Candidate Application Detail Listing

Ordained Minister

willing to be placed on the ballot for the Office/Board(s) for which I have been recommended

Sole Pastor (2005-present) Zion Lutheran Church, Grant Park, IL {rural setting}
Adult Choir Director (2005-2008, 2020-2022) Zion, Grant Park, IL
Vicar (2003-2004) University Lutheran Chapel, Boulder, CO {campus ministry}
Seminary Field Work Student (2001-2003) Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Grabill, IN
Stewardship Committee & Choir Member (1999-2001) Redeemer Lutheran Church, Warsaw, IN
Peer Minister, LSF Student Leader (1994-1998) Grace Lutheran Church, Muncie, IN

NID Regional Vice-President {South} (2018-present)
NID Life Task Force Chairman (2022-present)
NID Circuit Visitor (2014-2018)
District Nominations Committee (2012-2022)
Northern Illinois Confessional Lutherans (NICL) Member & Officer (2006-present)
General Pastoral Conference Nominating Committee (2011)
South Region Pastoral Conference Program Committee Member (2018-2024)
South Region Pastoral Conference Officer {Registrar/Treasurer/Chairman} 2005-2015

Convention Pastoral Delegate 2010

Meals on Wheels Volunteer Delivery (2020-present)
Substitute Classroom Teacher (2022-present)
Special Fathers' Network Mentor (2020-2023)
Fortitude Community Outreach Homeless Shelter Volunteer (2018-2022)
Gift of Adoption Speaker/Presenter (2014-2020)
Zion Lutheran School, Beecher, IL PTL President (2011-2014), Assistant Soccer Coach (2014-2015)
Beecher Part-Time Players Theater Troupe Actor (2006-present)

Called as a child of God in Holy Baptism, I have continued to grow in the grace, knowledge and love of Jesus Christ--through reading and learning God's Word, by daily stumbling and yet being forgiven as a redeemed sinner. Devotional readings and prayer, study of the Lutheran Confessions, plus regular interaction with circuit brethren continue to be sources of reflection and comfort. I am overjoyed to serve as husband, father, pastor, son, teacher, and neighbor among many vocations God has granted me.
The voice of my Savior bestows faith, hope, love, truth, and eternal life. That same voice calls out to bring peace, joy and salvation to a hurting and lost world.
Congregations agree to walk together--united under Scripture and the Confessions. Synod and District provide opportunities for growth/care of its church workers; aid in supporting Christian education; supervision and counsel; plus encouragement for pastors and laity alike to be proclaimers and doers of God's love and mercy.

Reflective listening; Patient Discernment; Counsel in moments of decision; Devotion to fellow members of Christ's body.
200 congregations within the Northern Illinois District--divided into regions. As Vice-President, I serve as advisory support for the District President--supporting his role in supervision of called workers, staff and congregations of the district. Having five circuits in the South Region, I interact with the circuit visitors regularly, including an attempt annually to visit each circuit Winkel. This provides me with opportunity to remind pastors of their ordination callings and encourage them in their service to God's Church. Delivering and Proclaiming Jesus! It is through God's Word and work at the font, pulpit, and altar which deliver His gifts of forgiveness, life and salvation. "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32).