Graduates and vicars assigned to home and world mission fields

Seminary pastoral assignments to home mission congregations and world mission fields:

Six pastoral graduates from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary were assigned this morning to serve WELS home mission congregations and one to a world mission field:

• Bitter, Jacob – Pan de Vida, Garden Grove, Calif. (Hispanic outreach)
• Borgwardt, Jacob – Crossroads, Chicago, Ill.
• Satorius, Noah – Northdale, Tampa, Fla. (Hispanic outreach)
• Satorius, Zachary – World Missionary, One Latin America Team
• Schultz, Ethan – Lamb of God (New mission start), Williston, N.D.
• Stein, Nathaniel – Christ, Clarksville, Md.
• Valdez, Phillip – Abiding Savior, Killeen, Texas

Vicar in a Mission Setting program assignments

Twenty-three Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary students were assigned to serve as vicars through the Vicar in a Mission Setting program, and one additional vicar was assigned to serve a WELS World Missions partner in Colombia. *Denotes home mission congregation

• Arrowsmith, Adam – Risen Savior, Chula Vista, Calif.
• Arstein, Calvin – Good News, Mt. Horeb, Wis.*
• Blumer, Ezra – The Way, Fredericksburg, Va.*
• Eickhoff, Samuel – St. Peter, Schofield, Wis.
• Engel, Samuel – Christ Alone, Keller, Texas*
• Escobar, JuanDa – Sure Foundation, Woodside, N.Y.*
• Golisch, Nathan – Beautiful Savior, Marietta, Ga.
• Gregorius, Zachary – Carbon Valley, Firestone, Colo.*
• Guse, Brice – Gethsemane, Omaha, Neb.
• Hackbarth, Seth – Zion, Denver, Colo.
• Heiman, Alexander – Beautiful Savior, College Station, Texas
• Hengst, Caleb – Christ, Denver, Colo.*
• Herter, Connor – Tree of Life, Cary, N.C.
• Knoll, Cooper – Our Savior, San Antonio, Texas
• Landwehr, Jonas – Santísima Trinidad, Medellín, Colombia (World Missions)
• Maurice, Collin – Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel, Madison, Wis.
• Pederson, Isaiah – Christ the King, Bremerton, Wash.
• Schroeder, Cameron – Faith, Sharpsburg, Ga.
• Schwartz, Benjamin – Living Savior, Asheville, N.C.
• Sievert, Eli – Amazing Grace, Myrtle Beach, S.C.*
• Thiel, Zachary – Cornerstone, Bentonville, Ark.*
• Vogel, Jack – Resurrection, Verona, Wis.
• Wessel, Joseph – Abiding Faith, Smyrna, Tenn.
• Winkel, Josiah – Bethel, Sioux Falls, S.D.

The Vicar in a Mission Setting program allows third-year seminary students to experience ministry in a mission-minded congregation thanks to financial support from WELS Home Missions and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. For the full assignment list, visit wisluthsem.org/about-wls/assignment-list/.

Martin Luther College graduate to world mission field

• Rieger, Matthew T. – East Fork Lutheran School, Whiteriver, Ariz. – Grades 5-8 Departmentalized Mathematics

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