale Hope Lutheran School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
In addition, CLTS candidate Ernest Green was placed as Associate Pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (LCMS), North Tonawanda, NY. CLTS student Wes Hromowyk, will serve his vicarage at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Union Grove, Wisconsin in the LCMS.
Please keep these new church workers in your prayers as they prepare to serve God’s people in Lutheran Church–Canada