First calls for 2020’s graduating pastors, vicarage assignments
ONLINE – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) announced their first calls for pastoral candidates and vicarage placements on May 29, 2020, via respective live-streamed events, in keeping with government regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first calls for graduating pastors were:
- Adam Chandler (CLS) – Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church (Victoria, B.C.)
- Travis Kelly Heide (CLS) – Cypress Lutheran Parish (Swift Current/Ponteix, SK)
- Peter William Knelson (CLS) – St. John’s Lutheran Church (Warman, SK)
- Joshua Douglas Kurtenbach (CLS) – Our Saviour Lutheran Church (Fort Qu’Appelle, SK)
- Vishal Kumar Paul (CLTS) – Risen Christ Lutheran Church (Mississauga, ON)
- Mark Ethan Rekken (CLS) – Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (Calgary, AB)
- Wendel Albert Lawrence Ritz (CLS) – Trinity Lutheran Church (Pincher Creek, AB)
- Kenneth H. Stadnick (CLS) – Cross of Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf (Edmonton, AB)
Seminary students receiving vicarage placements were:
- Kyle Isaac Eddy (CLS) – Faith Lutheran Church (Middle Lake, SK)
- David William John Zakel (CLTS) – Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (Burlington, ON)
CLS = Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, Alberta
CLTS = Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines, Ontario
Additional information on graduates and vicars will be included in the next print edition of The Canadian Lutheran.
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