Rev. Wayne Lunderby retires

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Rev. Wayne Lunderby has retired as pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church after serving the congregation for 27 years.

Rev. Lunderby graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in May 1981, and did his vicarage at Lutheran Church of the Triune God, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. He was ordained on June 21, 1981, at his home congregation of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Littleton (now Centennial), Colorado, by his home pastor, the now sainted Rev. Henry Fingerlin.

His first parish was Unity Lutheran Church in Virden, Manitoba from 1981-1984. He next served the three-point parish of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan); Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Mission (Prairie River, Saskatchewan); and Zion Lutheran Church (Mistatim, Saskatchewan) from 1984-1990. Then he served at Emmanuel Lutheran Church (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) from 1990-1997, and finally at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Chilliwack and Holy Cross Preaching Station in Hope, British Columbia from 1997-2024.

Rev. Lunderby has served the broader church as Chairman of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Department of Social Ministry; Chairman of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Youth Department; and as Circuit Counsellor for the Humboldt, Cyprus Hills, and Greater Vancouver Circuits during the course of his career. He was also pastoral advisor for the Humbolt Circuit LWML-C. 

In recent years he served on Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board for Missions and Social Ministry Services; as Secretary for the Alberta-British Columbia (ABC) District Board of Directors; and as Chairman of the ABC District’s Department of Outreach. His service to the broader community also included time on the Board of Directors for Camp Luther at Mission, B.C.

Even in retirement, Rev. Lunderby continues to serve as the Greater Vancouver Circuit Counsellor and on the West Region’s Regional Mission and Ministry Council, as well as on the board of the BC Mission Boat.

The congregation of St. Paul’s hosted a retirement lunch following Rev. Lunderby’s final service and offered praise to God for the blessing of such a faithful pastor. This was also an opportunity to thank Rev. Lunderby and his wife Cindy, who both showered the congregation with love and service for over a quarter century.

Barb Schmidt

———————

Print this article