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Prayer Update

April 15, 2026

REV. RONALD HALAMKA (Waxahachie, TX)

MRS. ALISON HAWKINS (Mid-South District Office)

MRS. MARY ANN HERD (wife of Rev. Clifford Herd, Hixson, TN)

REV. TOM SAYRE (Emeritus, St. John’s, FL)

REV. ALBERT EICHELBERGER (Emeritus, Knoxville, TN)

REV. MYLES SCHULTZ (Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church, Holiday Island, AR)

REV. DR. LEE HAGAN (District President, Missouri District)

REV. TIM HENNING (Trinity, Mena, AR)

MRS. NANCY CALLIES (wife of Rev. David Callies, Emeritus, Former District President MDS)

MRS. FLORENCE EICHELBERGER (wife of Rev. Albert Eichelberger, Knoxville, TN)

MRS. NORMA MOORE (wife of Rev. Tom Moore, Emeritus, Cordova, TN)

MS. STEPHANIE ELSEROAD (daughter of Rev. Rich Elseroad (EM) Knoxville, TN)

MR. JEREMY HOWE (Huntsville, AL)

MR. ROBERT NERGER (Former Mid-South District Board of Directors, Wartburg, TN)

MRS. DONNA MARSHALL (wife of Rev. Stewart Marshall, Trinity, Pine Bluff, AR)

 

CONGREGATIONS, SCHOOLS, AND WORKERS TO PRAY FOR THIS WEEK

Fort Smith, AR – Bethel Lutheran Church — Rev. Josh Willadsen – Pastor

Chattanooga, TN – First Lutheran Church — Rev. Donald Welmer – Pastor

Memphis, TN – Faith Lutheran Church — Rev. Robert Harbin & Rev. Clayton Sellers – Pastors

Chattanooga, TN – Belvoir Christian Academy — Ms. JoAnn Seay – Director

Emeritus Pastor — Rev. Roger Reckling – Knoxville, TN

Michigan District – LCMS — Rev. David Davis – District President

ORDAINED MINISTERS

PENDING:  Rev. Matthew Albright, Pastor to Christ Lutheran Church, Little Rock, AR received a Call to serve as Pastor to Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Louisville, KY.

Rev. JD Zischke, Pastor to Restoration Lutheran Church, Fayetteville, AR & Vacancy Pastor to St. John Lutheran Church, Fayetteville, AR received a Call to serve in the Rocky Mountain District (Sterling, CO)

Rev. Willie Grills, Pastor to Zion Lutheran Church of Avilla, Alexander, AR received a Call to serve as Pastor to Salem Lutheran Church, Taylorsville, NC.

DECLINED:  Rev. Thomas Boeck, Pastor to Peace Lutheran Church, Conway, AR accepted the Call to serve as Pastor to Trinity Lutheran Church, Summerfield, FL.

 

VACANT CONGREGATIONS & MINISTERIES

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Chattanooga, TN – Senior Pastor

IN THE CALLING PROCESS – COMMISSIONED MINISTERS

Our Savior Lutheran Academy, Nashville, TN – Full-time PreK Teacher; Full-time and Part-time Preschool Teachers and Aides

1st Lutheran School, Knoxville, TN- Middle School Math; Several part time teaching positions

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