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…
Having completed the second round of interviews with the candidates for the Senior Pastor position, the Call Committee met recently to select the person to recommend to the congregation. We contacted that person who asked for time to talk to her family and advisors before agreeing to proceed. She also met with Kyle Hoversten, our…
The Call Committee has completed the first round of interviews for our new Senior Pastor. Surrounded in prayer, we met recently to select the candidates to invite back for a second round. Those interviews are scheduled for the first week in December. We will continue to keep you updated. Thank you for continued prayers and…
The Call Committee met with Rev. Joe Lees from the Synod office on Tuesday, October 29. He provided names and profiles of candidates for our Senior Pastor position. We are now proceeding with scheduling the initial round of interviews. Once again, we are asking for your prayers for the committee and for the candidates as…
The Call Committee met this week with our Synod representative, Pastor Joe Lees. Paster Lees provided us an update on where we are in the process of calling a new senior pastor and what the next steps look like. As part of our next steps, we refined our questions for the initial round of interviews…
Dear Members and Friends of Grace, As you know, we are in the midst of the call process for a new senior pastor after Pastor John Matthews retired in August of this year. As you also know, the call process requires a high level of confidentiality on the part of the call committee, which therefore…
As members of the call committee, we want to invite all members of the congregation to participate, to some degree, in this process. If, as you visit other congregations or talk with your friends and relatives, you become aware of a pastor you think may fit the ministry of our congregation described in our Ministry…