Call Report – May 31, 2022

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Pastor, teacher, and staff minister call report

5/24/2022 – 5/30/2022

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 Richard Miller	Redeemer LC Scottville MI	Ascension LC Antigo WI Pastor	4/3/2022
Rev Carl Schroeder	St Peter’s LC Sturgeon Bay WI	Grace LC Spring Hill FL Pastor	4/19/2022
Rev Daniel Laitinen	Multi-Language Productions	Multi-Language Productions TELL Missionary; Africa	4/27/2022
Rev Matthew Westra	Living Promise LC Morristown TN	St Andrew LC Middleton WI Associate Pastor; Service and Outreach	5/1/2022
Rev David Clark	Grace LC Glendale AZ	Redeemer LC Tucson AZ Associate Pastor	5/1/2022
Rev Andrew M Schmidt	CRM	Zion LC Morgan MN Pastor	5/6/2022
Rev Timothy Patoka	Grace LC Tucson AZ	Peace LC King of Prussia PA Pastor	5/8/2022
Rev Daniel Frey	Gethsemane LC Lees Summit MO	Salem LC Woodbury MN Pastor	5/8/2022
Rev Aaron Nitz	Good Shepherd LC Cheyenne WY	St John’s LC Dakota MN Pastor	5/8/2022
Rev Jason Hacker	Grace LC Waukesha WI	St Paul’s LC Rapid City SD Associate Pastor	5/8/2022
Rev Stephen Helwig	Gethsemane LC Omaha NE	Board for Home Missions Administrator	5/11/2022
Rev Matthew Frey	Living Word LC Montrose CO	Summerlin LC Las Vegas NV Pastor	5/13/2022
Rev Andrew Schwartz	Christ the King LC Bremerton WA	Manitowoc Lutheran High School Manitowoc WI Teacher	5/14/2022
Rev Jason Jobs	St John LC Markesan WI	Our Savior LC Perry MI Pastor	5/16/2022
Rev James Fleming	St Peter LC – North Campus Appleton WI	Michigan Lutheran High School Saint Joseph MI President	5/16/2022
Rev Noah Bater	Prince of Peace LC Thousand Oaks CA	Peace LC Hartford WI Associate Pastor	5/17/2022
Rev James Langebartels	Zion LC Ogema WI St John LC Rib Lake WI	St Jacobi LC Greenfield WI Associate Pastor	5/17/2022
Rev Joel Tullberg	Shepherd of the Hills LC Lansing MI	Trinity LC Waukesha WI Associate Pastor	5/22/2022
Rev John Stelter	St John LC Princeton WI	Faith LC Antioch IL Associate Pastor	5/22/2022
Rev Chad Walta	Christ LC Milwaukee WI	Bethany LC Fort Atkinson WI Associate Pastor; Lead Campus Pastor	5/22/2022
Rev Joel Naumann	St Mark LC Eau Claire WI	Redeemer LC Mandan ND Pastor	5/22/2022
Rev Jacob Scott	Zion LC Arlington WI	St John LC & Trinity LC Janesville MN Pastor	5/23/2022
Rev Duane Rodewald	Abiding Peace LC Simpsonville SC	St John LC St John’s Saint John Antigua Pastor	5/23/2022
Rev Joel Neumann	Faith LC Black River Falls WI	Our Savior LC Grafton WI Associate Pastor	5/24/2022
Rev Joel Hoff	Trinity LC Neenah WI	Asia One Team Missionary	5/25/2022
Rev Joel Spaude	St Peter LC Fort Collins CO	Asia One Team Missionary to Indonesia	5/25/2022
Teachers	Current call	New call	Date issued
Mrs Kailey White		Grow in Peace Learning Center Sun Prairie WI ECM Director; One-Year Call	4/24/2022
Mrs Rachel Christie	St Paul LS Beverly Hills FL	St John LS Juneau WI ECM Teacher; One-Year, Half-Time Call	4/24/2022
Mrs Holly Dannecker	St Mark LS Green Bay WI	St Mark LS Green Bay WI Director; Grade 4, Student Services Director, One-Year Call	5/5/2022
Mrs Colleen Bauer		Christ the Lord LS Brookfield WI ECM Teacher; Provisional, Half-Time Call	5/12/2022
Mrs Connie Mann		St Paul LS Menomonie WI Teacher; Grade 5, Upper Grades Music, Provisional Call	5/17/2022
Mr Jonathan Lindemann	St Paul LS Ixonia WI	St Paul LS Bangor WI Teacher; Vice-Principal, Grades 7-8	5/18/2022
Mrs Erin Koschnitzke		Wisconsin Lutheran High School Milwaukee WI Teacher; Teacher & Coach, Three-Quarter Time Call	5/18/2022
Ms Ashley Larson		Risen Savior LS Mankato MN Teacher; Grades 3-8, Dept. Learning, Half-Time, Provisional Call	5/20/2022
Mrs Angelia Braatz		Holy Cross LS Madison WI Teacher; Grade 3, Provisional Call	5/21/2022
Mrs Keely Prekop	Trinity-St Luke Western Ave Campus Watertown WI	St Peter LS Helenville WI ECM Teacher; 4K	5/22/2022
Mrs Lyndsey Lervold		Mt Calvary LS Redding CA Teacher; Grades K-2, Provisional Call	5/22/2022
Mr Stephen Schultz		Ascension LS and Preschool Sarasota FL Principal; Interim Principal, One-Year Call	5/22/2022
Mr Daniel Whitney	Risen Savior LS Mankato MN	Trinity LS Belle Plaine MN Principal; One-Year, Half-Time Call	5/22/2022
Mr Daniel Whitney	Risen Savior LS Mankato MN	St Peter LS Saint Peter MN Principal; One-Year, Half-Time Call	5/22/2022
Mrs Amanda Wittig		St John LS Red Wing MN Teacher; Grades 3-4, One-Year Call	5/24/2022
Mrs Keely Prekop	Trinity-St Luke Western Ave Campus Watertown WI	St John LS Watertown WI ECM Teacher	5/24/2022
Mrs Sally Petersen		Salem LS Milwaukee WI Teacher; Grade 1	5/24/2022
Mrs Tanya Rasmussen		Christ LS Zumbrota MN Teacher; Grades 3-5, Provisional Call	5/24/2022
Mr Timothy Schroeder		St Paul LS Tomah WI Teacher; Upper Grades, Vice-Principal	5/24/2022
Mr Michael Homan		St Paul LS Tomah WI Teacher; Upper Grades, Athletic Director, One-Year Call	5/24/2022
Mrs Kristine Fischer		St John LS Milwaukee WI Teacher; Grade 1, Provisional Call	5/24/2022
Ms Michelle Yotter	St Peter LS Saint Paul MN	Roots to Wings Learning Center Lake City MN ECM Teacher; 3K, One-Year Call	5/29/2022
Mrs Kelly West		St Matthew LS Spokane WA Teacher; Grade 1, Provisional Call	5/29/2022
Mrs Monica Haakenson		Immanuel LS Waukegan IL EMC Director	5/29/2022
Staff Ministers	Current call	New call	Date issued
Mr Christopher Dean	Costa Maya Ministries Mahahual Quintana Roo	Bloomington LC Bloomington MN Congregation Staff Minister; Youth & Family Minister	5/17/2022
Mr James Boggs	St John LC Lannon WI	St John LS Libertyville IL Principal & Staff Minister of Outreach	5/25/2022

CALLS ACCEPTED

 

Pastors	Current call	New call	Date accepted
Rev Paul Kuckhahn	St John LC Lewiston MN	St Martin’s LC Watertown SD Associate Pastor	5/28/2022
Rev Dustin Yahnke	Trinity LC Watertown WI	Lakeside Lutheran High School Lake Mills WI Teacher; Grades 11-12 Religion	5/29/2022
Teachers	Current call	New call	Date accepted
Mrs Jacqueline Unke	Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Preschool Las Vegas NV	Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Preschool Las Vegas NV ECM Director & Kindergarten Teacher, One-Year Call	5/6/2022
Mrs Dinah Spurgin		St Martin’s LS Watertown SD Teacher; Grade 2, One-Year Call	5/18/2022
Ms Alissa Schulz		Immanuel LS Greenville WI Teacher; Guided Studies Teacher, Provisional Call	5/22/2022
Mrs Deanna Martens		St Martin’s LS Watertown SD Teacher; School & Church Music Coordinator, Provisional Call	5/23/2022
Mrs Michelle Meyer	Arizona Lutheran Academy Phoenix AZ	Arizona Lutheran Academy Phoenix AZ Teacher; Admissions Director & Registrar	5/24/2022
Miss Linden Jahns		Good Shepherd Lutheran Academy Deltona FL Teacher; Grade 1	5/24/2022
Ms Kylene Gilbert	Redeemer LS Tucson AZ	Redeemer LS Tucson AZ Teacher; Grades 3-4, One-Year, Provisional, Three-Quarter Time Call	5/24/2022
Dr Kathryn Hendee		Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee WI Professor; Assistant Professor of Biology, Provisional Call	5/24/2022
Prof Steven Thiesfeldt	Martin Luther College New Ulm MN	Michigan Lutheran Seminary Saginaw MI Administrator; Vice-President, Half-Time, One-Year Call	5/27/2022
Mrs Amanda Moldenhauer		Little Lambs Learning Center Mandan ND ECM Teacher; One-Year, Half-Time Call	5/27/2022
Mrs Stephanie Cares		Ascension LS & Preschool Sarasota FL Teacher; Grades 7-8	5/28/2022
Miss Kennedy Yetzer		Beautiful Savior LS Grove City OH Teacher; Grades 1-2, Provisional Call	5/28/2022
Mr Shawn Scherer		St Peter LS Saint Peter MN Teacher; Grade 7-8, One-Year Call	5/29/2022

ASSIGNMENT

 

Teachers		Assignment	Date assigned
Mrs Laurel Dose		St Paul LS Columbus OH Teacher; Grades K-8 Departmentalized	5/25/2022
Miss Christina Kapellusch		Redeemer LS Tucson AZ Teacher; Grade TBD	5/25/2022
Mrs Jamie Bruckschen		Zion LS Egg Harbor WI Teacher; Grades 5-8	5/25/2022
Mrs Melissa Waterstradt		Christ the King LS Bremerton WA Teacher; Grades 5-6	5/25/2022
Mrs Morgan Schmidt		Abiding Peace Academy Simpsonville SC Teacher; Grades 2-3	5/25/2022
Miss Livia Lickteig		Shepherd of the Valley LS Westminster CO ECM Teacher	5/25/2022
Mrs Lauren Fury		Lord of Life LS Thornton CO Teacher; Grades 1-2	5/25/2022
Mrs Aimee Behm		Morning Star LS Jackson WI Teacher; Extended Learning Teacher, Limited-Duration Assignment	5/27/2022

CALLS DECLINED

 

Pastors	Current call	New call	Date declined
Rev Douglas Tomhave	St Paul LC Lake Mills WI	Resurrection LC Rochester MN Associate Pastor Coordinating Pastor	5/7/2022
Rev Douglas Tomhave	St Paul LC Lake Mills WI	Good Shepherd LC Holmen WI Pastor	5/12/2022
Rev Fred Schurman III	Lord of Lords LC Casper WY	Emanuel Redeemer LC Yale MI Pastor	5/25/2022
Rev Timothy Schwartz	Zion LC Columbus WI	St Paul’s LC Franklin WI Associate Pastor	5/26/2022
Rev John Koester	Gethsemane LC Omaha NE	Trinity LC Neenah WI Associate Pastor	5/28/2022

RESIGNED

 

Teachers	Current call	Date resigned
Ms Stephanie Diersen	St John LS Caledonia MN	6/30/2022
Mrs Karen Mattek	Immanuel LS Greenville WI	6/30/2022

RETIREMENT

 

Pastors	Current call	Date retired
Rev Paul Zager	First LC Suttons Bay MI	5/31/2022

LIMITED LENGTH CALL EXPIRED

 

Teachers	Current call	Date effective
Mrs Jana Kogler	Pilgrim LS Mesa AZ	5/31/2022