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January,
2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ in Area A
As many of you are aware, Bruce Wurdeman, Area A MMF has accepted a call
and begun his new ministry with Lutheran Hour Ministries as Director for
North America. Bruce's final day of service here in Texas was January
31st. The Texas District is seeking new Mission and MInistry
Faciltiators for Area A and C, and nominations for the positon have been
sought. Candidates have until February 15th to submit and initial
resume to President Hennings' office.
In the interim, I will serve as MMF for Areas A and B (my original area)
and two Austin Circuits that are part of Area C (circuits 21 and 30). I
will have a total of 19 circuits and 180 congregations. So welcome
to Area A congregations, pastors and other called workers. I look
forward to serving you.
Lou Jander will be serving Area C (all but the two circuits that I have)
and Area D (his original area). Lou will have a total of 20 circuits and
170 congregations.
We realize that it will likely be mid-summer before individuals are in
place...that's probably the best case scenario. Please keep this
process in your prayers; Lou and I will be patiently working with our
extended areas of coverage. Thanks for your support, your prayers and
your understanding during these days of transition.
In the meantime, you will receive my E-Letter on a regular basis. Feel
free to call or email me for needed services.
Paul Krentz
Mission and Ministry Facilitator
800.951.3478
Cell: 512.769.6734
Krentztx@txdistlcms.org |
Welcome
to a very BIG group of people who are receiving this Weekly for
the first time in nine plus years. Both Paul Krentz and I have added
the email addresses that Bruce Wurdeman had in his database to our
list...nearly 700 more folks. If you receive "two" copies of this
Weekly, you may want to "unsubscribe" one of them. I have kept the
Area C group in a separate file so that when we have the positions
filled I can shift the names to the new person. However, that doesn't
mean you have to stop getting this...I'll be happy to continue you on
the list. We'll figure out the best way to do that in the future.
The Weekly I send out every Sunday evening is a
different format and has different content from what Bruce had. Each MMF
has determined how we wish to communicate to the people on our lists.
God be praised for freedom and grace.
The Professional Staff will be having a "farewell" for
Bruce and Mj on Friday night in Austin. He has been a great coworker
and will continue to be a dear friend. When he finally moves to St.
Louis, he won't be that many more miles from me since the distance from
Lubbock to Houston is just a couple hundreds miles shorter.
Until the two new MMFs are called--probably spring or
early summer--your MMF contacts for the Texas District will be as
follows:
Area A & B and Circuits 21 & 30 of Area C - Paul
Krentz (512-769-6734 or
krentztx@txdistlcms.org)
Area D and Area C Circuits 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28 & 29 - your's truly (281-970-5308 or
ljander@aol.com )
Both Paul and I will be stretched pretty thin until two additional MMFs
come on board, but we will be happy to help you. Just give us enough
lead time to meet your needs--and keep us in your prayers. |
