Pastor Hellwege Accepts Call
The following letter was read to the congregation before Divine Service, Sunday July 4, 2010:
Dear members of Emmaus Lutheran Church,
After much prayer and consideration, not only since receiving your call, but in the months leading up to it as well, it is with joy and thankfulness to our LORD and Savior that I announce that I am accepting the call to serve you as your pastor.
I have enjoyed serving you as vacancy pastor and, through this, getting to know you. Now as I look forward to a fuller and more permanent form of service, I do so with hope and expectation of what our LORD is planning to do at Emmaus.
…I don’t think I can put into words just how much your onging love, support, and belief in me has meant to me. I pray for God’s blessing for each of you and for the work at Emmaus.
In Christ,
Pastor John Hellwege
