Pastors, deacons and vicars placed across Canada

In four services over the past month, congregations and schools across Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) received word of God’s gift to them of new church workers—pastors, vicars and deacons.

Concordia Seminary, Ft Wayne held its placement services May 2-3 sending three pastoral candidates to serve in Canada.

The following week, on Sunday, May 8 at Christ Lutheran Church in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Concordia University College presented two teachers for placement in Lutheran Schools.

LCC’s two seminaries sent three pastoral candidates and nine vicars into the Canadian field during services May 27 in Edmonton and May 28 in St. Catharines.

Pastoral Candidate placements

(CLS=Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton; CLTS=Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines)

Lorne Reddemann, CLS                     Placement pending

Ian Wemyss, CLS                                      Zion Lutheran Church, Surrey, B.C.

Wei Ge (Wayne) Zhang, CLTS           Trinity Lutheran Church, Richmond, B.C.

Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne 

Steve Brummett                                  Emmaus Lutheran Church, Drayton Valley, Alta.

Jeremy Swem                                        Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Regina, Sask

Paul Zeigler                                              Zion Lutheran Church, Prince George, B.C.

Vicarage assignments (one-year internship)

Seungwoo (Sam) Choi, CLTS         Korean Lutheran Church, Toronto, Ontario

Darren Dressler, CLS                            Airdrie Mission/Redeemer Lutheran Church, Airdrie/Didsbury, Alta.

Todd Guggenmos, CLS                       Bethany Lutheran Church, Campbell River, B.C.

Vincent Moore, CLS                            Trinity Lutheran Church, Abbotsford, B.C.

Dereck Pillay, CLTS                              Redeemer Lutheran Church, Waterloo, Ont

James Prophet, CLS                             Zion/St. Paul’s Lutheran Churches, Yorkton/Springside, Sask.

Kurt D. Schultz, CLTS                         Trinity Lutheran Church, Winkler, Man.

Mark Schultz, CLS                                 Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wetskiwin/Usona, Alta.

Jeff Swords, CLTS                                   St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Saskatoon, Sask.

Diaconal (Teacher) Placements

(Concordia University College of Alberta)

Melissa Moore                                       Placement pending

Isabel Tisdale                                        Hope Lutheran School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

In addition, CLTS candidate Ernest Green was placed as Associate Pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (LCMS), North Tonawanda, NY.  CLTS student Wes Hromowyk, will serve his vicarage at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Union Grove, Wisconsin in the LCMS.

Please keep these new church workers in your prayers as they prepare to serve God’s people in Lutheran Church–Canada

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