WORKERS TOGETHER An Email Publication of the LCMS Kansas District | www.kslcms.org

May 2018

“When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember…”

In This Issue President’s Office

• Calls and Vacancies • One Pastor, Three Vicars Placed in Kansas • Clergy Candidate List • Convention News: Resolutions Coming Soon • Prayer Requests • District Calendar

Missions & Stewardship • 2018 Pentecost Offering Update • Lutherans for Life Event June 30 • RSTM: Ministry for Older Adults

Education & Youth

• Teachers Chosen for SLED Program • Early Childhood Educators Conference July 28 • Recent Events: Youth Retreat in Hesston; DCE

Retreat; KDYG Planning Meeting • LVR: There’s Still Time to Register

Caring Ministry

• LERT News • NEW: LERT Training Event in Gardner • Saints Alive Gathering July 29-31

Business Office

• New Business Manager Joins District Staff • New Benefits Portal Available Soon • Convention Assessments Due May 20

LCEF

• DVP Note: Outreach Ministry Grants • Maltz Judges LCEF Marketing Competition • LCEF Investments: Note NEW Rates

Communication

• Find Us on Facebook • Photo Request: Congregations and Schools

Around the District

• Faculty-Led Workshop Coming to Humboldt • LeadaChild Celebrates 50 Years • Pastors Wives Retreat • Retirement Celebration at Zion

OUR MISSION is to support and encourage the members of the District in carrying out the mission Christ has given His Church.

This striking reminder of God’s covenant with His people appeared earlier this spring behind St. John

Lutheran Church in Palmer, Kansas. (Source: David Beikmann, St. John Facebook page, April 2)

President’s Office Calls and Vacancies PASTORAL CALLS

• Rev. Kent Peck – Wheat Ridge Ev. Lutheran Church, Wheat Ridge, CO – St. John, Meade – pending

• Rev. Christopher Asbury – Grace, Norfolk, NE to Our Redeemer, Hutchinson – declined

• Rev. Jim Bender – Faith, Topeka to Trinity, Hudson, WI accepted • Rev. Edward Hosch – OIM Missionary – Lima, Peru to Messiah, Emporia

(associate) – accepted • Rev. Nathan Hausch – St. John, Orange, CA to Our Saviour, Kansas City 3/18

– pending

PENDING ORDINATIONS AND/OR INSTALLATIONS – PASTORS • Don Copley, Associate Pastor SMP to St. Peter, Humboldt, ordination & installation 5/6 • Kenton Abbott, Associate Pastor SMP to St. John, Ellinwood, ordination & installation 7/15 • Rev. Edward Hosch, Messiah, Emporia (associate), installation 7/1

CONGREGATIONS CALLING OR PREPARING TO CALL A PASTOR • Argonia, Zion (sole) • Arkansas City, Redeemer (sole) • Atchison, Trinity (associate) • Emporia, Messiah (associate) • Hutchinson, Our Redeemer (senior) • Kansas City, Our Saviour (associate) • Lincoln, St. Paul (sole) • Meade, St. John (sole) • Shawnee, Hope (senior) • Topeka, Prince of Peace (sole) • Wichita, Bethany (sole) • Wichita, St. Andrew’s (sole)

CONGREGATIONS CALLING A COMMISSIONED MINISTER • Trinity, Mission – Family Life Ministry Coordinator • First, Paola – DCE • St. Paul, Leavenworth –Teachers • St. John, Alma – Principal/Teacher (call extended) • Hope, Shawnee – Teacher (CUS placement) • Bethany, Overland Park – Teacher (CUS placement)

COMMISSIONED MINISTER CALLS – from the field: • DCE Heather McCormick – Faith, Topeka to Trinity Sabin, MN – pending • David Rindt – Lutheran High School of Kansas City to Christ, Overland Park, Principal – accepted • Joshua Grass – St. Paul’s, Sedalia, MO to Topeka Lutheran – accepted • Principal/Teacher Timothy Mirly - St. Paul, Jackson, MO to St. John, Alma – declined • DCE Heather McCormick – Faith, Topeka to Concordia, Jamestown, ND – declined • Stacy Sato – CNH District (Candidate Status) to St. Paul, Leavenworth, Principal – accepted, installation

6/24, pending • CUNE Candidate Kelsey Adcock to Hope, Shawnee – accepted pending placement • Tchr Rachel Werner – Good Shepherd, Marysville to Deshler Lutheran, Deshler, NE – accepted

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For weekly call updates, visit the Calls and Vacancies page of the Kansas District website. The list is updated every Tuesday (typically by 10 a.m.).

One Pastor, Three Vicars Placed in Kansas The LCMS Kansas District received one new pastor and two vicars from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis as well as one vicar from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne during Call Day services April 24 and 25.

From St. Louis (left): Joshua Parrish (front row, with Katherine Parrish) will be serving as vicar at Beautiful Savior, Olathe, while Kendall Davis (back row, with President Peter Lange) will be the new vicar at Ascension Lutheran Church, Wichita. (Not pictured: Kenton Abbott, Pastor, St. John, Ellinwood). From Fort Wayne (below): Christopher Antonetti, pictured here with his wife, Karin, and President Lange, received a vicarage assignment to Risen Savior, Basehor.

For a complete list of calls, vicarages and internships, visit the Call Day 2018 pages for St. Louis and Fort Wayne.

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Clergy Candidate List In 2016, the LCMS in convention adopted Resolution 12-02A “To Encourage Calling Church Workers on Candidate Status.” Included in the resolves was that “district presidents publish annually in a district publication the names of these candidates” who are on candidate status. The only pastor on candidate status in the Kansas District is Rev. Frederick Smith, who lives in Berlin, Germany and assists congregations of the SELK (Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche—Germany’s Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church).

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2018 Convention: Resolutions Ready Soon Floor committees for the 73rd Kansas District Convention met at the District Office on April 28 to review overtures and prepare resolutions for the convention in June. Over the next few weeks, those resolutions will be finalized and published in a workbook update, which will also include an updated convention schedule. The update will be available on the website no later than May 28; all convention delegates will be notified when it is posted.

In other news: If you haven’t yet registered for the convention, please do so by May 11. You can access the simple one-page registration form from the convention webpage; just look for the registration icon near the top of the page. Those who need to register include pastoral and lay voting delegates, advisory delegates, Board of Directors members, District staff, and official convention guests.

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Prayer Requests

For those who have lost loved ones in recent months, including the families of Rev. Timothy Kersten (3/8), Deacon John Schlickau (1/3), and Douglas and Debra Swanson, parents of Amy Vossler (12/28). For those dealing with health concerns, including Pr. Calvin Reinke, Pr. Kenton Rohrberg, and Pr. Stanley Palmer’s father, Robert.

If you have a prayer request you’d like the staff to know about, please send it to Tami Lierz at tami@kslcms.org.

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District Calendar

• May 9: Pastors Conference Planning Committee Meeting, District Office, 9-10 a.m. • May 15: Children’s and Family Life Committee, District Office, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Above: The Mercy Committee prepares to draft resolutions. Right: Floor committee members attend a general orientation session. For a complete list of floor committees and their members, visit our convention webpage.

• May 17: West Africa Committee Meeting, District Office, 5-7 p.m. • May 22: Convention Planning Committee Meeting, District Office, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. • May 30: KIDS Training with KSDE (Kansas State Dept. of Education), District Office • June 7-9: LCMS Kansas District Convention, Capitol Plaza Hotel, Topeka • June 23: LERT GoToMeeting, 9-10:30 a.m.

You can find the full District calendar on the website HERE.

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Missions and Stewardship

2018 Pentecost Offering Update The annual Kansas District Pentecost Offering is coming up this month, which will give LCMS congregations throughout Kansas the opportunity to work together to support Guinean pastors-in-training. Last year, we raised close to $15,000 in the offering, enough to cover a year’s tuition for three students. Every contribution helps! Pastors: You should have received a mailing near the beginning of May with Pentecost Offering bulletin inserts. We estimated the number of inserts based on a percentage of your average weekly attendance; if you need additional inserts, you can find a PDF on our website. Just look for the announcement slide on our homepage. (Alternatively, you can contact Janet Powell at janet@kslcms.org; we have some extra inserts in the office.) You can also find an editable Word doc with announcements and a collect for Pentecost Sunday on our website. We appreciate you spreading the word and keeping the Guinean students in your prayers!

A NOTE OF CLARIFICATION ON THE PENTECOST OFFERING

In some convention years, the Pentecost Offering and the convention offering have supported the same cause. Not so this year. The Pentecost Offering will go to West Africa, while the convention offering will go to the Rev. Eugene Schmidt Memorial Mission Fund, which supports mission outreach in Kansas.

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Lutherans for Life Meeting June 30

The annual meeting and program for Lutherans For Life (LFL) of Kansas will be held on Saturday, June 30, at Grace Lutheran Church in Wichita. Open free of charge to adults and senior high youth, the morning will include a national guest speaker on life issues as well as information on LFL and its programs (national, state and local) shared by President Jeanne Mackay and Kansas District Life Coordinator Pr. Matthew Durance.

A light lunch will be available at no cost. A brief business meeting will be held, at which time those interested may officially join LFL as a member if they have not already done so. For more details about the schedule/times and to RESERVE seats for yourself and others, please email jmac14430@gmail.com, including number of people coming and their names.

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RSTM: Ministry for Older Adults

You can read more from Dr. Bimler, Ambassador of Health, Hope and Aging! (AH-HA!) for Lutheran Life Communities, in this month’s Rural and Small Town Mission newsletter. Dr. Bimler will also be speaking on the mission field of older adults in an RSTM webinar on May 17, 2018.

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Education & Youth

Teachers Chosen for SLED Program The LCMS School Ministry SLED (School Leadership Development) project management team met in late March and selected participants for the SLED 18 program. Congratulations to Kansas District Lutheran school teachers Whitney Holle (St. John, Alma) and Daniel Gibson (Hope, Shawnee), for being selected to participate in the program. SLED is a program of LCMS School Ministry that prepares future administrators for Lutheran schools. 40 percent of Lutheran school administrators now serving are expected to retire within the next five years, creating a significant leadership void. Since 1996, the SLED program has produced a pool of nearly 400 potential administrative candidates, an accomplishment that LCMS School Ministry Director Terry Schmidt says is “even more essential today than ever before.” Holle and Gibson will participate in the first of two three-day trainings in St. Louis, June 21-23, 2018.

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Early Childhood Educators Conference July 28

Registration is now open for “Clowns in the Kingdom” (based in 1 Cor. 4:10), this year’s Early Childhood Educators Conference. During this one-day event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about empathy, Tinkerlabs, Squishy Circuits, and more!

When: July 28, 2018 | 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Where: Faith Lutheran Church, Emporia Keynote Speaker: Dr. Melissa Reed, Emporia State University To register: Click HERE, or visit the Lutheran Schools page of the District website

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Whitney Holle Daniel Gibson

“It is time that we, the Church, become more intentional about enabling people to see aging as a blessing to celebrate rather than a burden to endure! God’s people do not need to “get over it.” We need to “get on with it” as we celebrate and serve people of all ages! The new frontier for the Church is longevity, and longevity is getting longer all the time. Where else but in rural America is the best place to make this statement to the whole Church, as the rural/small-town churches around us become a spiritual renewal center for older adults, and at the same time, for those of all ages as well?”

Dr. Rich Bimler “Redefining the Graying Church” RSTM May Newsletter

Recent Events: Teen Fellowship Retreat; DCE Retreat; KDYG Planning Team

Teen Fellowship Retreat High school youth and adult leaders from across the LCMS Kansas District participated in the Teen Fellowship Retreat, held in Hesston, Kansas, on April 6-7, 2018. Six District youth led attendees through the Lutheran Youth Fellowship Leadership Development resource, “Share Hope.” Share Hope explores the ways that both worldview and communication skills impact Christian witness. Professor Brad Allen and Deaconess Heidi Goehmann are featured presenters in various video segments in the curriculum.

KDYG Planning Team Preparations are underway for the annual Kansas District Youth Gathering, to be held at the Atrium in Hutchinson, November 16-18, 2018. Program planners include (left to right): Jim Bradshaw (LCMS Kansas District representative), Donna Williams, Brian Amey, Katie Morgan, Rev. Henry Blickhahn, Randi Petrik, and Ben Venteicher. Gathering details will be announced later this summer.

DCE Retreat Kansas District Directors of Christian Education and parish education and youth leaders gathered at the District Retreat Center in Herington, April 23-25, 2018, for their annual retreat. The theme of the retreat was “Prevail,” based on 1 Sam. 17. Participants in the retreat included Kenton Abbott, Amanda Adams, Brian Amey, Jim Bradshaw, Paige Edgington, Arleata Harmon, Kathy and Leland Jackson, Cynthia Lavrenz, Heather McCormick, Ben Meyer, Jeremy Pera, Charity Smith, Denise Sprengeler, Erika Troester, Cindy Twillman, Ben Venteicher, Paul White, Elaine Whiteneck, Donna Williams, and Dave Willingham.

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Lutheran Valley Retreat (LVR): There’s Still Time to Register

Registration remains open for the Lutheran Valley Retreat summer camp, being held July 15-20 in Woodland, CO. If you register now, all medical and activity release forms, along with a $100 deposit, are due within one week of submitting registrations, after which late fees will be assessed. $50 is non-refundable. To register and get more details: Visit the LVR page at kslcms.org. Questions? Contact DCE Paul White at dcepaulwhite@gmail.com or 785-456-2444.

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Caring Ministry

Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) News Donna Williams, District Disaster Response Coordinator It’s been a busy seven months for disaster responders! And that includes those who are reaching out on behalf of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Beginning in late August and continuing into the spring and summer, LCMS World Relief and Human Care and its Disaster Response arm have joined forces with church leaders and disaster coordinators in Synod districts to bring help to the hurting — both physical and spiritual — in the wake of three devastating hurricanes, a major earthquake and menacing wildfires. It’s not unusual for situations to “change really quickly” on the disaster front, admits the Rev. Dr. Ross Johnson, director of LCMS Disaster Response. HERE IS A QUICK RECAP: California Wildfires: Burned approximately 400 square miles and resulted in 43 deaths and 14,000 homes either damaged (10K) or completely destroyed (4712). Many in the Santa Rosa area are forced to make the difficult decision to relocate because they cannot afford to rebuild their homes. Mexico’s Earthquake: The Sept. 19 earthquake collapsed more than 40 buildings, killing approximately 370 people and injuring scores more. In some parts of the city, residents are still without water in December due to water main breaks that had not been repaired. Harvey’s wrath in Texas: The work continues – from debris removal, to mucking out, to replacing insulation and drywall – on some 120 hurricane damaged homes. How can you help?

• Volunteer at any of the three sites set up to house teams in Houston or on the Coastal Bend. • Send donations to the Texas District where 100% of the proceeds to go the families impacted by the

hurricane. • Pray for the affected families and those who are reaching out to them.

More information can be found at www.txlcms.org. Florida’s Irma: In the wake of Hurricane Harvey (August 2017) came Irma in Sept. 2017. In the aftermath of this powerful storm, 6.8 people were without electricity. Some, like those in Puerto Rico, are still waiting for service to be restored, which affects the availability of safe drinking water. In addition to the projected $50 billion in damage, 80 people lost their lives.

NEW ON THE RADAR: Rhea Fire in Dewey County, Oklahoma. It’s reported that to date some 400,000 acres have been charred by a wild fire that is only about 3% contained. When you look at it on the Fire Map, that’s almost half the county. My friend, Lori, has a grandmother who owns 900 acres in the area. The only portion not torched by the fire is the 30% planted with wheat. Fifty homes have been lost, 20 of those in the small community of Vici. She told me today that 17 kids in that school district are now homeless. She sent me pictures … I’ve seen it from horseback and it breaks my heart. I share this news with you in the hopes that you will add all of these folks, including the first responders and aid workers, to your prayers. If you are available to spend a few days, a week, or more in any of these places, I know they would be most grateful. Work in these regions will be ongoing for many months, even years. Jesus reminded His disciples that they would never be without those in need. Knowing that keeps me humble and grounded and so very thankful for God’s omniscient grace and mercy. And in light of this, I can boldly proclaim with the prophet Isaiah, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8) To God be the Glory! Donna Williams DDRC Kansas District ksddrc@gmail.com

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NEW: LERT Training Event in Gardner The LCMS Kansas District will be hosting a LERT (Lutheran Early Response Training) event on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Registration is $25 per person, which covers the cost of the training, snacks and lunch. Please register by Sept. 2. At the close of the program, participants will receive a certificate of participation and LERT volunteer credentialing issued by LCMS Disaster Response. This 6-hour training event will equip attendees to be effective volunteers should a disaster strike our community, state or nation. For a registration form, visit the Kansas District’s Disaster Repsonse webpage.

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Saints Alive Gathering July 29-31 The 2018 Saints Alive After 55 gathering will be held at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita July 29–31. The theme of this year’s gathering, which marks the 30th anniversary of Saints Alive, is “Great Is They Faithfulness,” based on Lamentations 3:22–23. Rev. Barrie E. Henke, president of the Oklahoma District, will serve as the speaker. Rev. Scott Snow will be leading Bible study, and Rev. Dan Galchutt will lead closing worship. Featured speakers include Sherri Jones, LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs, and Rev. Dr. John Tape, WSU Fairmount Coffee Company. If you’ve never attended the Saints Alive gathering, join us this year! In addition to excellent presenters, you’ll enjoy the peaceful setting, accommodations and fellowship. Check with your church office for registration forms or online on the Saints Alive page on the District website.

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Business Office New Business Manager Joins District Staff

Heather Williams has been hired as the new Kansas District business manager. Williams succeeds Debbie Crites, who is retiring June 15 after nearly 28 years in the position. Prior to joining the Kansas District staff, Williams, a Washburn University graduate, worked as an accountant for 13 years. In her previous positions, she gained considerable experience with financial operations, including audits, investment tracking, payroll, taxes, monthly accounting procedures and reporting. “I love providing information and being of service to people, which there is a lot of opportunity to do in business and accounting,” said Williams. “I especially love not-for-profit accounting and the chance to help an organization accomplish its mission.” An important part of that effort is helping people understand financial reports, which is one of

Williams’ specialties. “Accounting doesn’t have to be black and white,” she pointed out. “Colors and pictures are okay!” Williams says she’s looking forward to using her skills for the benefit of the church. “How often does one get the chance to use their professional experiences to directly serve the church and glorify God in their daily vocation?” said Williams, reflecting on her new position. “Getting the chance to work with people in my own faith organization, not just daily in the office, but also with congregations throughout the state, is so cool.” Williams already has quite a few connections to congregations in the state, with ties to churches in Phillipsburg, Coffeyville, Larned, and Topeka, where she attends Calvary Lutheran Church with her husband Matt and two boys, Jack and Jett. When she isn’t crunching numbers, Williams enjoys watching her boys play baseball, photography, antiques, getting lost in books, and camping. She begins working full-time in the District Office on May 14.

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New Benefits Portal Available Soon Concordia Plans has announced their new benefits portal. All current health plans, along with new offerings for 2019, will be available on the portal in early June. On April 3, an email was sent to the primary contact of your ministry with the subject line, “Your Action Needed Today.” The email asked that you click on the “Learn How and Act Today!” button and insert your temporary portal password included in the email to set up your ministry’s registration. In order to access the portal, you will be required to pre-register. In June, you will receive a second email that will allow you to access your current plans and options available for 2019. If you did not receive your registration email or have misplaced it, please contact CPS Customer Care at 888-927-7526, and they can resend the information.

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Heather Williams

Convention Assessments Due May 20 Assessments for the 2018 LCMS Kansas District Convention were sent out on August 29, 2017 and are due by May 20. If you haven’t yet submitted your assessment, please do so as soon as possible. If you have any questions about your congregation’s assessment, please contact Shannon Oldham at 800-357-4421 ext. 202 or shannon@kslcms.org. District convention assessments should be sent to LCMS Kansas District, 1000 SW 10th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66604-1104.

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LCEF

DVP Note: Outreach Ministry Grants

Dear Kansas District Members, The Lutheran Church Extension Fund is a nonprofit ministry of the church. LCEF is blessed by strong investors and faithful borrowers. It is a partnership that is working, and through the continued blessings of our Lord, LCEF is pleased to make available $16,000 in Outreach Ministry Grants to congregations, schools and other LCMS organizations within the Kansas District. Grants will be awarded in amounts of $250, $500, $750 and $1000. Applicants can target individuals, families or neighborhoods with inventive ministries with the common goal of drawing them to your flock. Matching funds and cooperative efforts with other groups are highly desirable in this effort. LCEF is making funds available to help make your local outreach event a reality. There will be a limit of one (1) application per congregation, school, or Registered Service Organization, so meet, discuss and pray over what would best serve your church, school or organization. Please follow the link for additional information and application: https://kslcms.org/lcef/grants/ The deadline for applications is June 15, 2018. Blessings,

Jeff Maltz jeffrey.maltz@lcef.org 785-230-4112 IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LCEF’S INVESTMENTS AND LOANS PLEASE CALL YOUR DVP JEFFREY MALTZ AT 785-230-4112/jeffrey.maltz@lcef.org OR VISIT LCEF.ORG. LCEF is a nonprofit religious organization; therefore, LCEF investments are not FDIC-insured bank deposit accounts. This is not an offer to sell investments, nor a solicitation to buy. LCEF will offer and sell its securities only in states where authorized. The offer is made solely by LCEF's Offering Circular. Investors should carefully read the Offering Circular, which more fully describes associated risks. LCEF StewardAccount®access features provided through UMB Bank n.a. Neither LCEF nor its representatives give legal, accounting or tax advice. Consult your tax advisor as to the applicability of this information to your own situation. UMB Bank serves as the custodian of the LCEF IRA/HAS

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Maltz Judges LCEF Marketing Competition

LCEF District Vice President Jeff Maltz (right) served as a judge in LCEF’s 7th annual National Student Marketing Competition (NSMC), held April 13 at Concordia University Chicago. Pictured with Maltz are his fellow judges (from right) Robyn Streck (LCEF Customer Relations Director), Paul Wills (VP of Marketing, Michigan Church Extension Fund), and Lori Hackett (Assoc. Director of Public Affairs, Lutheran Hour Ministries). “I was honored to serve as a judge at the LCEF National Marketing Competition in Chicago,” said Maltz. “It was an amazing experience to watch these students, working as a team, provide solutions to a real world business challenge while highlighting the ministry of the LCEF.” The judges gave the top prize to Concordia University Texas, Austin. You can read more about the competition HERE.

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LCEF Investments (Note NEW Rates)

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Communications

The District Is Now on Facebook

Technically, we should probably say that the District is once again on Facebook. We did have a page in the past, but we bowed out for a few years. We’re now back with a new page, “Kansas District LCMS,” which we launched about a week ago. We encourage you to visit and “Like” the page so you can stay in the loop between newsletters.

You’ll find a few things on our Facebook page that you won’t find in Workers, including additional photos, weekly updates and reminders, shared items of interest, and prayer requests for individual congregations and schools. Speaking of that prayer request project, we need pictures, which brings us to our next item…

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Photo Request: Congregations and Schools

Many years ago, a member of the Kansas District staff tooled around the state and snapped pictures of all our churches and schools in the Kansas District, leaving us with a very nice collection of photos. But that was in 2004, which means those pictures are close to 15 years old (and we’re missing a few here and there). Granted, many of your churches and schools might look pretty much the same, but we’re thinking an update is in order. We’ll be using the photos in the near future for two projects: 1) a slide show for the upcoming District convention, and 2) prayer request posts for Facebook. You’re invited to send a recent photo of your church and/or school to Kris Bruss at kbruss@kslcms.org. You don’t need a high-end camera or professional photographer; cell phones take nice photos, too. Just avoid sending a small file (e.g., those little 640 X 480 files for quick emailing), which limits the use of the photo. If we don’t receive a new photo, no worries—we’ll just use the one we have on file.

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Faculty-Led Workshop Coming to Humboldt Pastors, church workers, and laypeople: If you’re interested in taking a deep dive into theology this summer right here in Kansas, you’re in luck. Concordia Seminary is offering one of its faculty-led workshops in July in Humboldt: “Wholly Citizens: Facing the World or How not to Sin in the Voting Booth.” For more information, visit the workshop page of the Concordia website. Wholly Citizens: Facing the World or How not to Sin in the Voting Booth Dates: July 9-11 Presenter: Dr. Joel Biermann, Waldemar A. and June Schuette Professor of Systematic Theology Location: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 910 Amos St., Humboldt, KS 66748 Cost: $140 per participant Registration Deadline: June 25. Host: Rev. Timothy Roth, pastor@stpetershumboldt.org

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LeadaChild Celebrates 50th Anniversary

LeadaChild (formerly Children’s Christian Concern Society) celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 28 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Leawood, Kansas. At left: District Education Executive Jim Bradshaw with Dr. Phil Frusti, Executive Director of LeadaChild. Above: LeadaChild Latin America Regional Director, Nury De Millian, introduces members of the LeadaChild Guatemala Committee. LeadaChild is one of three Recognized Service Organizations (RSOs) based in the Kansas District.

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Pastors’ Wives at the Retreat Center

The annual Pastors Wives Retreat was held March 2-3 at the Kansas District Retreat Center. Pictured here are (front row) Monique Miller (red sweater), Jessica Sherry, Katie Norton, Dana Palmer, Peggy Rikli, Marie Roth, Betsy Schlossman, Melissa Galchutt; (middle rows) Marcia Lange, Kim Kristalyn, Amy Filipek, Tamara Ockree, Sally Bender, Janine Mallardi, Vickie Wingfield, Lindsey Schmidt, Sarah Fenker, Brenda Einem, Samantha Martinez, Jac-E-Lu Ersland, Barbara Schotte, Deaconess Natalie Sabol (event speaker), Shelli Panzer, Trish Geske; (back row of six) Michelle Kilgo, Janessa Durance, Kristi Lovett, Miriam Wehling, Susan Wolf, Nicole Boyle.

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Retirement Celebration at Zion

On May 6, teacher Dorothy Bredehoft was honored at a retirement celebration at Zion Lutheran Church and School, Independence following 45 years of faithful teaching. Bredehoft served her first 37 years at Grace, Brenham, Texas. Pictured with Bredehoft is Zion Principal Eric Pralle (left) and Kansas District Education Executive Jim Bradshaw (right).

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District Office Directory

President’s Office • Rev. Peter K. Lange, President: kspres@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 200 • Tami Lierz, Administrative Assistant: tami@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 200

Missions & Stewardship • Rev. Dan Galchutt, Assistant to the President for Missions & Stewardship: dangalchutt@kslcms.org,

800-357-4421 ext. 222 • Janet Powell, Administrative Assistant: janet@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 223

Educational Services • Jim Bradshaw, Assistant to the President for Educational Services: jbradshaw@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421

ext. 200 • Tami Lierz, Administrative Assistant: tami@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 200

Business Office • Debbie Crites, Business Manager (through 6/15): debbie@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 204 • Heather Williams, Business Manager (incoming): heather@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 • Shannon Oldham, Administrative Assistant: shannon@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 202

Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) • Jeff Maltz, LCEF Vice President, Kansas/Oklahoma: jeffrey.maltz@lcef.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 118

Communications • Kris Bruss, Communications Specialist, kbruss@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 322

Lutheran Witness Subscriptions • Shannon Oldham: shannon@kslcms.org, 800-357-4421 ext. 202

Retreat Center Reservations • Rev. Mark and Kristi Lovett: retreathouseherington@gmail.com, 785-380-8291

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