Call Report – July 29, 2019

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Pastor, teacher, and staff minister call report

7/23/2019 – 7/29/2019

The call report details when pastors, teachers, and staff ministers change positions within WELS. The Conference of Presidents oversees and coordinates the calling process.

NO DECISION REPORTED

Pastors	Current call	New call	Date issued
Rev Jeffrey Mahnke	St Peter LC – Schofield Campus Schofield WI	Good Shepherd LC Beloit WI Pastor	6/23/2019
Rev Michael Neumann	St Paul LC Alexandria MN	Zion LC Marathon WI St John LC Edgar WI Pastor	6/23/2019
Rev Joel Jaeger	Retired	Good Shepherd LC Beaver Dam WI Pastor; Quarter-Time Call	6/30/2019
Rev Kyle Burmeister	Beautiful Savior LC Summerville SC	Gethsemane LC Tigard OR Pastor	6/30/2019
Rev Thadeus Flitter	Zion LC Valentine NE	Christ the Redeemer LC Barre VT Pastor	6/30/2019
Pastor Nathan Loersch	Shepherd of the Lakes LC Fenton MI	Illumine LC Rock Hill SC Pastor	6/30/2019
Rev Jacob Behnken	Good Shepherd LC Midland MI	Faith LC Antioch IL Associate Pastor	7/2/2019
Rev David Kapler	Trinity LC Mountain Home AR	Beautiful Savior LC Topeka KS Pastor	7/2/2019
Rev Mark Westra	Prince of Peace LC Fairport NY	Zion LC Chesaning MI Pastor	7/7/2019
Rev Jonathan Fischer	Resurrection LC Chesapeake VA	Trinity LC Nicollet MN Pastor	7/7/2019
Rev Joshua Shandor	King of Kings LC Little Rock AR	St Peter LC Brodhead WI Pastor	7/7/2019
Rev Paul Krueger	Shepherd of the Hills LC Winchester VA	Mt Lebanon LC Milwaukee WI Associate Pastor	7/7/2019
Rev Aaron Duve	Holy Redeemer LC Port Huron MI	St John LC Glencoe MN Pastor	7/8/2019
Rev Nathan Buege	Victory of the Lamb LC Katy TX	Salem LC Milwaukee WI Associate Pastor	7/9/2019
Rev Mark Rieke	CRM	First LC La Crescent MN Pastor	7/9/2019
Rev Michael Schroeder	Living Hope LC Wildomar CA	The Springs LC Sparks NV Pastor	7/9/2019
Rev Joseph Fricke	St Paul LC Mauston WI	Board for Home Missions Mission Counselor	7/9/2019
Rev Joseph Johnson	Amazing Grace LC Portland OR	Goodview Trinity LC Goodview MN Pastor	7/10/2019
Rev Brian Krueger	Bloomington LC Bloomington MN	St John’s LC Pardeeville WI Pastor	7/10/2019
Rev Joel Sauer	St Peter’s LC Sturgeon Bay WI	Atonement LC Milwaukee WI Associate Pastor	7/11/2019
Rev Philip Kieselhorst	Shepherd of the Valley LC Westminster CO	St Peter LC Weyauwega WI Associate Pastor	7/14/2019
Rev Darren Knoll	Shepherd of the Hills LC West Bend WI	First German LC Manitowoc WI Associate Pastor	7/14/2019
Rev John Cook	Zion LC South Milwaukee WI	St Paul LC & St Peter LC West Bend WI Pastor	7/14/2019
Rev John Werner	Christ LC Mindoro WI	Immanuel LC Kewaunee WI Pastor	7/16/2019
Rev Mark Rieke	CRM	Good Shepherd LC Kearney NE Pastor	7/16/2019
Rev Philip Hunter	Bethel LC Menasha WI	Our Savior’s LC Zion IL Pastor	7/18/2019
Rev Eugene Andrus PhD	Trinity LC Johnson MN Mt Olive LC Graceville MN	St Peter’s LC Balaton MN Pastor	7/18/2019
Rev Richard Krahn II	Zion LC Rhinelander WI	Manitowoc Lutheran High School Manitowoc WI Teacher; Religion	7/18/2019
Rev Scott Schultz	Cross of Christ LC Portage WI	Good Shepherd LC Benton Harbor MI Pastor	7/18/2019
Rev Daniel Lindner	St John’s LC Minneapolis MN	One Africa Team Missionary	7/18/2019
Rev John Bortulin	St John LC Mukwonago WI	Good Shepherd LC Fond du Lac WI Associate Pastor	7/21/2019
Rev Stephen Apt	Divine Savior LC-Liberty Hill Liberty Hill TX	Peace LC Kokomo IN Pastor	7/21/2019
Rev Matthew Kiecker	St John LC Lomira WI	St John LC Maribel WI Pastor	7/21/2019
Rev Matthew Hennig	Christ LC North Saint Paul MN & Hugo MN	Faith LC Excelsior MN Pastor	7/22/2019
Rev Chris Cordes	St John’s LC Sleepy Eye MN	Multi-Language Publications TELL Pastor	7/22/2019
Rev Scott Mosher	Hosanna LC Monclova OH	St John LC Frontenac MN Immanuel LC Lake City MN Pastor	7/24/2019
Rev Henry Koch	Friedens LC New Prague MN	Our Savior LC Sun City AZ Pastor	7/24/2019
Rev Matthew Mueller	Living Hope LC Peoria IL	Faith LC Dexter MI Pastor	7/25/2019
Rev Peter Sulzle	St John LC Redwood Falls MN	Bethany LC Fort Atkinson WI Associate Pastor; Academy President	7/29/2019
Teachers	Current call	New call	Date issued
Mrs Anita Krienke	Mt Olive LS Mankato MN	Mt Olive LS Overland Park KS Teacher; Grade 1 and Grades 7 & 8	7/12/2019
Ms Rebekah Iles		Good Shepherd LS West Allis WI Teacher; Grades 7-8, Half-Time Call	7/28/2019
Ms Joy Pelkey	St John LS Westland MI	St John LS Westland MI ECM Director; One-Year Call	7/28/2019
Mrs Rossi-Kay Zarling		Good Shepherd’s LS West Allis WI ECM Teacher; K5, Half-Time Call	7/28/2019

CALLS ACCEPTED

Pastors	Current call	New call	Date accepted
Rev Benjamin Zuberbier	Trinity LC Eugene OR	Zion LC Columbus WI Associate Pastor	7/23/2019
Rev William King	St Paul LC Tomah WI	Good Shepherd LC Cedar Rapids IA Pastor	7/28/2019
Teachers	Current call	New call	Date accepted
Mrs Jessica Wolfe	Little Lambs Preschool Mandan ND	Little Lambs Learning Center Mandan ND ECM Director; Interim Time Call	7/21/2019
Mrs Rebecca Guenther	St Paul’s LS New Ulm MN	St Paul’s LC New Ulm MN ECM Teacher; Part-Time Call	7/23/2019
Mr Paul Heldman	Immanuel LS Medford WI	Immanuel LC Medford WI Principal; Half-Time, One-Year Call	7/23/2019
Ms Jessica Acosta-Ware		Grace LS Portland OR Teacher; Upper Grades, One-Year, Provisional Call	7/24/2019
Mrs Carissa Priewe	Mount Olive LS Appleton WI	Mount Olive LS Appleton WI Teacher; Part-Time Call	7/25/2019
Miss Jeanine Heller	Good Shepherd LS Burnsville MN	Good Shepherd LS Burnsville MN Teacher; Grades 3-4	7/26/2019
Mrs Heidi Wendland		Salem Preschool Woodbury MN ECM Teacher; Preschool, One-Year Call	7/26/2019
Mrs Donna Woldt	St John LS Libertyville IL	St John LS Libertyville IL ECM Teacher; Preschool & Resource, One-Year Call	7/27/2019
Mrs Jacquelyn Engelbrecht	St John LS Lannon WI	St John LS Lannon WI Teacher; Grades 3-4, Half-Time, Limited Duration Call	7/28/2019

CALLS DECLINED

Pastors	Current call	New call	Date declined
Dr Mark Paustian	Martin Luther College New Ulm MN	Immanuel LC Greenville WI Associate Pastor	7/22/2019
Rev Allen Kirschbaum	Spirit of Life LC Caledonia MI	Trinity LC Woodbridge VA Pastor	7/23/2019
Rev Todd Engel	St John LC Red Wing MN	St Paul’s LC North Mankato MN Associate Pastor	7/24/2019
Rev Justin Dauck	St Paul LC Roscoe SD St John LC Bowdle SD	Prince of Peace LC Yuma AZ Pastor	7/24/2019
Rev James Grabitske	Trinity LC Buffalo MN St Paul LC Montrose MN	St Mark LC Wallace MI Holy Cross LC Daggett MI Pastor	7/25/2019
Rev Mark Kahrs	Calvary LC Glenwood MN	St Paul’s LC Mound City SD Zion LC Akaska SD Pastor	7/25/2019
Rev Douglas Engelbrecht	Trinity LC Neenah WI	St John LC Wrightstown WI Associate Pastor; Retirement Call	7/26/2019
Rev Ryan Wolfe	Redeemer LC Mandan ND	Martin Luther LC Oshkosh WI Associate Pastor	7/26/2019
Rev Matthew Reis	Trinity LC Bangor MI	Trinity LC Coleman WI Pastor	7/26/2019
Rev David Boettcher	St John LC Wetaskiwin AB Canada Mighty Fortress LC Red Deer AB Canada	Immanuel LC Johnson Creek WI Pastor	7/27/2019

RESIGNED

Teachers	Current call	Date resigned
Mrs Nicole Zagrzebski	Pilgrim LS Minneapolis MN	7/22/2019

CALLED TO ETERNAL GLORY

Teachers	Home church	Death date
Mrs Carolyn Wentzel	St Matthew LC Janesville WI	7/13/2019
Mrs Jeanette Bell	Zion LC Toledo OH	7/21/2019
Mr Donovan Zastrow	Illinois Lutheran High School Crete IL	7/26/2019
Mr Geoffrey Hoffmann	St Paul LC Tomah WI	7/28/2019

RETIREMENT

Pastors	Current call	Date retired
Rev George Swanson	Shepherd LC Albuquerque NM	12/31/2019
Teachers	Current call	Date retired
Dr James Grunwald	Martin Luther College New Ulm MN	6/30/2019
Prof em John Gronholz	Martin Luther College New Ulm MN	6/30/2019

LIMITED LENGTH CALL EXPIRED

Teachers	Current call	Date effective
Mrs Emily Rider	Martin Luther College New Ulm MN	6/30/2019

POSITION ELIMINATED

Teachers	Current call	Date effective
Mrs Marlene Hill	Living Word Academy Marble Falls TX	6/30/2019

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