July 15, 2026
REV. RONALD HALAMKA (Waxahachie, TX)
REV. LARRY MARHENKE (Emeritus, Hot Springs Villate, AR)
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. LAURENCE KEIM (SMP, Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Sharps Chapel, TN)
REV. RON BACIC (First Lutheran Church, Little Rock, AR)
REV. PAUL LEIGEBER (Faith Lutheran Church, Union City, TN & Trinity Lutheran Church, Dyersburg, TN)
REV. GERALD HEMMINGSON (First Lutheran Church, Harrison, AR)
MRS. LORAYNE BEINKE (wife of Rev. Bob Beinke, President New England District-LCMS)
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)
STEPHANIE ELSEROAD (daughter of Rev. Rich Elseroad (EM) Knoxville, TN)
JEREMY HOWE (Huntsville, AL)
ROBERT NERGER (Former Mid-South District Board of Directors, Wartburg, TN)
MRS. JODICE BELISLE (wife to Rev. Russell Belisle, Cross of Calvary Lutheran Church, Memphis, TN)
All those traveling to Phoenix, AZ for the LCMS National Convention.
CONGREGATIONS, SCHOOLS, AND WORKERS TO PRAY FOR THIS WEEK
De Witt, AR – St. Luke Lutheran Church — Rev. Jonathan Holmes – Pastor
Harrogate, TN – Christ of the Cumberlands Lutheran Church — Rev. Gordon Smith – Pastor
Knoxville, TN – Grace Lutheran Church — Rev. Danny Anderson & Rev. Jacob Childers – Pastors
Fort Smith, AR – First Lutheran Preschool — Mrs. Michelle Gerlach – Director
Emeritus Pastor — Rev. Paul Donner – Paducah, KY
English District – LCMS — Rev. Jeffrey Miskus– District President
ORDAINED MINISTERS
ACCEPTED: Pastor-Elect, Michael Saxon, Seminary Graduate Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, accepted the Call to serve as Associate Pastor-Church Planter to Grace Lutheran Church, Knoxville, TN. Ordination & Installation scheduled for July 19, 2026, 4PM.
PENDING: Rev. Matthew Albright, Pastor to Christ Lutheran Church, Little Rock, AR received a Call to serve as Pastor to Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Collinsville, IL.
Rev. Matthew Albright, Pastor to Christ Lutheran Church, Little Rock, AR received a Call to serve as Senior Executive Pastor to Redeemer Lutheran Church, Peoria, IL.
Rev. Matthew Albright, Pastor to Christ Lutheran Church, Little Rock, AR received a Call to serve as Pastor to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Beatrice, NE.
Rev. Andre Frandle, Chaplain US Army Reserve, Clarksville, TN received a Call to serve as Pastor to St. John’s Lutheran Church, Stuttgart, AR.
DECLINED: Rev. Lane Reuter, Senior Pastor to Our Savior Lutheran Church, Nashville, TN returned the Call to serve as Senior Pastor to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Sarasota, FL.
VACANT CONGREGATIONS & MINISTERIES
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Chattanooga, TN – Senior Pastor
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Stuttgart, AR – Pastor
Peace Lutheran Church, Cherokee Village, AR – Pastor
Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbia, TN – Pastor
IN THE CALLING PROCESS – COMMISSIONED MINISTERS
Pending update for the upcoming academic year.
