Home At Last

Steph and I have arrived at our new home! At the end of December, we moved to Willmar, MN, and on the first of January, Stephanie began her first call at Calvary Lutheran Church. The membership is 2500, with around 800 or so worshiping every weekend. She is the Pastor of Family Ministries, which means that in addition to her normal pastoral duties (preaching, visiting members, etc.) she is responsible for oversight of the children’s and youth ministries of the congregation. So far she is really enjoying it; the staff has been friendly and helpful and the people have been great. Good news all around. Even better, later today, she will be ordained and officially become a pastor! I’m very happy for her and excited to be there with her for the next step in her journey.

Myself, I am still waiting for a call. It’s hard to be in this situation again after over a year and a half waiting already, but the synod office has been very helpful and proactive in communicating with me and helping me find somewhere to serve. I’ve currently got a possibility for a call at a two-point parish a little over a half-hour away, but it’s too early to tell if this will work out or not. There’s still a lot of discernment to be done.

In spite of my unemployment, we’re both very happy to be here. Willmar is a great place, and we are happily settling in. Whatever happens next from here, we’re excited to see what it will be. Challenges aside, it is very, very nice to be able to start getting to know people we will not be saying goodbye to within a year.

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~ by Seth on January 14, 2012.