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Nebraska District Convention of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (Watch Replays)

145 pastors, teachers, staff ministers and lay delegates from the Nebraska District of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) met in convention June 14-16 at Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran High School, Waco, Nebraska. This represents congregations from Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and parts of Iowa, New Mexico, South Dakota and Missouri. This, the 47th Biennial convention of the Nebraska District, followed the theme “Christ’s Love, Our Calling.” Pastor Joel Frank has retired after 20 years of service as District President. The delegates elected Pastor Earle Treptow, Pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado, to serve as District President. Pastor Charles Westra, of Columbia, TN, (chairman of the WELS Board for Home Missions) presented the essay entitled “God’s Mission: the means and the Methods.” The delegates heard reports on the Gospel work being done in the Nebraska District and throughout the world. They gave input on issues that will be addressed at the next Synod Convention in 2011.

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