Dear members of St. John’s Lutheran Church,

Earlier this week, I received a Call from Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Beaverton, Oregon, and a Call from Redeemer Lutheran Church in Spokane Valley, Washington. This means I now have three Calls to consider— my Call here at St. John’s, one at Pilgrim and one at Redeemer. 

As you can imagine, my wife and I have much to pray and deliberate over as we discern God’s will for our family. I would appreciate your prayers for us in this process as well.

I am reminded of Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians, “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17-18)  I pray this for the people of St. John’s, Pilgrim, and Redeemer, and I am blessed to know that wherever God places me, His mission and immeasurable love continues to be at work in all of His people.

I am grateful to the people of St. John’s, and I pray that God will continue to do “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,” according to His great power at work within each of us. 

Yours in Christ,
Rev. Pastor A. Nathan Hausch
Minister of Prayer and Congregational Care