Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is pleased to announce that one Master of Divinity (M.Div.) student received a vicarage assignment and 19 Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) program students received vicarage assignments in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). The SMP vicarage assignments were announced during Concordia Seminary’s Opening Service on Sept. 2, and the M.Div. vicarage assignment was announced during morning chapel on Sept. 12.

Vicarage Assignments

Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program

• Eric Luhman, St. John’s Lutheran, Plymouth, Wis., South Wisconsin District
  

Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) program

• Brock Cain, Lutheran Church of the Pines, Waveland, Miss., Southern District
• Timothy Carter, Salem Lutheran, Tomball, Texas, Texas District
• Azor Cigelske, Zion Lutheran, New Holstein, Wis., South Wisconsin District
• Jeremy Da Pena, Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran, Scottsdale, Ariz., Pacific Southwest District
• Gary Dunker, Faith Evangelical Lutheran, Lincoln, Neb., Nebraska District
• David Ellefson, Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran, Scottsdale, Ariz., Pacific Southwest District
• Joel Fridgen, Concordia Lutheran, Hagerstown, Md., Southeastern District
• Jose Gonzales, Epiphany Lutheran, Pearland, Texas, Texas District
• Amos Gray, First Lutheran, Hot Springs, Ark., Mid-South District
• Ronald Howard, First Lutheran, Long Beach, Calif., Pacific Southwest District
• Timothy Ihssen, Our Savior Lutheran, Tacoma, Wash., Northwest District
• James Jennings, Epiphany Lutheran, Pearland, Texas, Texas District
• Kerry Krueger, Living Hope Lutheran, Kennesaw, Ga., Florida-Georgia District
• A.J. Mastic, Faith Lutheran, Bentonville, Ark., Mid-South District
• Jackson Onkka, Grace Lutheran, Pensacola, Fla., Southern District
• Darren Scruggs, Hosanna Lutheran, Mankato, Minn., Minnesota South District
• Edward (Tad) Thayer, Family of Faith Lutheran, Middletown, N.Y., Atlantic District
• Michael Vieregge, Our Shepherd Lutheran, Birmingham, Mich., Michigan District
• Matthew Werner, Salem Lutheran, Tomball, Texas, Texas District

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