Submit names for pastoral call consideration Submission deadline is April 17 Our call committee would like to invite members of our congregation to help in the process of calling our next lead pastor. If you know of a pastor whom you think would fit the ministry of Grace, please let us know! There are several…
Below, you’ll find a copy of our Ministry Site Profile, the document that is shared through our synod leadership with potential pastoral candidates, and helps guide our call committee in their process.
People of Grace, We are about to enter into an exciting and very important period of time together. The call process for our next lead pastor will begin in March. Our constitution states that it is your Church Council’s role to appoint a call committee. As a first step in doing that, we are coming to…
February 27th · 10:30 amIn Person & Online at glcav.us/zoom (grace) It’s time for a Grace Town Hall to talk about one key agenda item: Discussion and affirmation of our new Ministry Site Profile (MSP), the document that shares Grace with potential pastor candidates. Our refreshed MSP will be sent out to all member’s email…
People of Grace, We’ve come through much together, and have done so with an abundance of our namesake, grace. In 2019 we spent time exploring our identity for the sake of our future and now, in 2022, we take that learning, combined with our shared pandemic and pastoral experiences of the last two years, and look…
As we look to the future leadership of Grace, your leaders offer this proposed timeline through our intentional interim process. View here online, or use the button to download and print.
Greetings Family of Grace, I’m writing today to provide an update regarding our pastoral transition process. We’ve been feeling this state of transition for some time now, yet as we look around, the ministry of this people and this place continues to move forward. That is a testament to your grace and resilience as a…
Reverend Deb Stehlin will join Grace Lutheran Church of Apple Valley as our Senior Pastor beginning March 15. We’re overjoyed to share that at our annual meeting on January 26, our congregation voted unanimously to extend a call to Pastor Deb Stehlin to serve as Senior Pastor here at Grace. We’re even more delighted to…
We’re excited to share with you some important information and two important gatherings! Below will find a letter from our Congregational President, Kyle Hoversten, and Call Committee Chairs, Chuck Swanson and Sally Schumack. This letter shares the name information about the candidate our Call Committee has recommended for call as Senior Pastor at Grace. We’re excited…
Our Call Committee has presented a candidate to recommendation for call as our new senior pastor! You will be receiving more information about this candidate via mail and email during the week of January 12. Please know that the call committee members are excited about our recommended choice and we look forward to telling you…