Deaconess-Intern Alene Kidd
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church is happy to have Deaconess-Intern Alene Kidd on our staff!
Alene Kidd is currently a student in the Online Deaconess Studies (ODS) program at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Alene entered the ODS program after serving as a church musician since she was 14. Over the years, she had expanded her service work to include Sunday School Music Teacher, Choir Director, and Mission Activity Coordinator. In 2013, she also served LCMS as a Short Term Missionary to the Korean Lutheran Church in Seoul, South Korea, leading a summer English music camp for local children.
Alene’s ministry focus areas are teaching, worship through music, and women’s and family outreach. She has a strong desire to provide the Lord’s care to people in need, helping them turn towards Christ in all of life’s situations.
Alene’s hometown is Peoria, IL. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and continues to work full time as a Project Manager in the Oil and Gas Industry while she completes the ODS program. In her spare time, she enjoys a variety of hobbies, especially gardening, crocheting, and baking.
The best way to reach Deaconess Alene is through her email, arkidd79@gmail.com.
Vacancy Pastor Bryan Jones
We are thankful to have visiting Pastor Bryan Jones from Grace Lutheran Church in Many, LA.
We are currently undergoing the call process.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Article 14 of the Augsburg Confession (one of the formal Lutheran Confessional writings) says, "It is taught among us that no one should publicly teach or preach or administer the Sacraments in the church without a regular call." Traditionally in the Lutheran church this has been described as a "divine call" because:
- It is God who has instituted the pastoral office in order that the Word might be preached and the sacraments instituted in an orderly way (Luke 10:16; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1-2; 1 Timothy 3; Titus 1; Eph: 4:11, 14; Col. 4:17; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Cor. 14:40; 2 Cor. 2:17);
- It is God who has given congregations the right to call a pastor to carry out this work in their midst and on their behalf (Matt. 28:18-20; Matt. 16:13-19, 18: 17-20; John 20:22, 23; 1 John 4:1; 1 Peter 2:5-6, 4:11; Acts 6:6; 1 Tim. 3:10, 4:14, 5:17; Titus 1:5; Acts 1:23; Heb. 13:17; 1 Thess. 5:12).
The specific process by which a congregation extends a call to a pastor is not set forth in the Scriptures, and so this process may vary from time to time and place to place.
In the interest of doing things "decently and in order" (1 Cor. 14:40), however, the various districts of the Synod have established a set of procedures which is intended to help congregations: 1) identify potential candidates for a call, and 2) follow the steps by which the congregation may extend a call to the individual whom they believe would be best suited to ministry at that place.