Call Committee Update: June 9, 2024

All Praise and Glory to our Father in Heaven:

Pastor Jonathan Petzold has accepted our call to Beautiful Savior. Please see letter below from Pastor Jonathan Petzold is posted on our bulletin board in the narthex of the church.

Please reach out to Mike Adams and Kevin Garfinkle to inform them what date works best for you and your family for instillation for Pastor Petzold which will be 8/11/2024 or 8/18/2024 at 9:00 am. 

Please continue to pray for Trinity Lutheran and Pastor

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Deliberation

A call has been place and the pastor is in deliberation. Please continue to pray for him, his family, current congregation, and BSLC.

Thank you and God Bless!

Dawn

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Call Committee Update: 4/28/2024

Voter's Meeting to discuss and vote to call a pastor.  Call committee will present a pastor for a congregational vote on 5/5/2024

Please continue to Pray!

God is Good, All the Time!

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Call Committee Update: 4/21/2024

The committee is prayerfully deliberating on the pastors that have been interviewed over the past week.  Committee is meeting on Monday, April 22 to discuss next steps in the call process.  

Please continue to pray!

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Call Committee Update: April 14, 2024

Please see link for presentation given to congregation.  

  Presentation

Here is a summary of my update.  

- Call Committee received 7 sets of personal information and self evaluation forms from our District President

- Call Committee has interviewed 2 pastors this past week

- Call Committee is interviewing 1 pastor this next week. (4/16)

- Call Committee is meeting to discuss next steps:  Ready to make a call and present pastor for a vote or interview more pastors

Please conti

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Call Committee Update

Call Committee meeting on Monday, April 8th.  Detailed information on next steps will be communicated on Sunday, April 14th.  Please continue to pray!

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Call Update: March 20, 2024

Greetings BSLC Antioch,I received official confirmation that BSLC Antioch will not receive a pastoral graduate.  There were more congregations requesting a pastoral graduate than there were graduates to be called to a requesting congregation.  This is not to discourage us or question God's plan for us and our mission here in Antioch.  Our call committee process is moving forward and will continue our call process until God answers our prayers.It is the Lord who goes before...
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Update: March 10, 2024

We continue to pray for the call committee and the process.  We patiently wait for God to provide us with guidance and direction.  Please keep in mind the longer we do not hear something, then it may be the answer we are praying to receive.  Call Committee is meeting on Monday, March 11th.  Please keep praying!  

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Update: March 3, 2024

We continue to wait patiently wait and pray.  Please continue to pray on the process.  Thank you and God Bless!

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Update February 18, 2024

Call Committee met on Monday, February 12th in which the members gathered for a devotional led by Wayne.  Our circuit pastor, Pastor Blonski was present for our meeting.  We continue to pray and wait for a response from our district president.  Please continue to pray!

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Update: February 11, 2024

Please continue to pray for the process.  Call Committee meeting on Monday, February 11, 2024.  Call Committee information can be found on Narthex table as well as updates after Sunday service on BSLC website.

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Update: February 4, 2024

Dawn spoke with President Buss in which he does have our call documents to take with him to his seminary meeting this month.  Call committee information was provided as a bulletin insert that everyone can take home.  If anyone has any questions or you would like to pray with someone, please reach out.  We are all here to support each other.  We will not know anything until beginning of March at the earliest.  We continue to pray. May God Bless you!

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Update: January 28, 2024

Call Committee announced that the recording secretary received confirmation that our call documents are in the hands of district president.  March 2024 is the earliest that we would hear if a seminary graduate will be placed at Beautiful Savior. Call Committee will be meeting Monday, February 12th.  Please continue to pray for the call process!

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Update: January 14, 2024

Call committee submitted call documents to district to call a seminary student to Beautiful Savior. Call Committee meeting on February 12th to address any congregational questions or concerns.

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