Solicitud de Fondo de Reducción de Deuda de Seminario 2022
Our estimate is the rostered leaders (pastors and deacons) in the Gulf Coast Synod are carrying between $400,000 and $700,000 of seminary debt. The goal of the 2022 Synod Assembly Offering was to defray that debt as much as possible.
Eligible recipients of the debt reduction fund will be pastors and deacons rostered in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod carrying seminary debt (not undergrad or doctoral debt or consumer debt). Gifts will be made directly to the lending institution for principal only, to assure proper allocation and reduce the tax burden upon the pastor or deacon.
Please submit this application by August 31, 2022.
Nuestra estimación es que los líderes enumerados (pastores y diáconos) en el Sínodo de la Costa del Golfo tienen entre $400,000 y $700,000 de deuda del seminario. El objetivo de la Ofrenda de la Asamblea del Sínodo de 2022 era sufragar esa deuda tanto como fuera posible.
Los destinatarios elegibles del fondo de reducción de deuda serán pastores y diáconos inscritos en el Sínodo de la Costa del Golfo de Texas-Louisiana que tengan deuda de seminario (no deuda de pregrado o doctorado o deuda de consumidor). Los obsequios se harán directamente a la institución de préstamo solo por el principal, para asegurar la asignación adecuada y reducir la carga fiscal sobre el pastor o diácono.
Envíe esta solicitud antes del 31 de agosto de 2022.
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The ELCA has many needs to fill as we carry out our mission to share the Gospel.
Chris is passionate about networking and identifying new ways to support individuals and congregations as they grow a deeper, bolder, more consequential faith. Chris maintains the LEAD website, supports LEAD's signature coaching, and collaborates on the 10 Minute Toolbox.
Peggy Hahn serves as the Executive Director for LEAD, aligning passionate leaders, resources, and practices to grow Christian leaders who grow faith communities in our world. Peggy is a frequent speaker and author who is never without a pile of books to read and seeks coaches and mentors for herself in an ongoing quest to learn and grow. Peggy is committed to listening to pastors and leaders of all ages for insight into the ways they are growing in their own faith and what LEAD can do to support them in their development as leaders.
Lizbeth began her work in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod in the fall of 2014 as the gift planner with Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest.
Lizbeth received her undergraduate degree at Texas State, and master degree and doctorate from the University of Houston. She resides in Houston with her husband Gary and has one daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren living in San Antonio. As deployed staff living in Magnolia, she participates in worship at a different synod church each Sunday.
The ministry is partnered with the ELCA Foundation to help congregation establish new revenue streams through endowments that provide a quarterly distribution for ministry. The gift planner helps to build the endowment with the generosity of congregation members who leave legacy gifts for ministry in their wills or estate planning. The gift planner facilitates tax-advantaged ways to bless family and the church.
Aimee has had the opportunity to serve the Lutheran Church in various volunteer positions including council president, Sunday school teacher and VBS director, and as a LYO sponsor. She has worked in several congregations in administrative roles.
Aimee has lived in Texas for most of her life. She and her husband Daryl have two adult children; outside the office Aimee enjoys reading, sewing and spending time with family and friends.
A native Houstonian, Chris graduated from Concordia University in Austin and went to seminary in Berkeley. His first call was in Philadelphia. In 2003, he moved to New Orleans to serve as Mission Redeveloper for House of Prayer in Harvey. Following Hurricane Katrina, Chris relocated to Houston where he was called as Mission Developer and founding pastor of Celebration in Cypress, where he served for over 7 years. Chris is a member of the Order of Lutheran Franciscans. He enjoys traveling and joining friends for trivia at local venues.
Prior to serving on Synod Staff, Tracey Breashears Schultz served Zion Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, she served at MacArthur Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio. A graduate of The University of Arkansas, Tracey received her Masters of Divinity from Wartburg Theological Seminary, and her Doctor of Ministry from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Before her journey toward ordained ministry, Tracey was a Spanish teacher and a trainer for a medical software company.
Serving as bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 2007 is an honor, a challenge, and a joy. It has given me the opportunity to work with many gifted pastors and committed people of faith. We’re creating communities that make disciples who serve the world in Jesus’ name.
For information updated weekly (sometimes daily) on news, events, ideas, books, schedules, and so on, visit my blog.
Evangelism is one of my passions, and our synod’s highest priority. Evangelism is making fully devoted followers of Christ, who taught love of God and neighbor as the greatest commandments. Every congregation is a mission, and every pastor is a missionary.
Together we plant new congregations, send missionaries, prepare rostered leaders, support companion synods, camps, campus ministries, and more. Our vision is to be a network of growing, Christ-centered, outwardly-focused congregations passing the faith to the next generation.
Biographical Information
Born: August 2, 1961, Columbus, Ohio
Wife: Susan
Children: John and Yuliana
Parents: Warren and Patricia Rinehart
Undergraduate studies: Bachelor of Music in organ performance from Valparaiso University, a Lutheran university in northern Indiana, 1983
Seminary: Masters of Divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, 1988.
Calls:
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa (1988-1994)
Christ Lutheran Church, Charlotte, North Carolina (1994-1997)