Every year the FIC editorial team enjoys looking at the photos taken at Martin Luther College’s Call Day service. The shocked faces . . . the hands fluttering . . . the toothy grins . . . the tears. All the graduates’ emotions—as well as their parents’—are put on display as they finally learn where they will be starting their work as full-time called servants of the gospel. Their zeal for the gospel can’t be missed, including that of Caleb and Alana Jensen, who are featured on our cover.

You can check out all the graduates from Martin Luther College and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and their assignments in our magazine this month. We also shared a few more reaction photos with quotes from excited graduates about their new ministry opportunities.

Do you ever wonder about how these assignments are made? Read "The work of the Assignment Committee." Are you still worried about vacancies, even with this surge of new full-time called workers into the harvest field? Make sure to read this month's "Straight talk" with Jonathan Hein.

God’s blessings to these new graduates! Keep them in your prayers.

- Julie Wietzke, managing editor