MLC AND WLS GRADUATES May means Call Day—at both Martin Luther College and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. It’s a time of excitement and gratitude for those students who have completed their ministerial training. We’ve listed here the graduates of both institutions, acknowledging that the vast majority of seminary graduates—highlighted in blue—are also MLC graduates. We know you rejoice with us that our Lord Jesus continues to inspire young men and women like these to offer themselves as servants to the church. They come to Call Day with hearts of faith, with deep knowledge of the infallible Word of God, and with a love for souls that compels them to share the good news of forgiveness, life, and salvation through Jesus Christ alone. In the majority of cases, they come ready to serve anywhere that the church requires, offering their gifts to meet the needs of WELS congregations and schools all over the world. What a blessing!
ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA DISTRICT
Timothy Patoka (Stafford VA) to Grace-Tucson AZ: associate pastor
Catherine Backer (Farmington MN) to Apostles-San Jose CA: gr 5, music
Jacob Rothe (New Berlin WI) to Mt. Calvary-Redding CA: upper grades, principal apprentice
Benjamin Edmundson (Burlington WI) to Arizona Lutheran Academy: social studies, English, coaching (assignment made permanent) Jessica Eternick (Waterloo WI) to Mt. Calvary-Redding CA: lower grades Eric Hahn (New Ulm MN) to California LHS: dorm supervisor, algebra, computers, PE (reassigned) Rachel Hein (West Bend WI) to California LHS: dorm supervisor, English, coaching (one year) Matthew Ivan (Freeland MI) to Peridot-Our Savior-Peridot AZ: middle grades Stephanie Ivan (Neenah WI) to Peridot-Our Savior-Peridot AZ: lower grades Paul Kolander (Appleton WI) to Green Valley-Henderson NV: pastor Samuel Otto (Baraboo WI) to California LHS: dorm supervisor, math, science, coaching (one year) Stephen Pankow (Cape Coral FL) to St. Paul/First-North Hollywood CA: staff minister, outreach
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Waldemar Karnitz NWC 1951 Belle Plaine MN
Casey Sauer (Messiah-Green Bay WI) to CrossWalk Lutheran MinistriesLaveen AZ: staff minister (one year) Naomi Unnasch (Milwaukee WI) to California LHS: dorm supervisor, computers, PE, algebra (reassigned) Erin Westendorf (Watertown WI) to Beautiful Savior-Las Vegas: ECE director (one year) Melissa Wolff (Fond du Lac WI) to St. Paul/First-North Hollywood CA: gr 5, upper grade math Benjamin Zietlow (Montello WI) to East Fork/Canyon Day-Whiteriver AZ: pastor
DAKOTA-MONTANA DISTRICT Santiago Botero (Bogota, Columbia) to Great Plains LHS: dorm supervisor, science (one year) Bryant Laude (Salina KS) to Zion/St. Jacobi-Mobridge/Glenham SD: pastor
Patricia Burau DMLC 1986 Delano MN
Douglas Peavy (Muskego WI) to Bethel-Sioux Falls SD: gr 3-8, language arts (one year) Lucas Rodewald (Simpsonville SC) to Great Plains LHS: English, coaching Cassandra Schwark (Elkhorn WI) to Trinity-Aberdeen SD: gr 1-2, organ Sara Willems (Mount Pleasant WI) to Great Plains LHS: dorm supervisor, math (one year)
MICHIGAN DISTRICT Justin Eternick (Waterloo WI) to Trinity-Jenera OH: gr 7-8, principal apprentice Elizabeth Jeske (Milwaukee WI) to Michigan Lutheran Seminary: tutor (one year) Erin Keese (Milwaukee WI) to St. John-Dowagiac MI: ECE director YoungKwang Kim (Suwon, South Korea) to Huron Valley LHS: math (assignment made permanent) Ryan Kolander (Brookfield WI) to Palabra de Vida-Detroit MI: pastor Seth Lange (New Ulm MN) to Trinity-Jenera OH: gr 3-4 (one year)
George Heckmann DMLC 1941 St. James MN
David Habermas NWC 1961 Racine WI