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Lay Ministry Retreat

Generosity, Servant Leaders, Synod News / 2 minutes of reading

Living out baptism in daily vocations. In Mid-October, 8 of our Synod-Authorized Ministers (SAMs) and 10 mentors gathered at St. John’s Guesthouse in Collegeville, MN to grow in fellowship and understanding of lay ministry together. Synod-Authorized Ministers serve in congregations without a rostered leader and are authorized by the Bishop to preach and preside for the sacraments in a […]

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Kari Shumaker

Get that call set first, then live into it.

Rostered Ministers, Servant Leaders, Synod News, Worship / 3 minutes of reading

It’s a story that has played out countless times over the years. God calls people to ministry. They receive training. The church ordains them. They serve. Sometimes that process plays out for young people just discerning their careers. For Kari Shumaker, the newly ordained pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Bird Island, the inkling

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