Saint Paul Area Synod -- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

News about Calls

Updated 8.20.08

In Interim

Abiding Savior, Mounds View, senior pastor
Hosanna, Forest Lake, associate pastor
Lakeview, Maplewood, senior pastor
Lutheran Church of Peace, Maplewood, senior pastor
North Emanuel, St. Paul, solo pastor
St. Andrew’s, Mahtomedi, associate pastor of children, youth, and family ministries
St. Stephen’s, West St. Paul, associate pastor
Trinity, North Branch, senior pastor

Call Committee Active

Christ, Marine on St. Croix, senior pastor
Christ the King, White Bear Lake, senior pastor
Salem, West St. Paul, senior pastor
St. Anthony Park, St. Paul, associate pastor
St. James, Burnsville, lead pastor
St. Paul-Reformation, St. Paul, co-pastor
Zion, Cottage Grove, pastor

Calls Accepted

David Mesaros, Christiania, Lakeville, senior pastor
William Helker, All Saints, Cottage Grove, associate pastor
Michael Carlson, St. Andrew’s, Mahtomedi, executive pastor
Megan Torgerson, Augustana, West St. Paul, associate pastor
Gloria Swanson, AiM, Prince of Peace, Burnsville, director of vital aging ministries
Ralph Baumgartner,
Galilee, Roseville, senior pastor

Ordinations, Consecrations, and Commissioning

William Helker, All Saints, Cottage Grove, associate pastor
Sr. Krista Anderson, Global Mission, misionary with World Mission Prayer League