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The next generation of called workers
Graduation is an exciting occasion for any senior. It’s a time for a fresh start with new opportunities.
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This is especially true for Martin Luther College graduates and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary graduates. Not only are they completing four or up to eight years of higher education, but many are allowing themselves to be “sent” anywhere for their first assignment into the public ministry. “Here am I. Send me!” they say trustingly, in the words of Isaiah 6:8.
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These graduates are the next generation of called workers who will serve us all in our congregations, schools, and mission fields. Take a look at their pictures and assignments and keep these new workers in your prayers. Meet a few of these graduates (from this year and years past) throughout the July issue.
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On the cover: Ryan Boggs and his mom, Julia, a 1994 Martin Luther College (MLC) graduate. Ryan is one of 150 who graduated from MLC in May. He will be attending Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in the fall to continue his training to serve as a pastor.
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- Julie Wietzke, managing editor
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It's there on my kitchen table. My pillbox. Small and seemingly insignificant, yet I need it to keep myself alive. It’s a reminder of my mortality. A reminder that I can’t avoid the consequence of sin, even if my doctors have found ways to prolong its coming. . . .
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“Ever since I was a kid, my head’s been in the clouds in a sense.” It’s no wonder that Matthew Speidel initially pursued an aviation career. But today, years later, you will find him teaching in a WELS elementary school classroom and not piloting an airplane full . . .
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According to Ted Klug, vice president for enrollment management at Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., students who graduate from the synod’s ministerial education schools—our future pastors, teachers, and staff ministers—oftentimes . . .
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