Vacancies, Calls and Roster Updates
DATE UPDATED: 7/9/2024
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Calls Extended
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Rev. David Behm, Concordia, Williston, ND, to Peace, Fresno, CA, as pastor​
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​Rev. Brenden Harrell, Our Savior, Springfield, IL, to Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Santa
Maria, CA, as pastor
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Calls Accepted
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Rev. James Cleland, St. Mark, Houston, TX, to Shepherd of the Sierra, Carson City, NV, as pastor
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Rev. Kyle Weeks, Light of the Hills, Cameron Park, CA, to St. Luke, Ann Arbor, MI, as Senior
pastor
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Calls Declined
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Rev. James Thelen, 1C The Sanctuary, Columbus, NE to St. Paul, Merced, CA, as pastor
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Rev. Kyle Weeks, Light of the Hills, Cameron Park, CA, to Redeemer, Rochester, MN, as
associate pastor
CALLING CONGREGATIONS
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Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atascadero, CA
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Benicia, Benicia, CA
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Resurrection, Brentwood, CA
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St. Philip, Dublin, CA
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Trinity, Fairfield, CA
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Good Shepherd, Healdsburg, CA
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First, Lucerne, CA / St. John, Willits, CA
- St. Paul Merced, CA
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Mt. Olive, Milpitas, CA
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St. Paul, Mountain, View, CA
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St. John, Petaluma, CA
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First Immanuel, San Jose, CA
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Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Santa Maria, CA
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Faith, South San Francisco, CA
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Faith, Sonoma, CA
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St. Andrews, Stockton, CA
VACANCY CONGREGATIONS
(not actively calling)
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Holy Cross, Atwater, CA
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Faith, Burney, CA
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Our Savior, Chester, CA
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St. John, Clearlake, CA
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, Delano, CA
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First, Dinuba, CA
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Trinity, Exeter, CA
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Grace, Hayward, CA
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Hope, San Leandro, CA
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Peace, Mill Valley, CA
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St. Luke, Portola, CA
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Christ the Life, San Jose, CA
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Trinity, San Rafael, CA
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Grace, Santa Maria, CA
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Mt. Olive, Sebastopol, CA
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St. Paul, Susanville, CA
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Peace, Taft, CA
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Faith, Yerington, NV
Transitional Interim Ministry
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Transitional Interim Ministry (TIM) Pastors are called LCMS pastors who have additional training and credentialing to guide a congregation through a season of transition. TIM Pastors typically serve a congregation for 12-24 months and may not be called as that congregation’s settled pastor. Besides Word and Sacrament ministry, TIM practitioners’ primary work is to prepare a congregation for its next chapter of ministry, often to receive its next settled pastor. TIM Practitioners work with congregational leaders toward spiritual, organizational, and missional unity and vitality, with clarity around what is needed in the next pastoral leader.
