Rostered Ministers New to MNO Synod

This biennium, 11 rostered ministers were welcomed to the MNO Synod.  Please join them at a dessert reception following the opening worship of Convention Thursday evening, April 22nd at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. 

Deacon Michele Barr
Consecrated, MNO Synod
Currently serving St. Mark’s, Winnipeg

Michele Barr completed the ELCIC requirements for Diaconal Ministry in 2009, and on January 10, 2010 was consecrated and installed as Diaconal Minister of Music at St. Mark's Lutheran Church where she has been serving since 1998.  She is currently working on completing a Masters in Theology at the University of Winnipeg.

Rev. Barry Bence
Transferred from Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Retired

Graduated, LTS, Saskatoon 1970, M. Div and Luther-Northwestern Lutheran Seminary, St. Paul, MN, D. Min 1985
Ordained, Pentecost 1971

Parishes Served:

• St. Paul's, Langenburg-Bethel, Marchwell, SK 1970-1978
• Church of the Cross, Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa Lutheran Church, Pinawa 1978-1997
• Peace, Fort St. John, BC 1998-1999
• Christ, Montgomery, PA (ELCA)1999-2002
• Retired, 2002
• Served as County Caseworker for Lancaster County, PA, Children and Youth, Child Protection Services 2002-2004, and as Supports Coordinator for Lancaster County, PA Mental Health/Mental Retardation Children's Unit, 2004-2009

Rev. Thomas Lee Berry
Transferred from Synod of Alberta & the Territories
Retired

1972 - Graduated, Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia
1972 - Ordained Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
2008 - Received Doctor of Divinity Degree, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Ministries Served:

• 1972 - 1979 – Trinity, Wind Gap, Pennsylvania
• 1979 - 1982 – St. Stephen, Warren, Michigan
• 1982 - 1998 – Pastor Pilot, LAMP, Yellowknife, NWT
• 1998 - 2008 – On Eagles’ Wings, Founder & Executive Director
• 2008, Retired

Rev. Jenn-Nian Chen
Transferred from Saskatchewan Synod
Currently serving Winnipeg Chinese, Winnipeg

Graduated LTS, Saskatoon, Dec. 2004, Master program of Sacred Theology & Lutheran formation program
Ordained at Zion, Saskatoon, April 2006.

Ministries Served:

• Chinese ministry at Zion, Saskatoon 2005 to 2009
• Currently serving Winnipeg Chinese Lutheran Church. 

  
Rev. Bart Coleman
Transferred from Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Currently serving Zion, Beausejour

Trinity Lutheran Seminary (ELCA), Columbus Ohio: graduated in 1994.
Ordained at Christ the King (ELCA), Tigard, Oregon September 11, 1994.
 
Congregations and institutional calls:

• 1994-1995 Associate Pastor Christ the King, Tigard Oregon(ELCA)
• 1995-1999 Rudyard Lutheran Parish(ELCA), Rudyard, Montana
• 1999-2003 Red-Lodge Joliet Lutheran Parish(ELCA) (also Montana)
• 2003-2004 St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho
• Clinical Pastoral Education Residency
• 2004-2008 St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho staff chaplain with assignments to St. Luke's Meridian, and St. Luke's Hospice in addition to St. Luke's Boise.
• Currently serving Zion, Beausejour

 

Rev. Catherine Giroux
Transferred from Anglican Church Canada
Currently serving as interim at Bethesda, Kenora

Graduated from the Education for Ministry Program through the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee on May 30, 1993.
Ordained to the diaconate in the Anglican Church of Canada on November 29, 1992 and was installed as Deacon in Charge of St. James’ Anglican Church in February of 1993, where I served for 13 years.
Ordained to the priesthood on December 12, 1993.

Ministries served:

• as an interim minister at St. Andrew’s United Church, Keewatin, Ontario
• Diocesan Representative for the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer
• taught on grief and spiritual warfare at the Northern Ontario catechist schools
• chaplain and director of teen Bible camps
• facilitated several retreats for women and for ordinands
• served as secretary of synod for the Diocese of Keewatin
• served on Diocesan Council
• facilitated an Abuse Awareness Workshop for the Diocese
• served as office manager for the Diocese of Keewatin
• served as Executive Assistant to the Bishop of Keewatin for 7 years
• was on the diocesan finance committee
• warden of layreaders for Diocese and for Southern Region
• president of the local ministerial association
• served as area manager for the Ontario Multi-Faith Council (Chaplains)
• was chaplain at a local nursing home for 4 years
• one unit of CPE at Riverview Health Centre in Winnipeg
• appointed Canon in the Diocese of Keewatin November 2, 2003
• served on the diocesan postulancy committee
• served as an assessor for ACPO
• serve as chaplain at the Royal Canadian legion in Keewatin
• interim minister at St. Mary’s Anglican church in Sioux Lookout

 

Rev. Peter Lurvey
Transferred from Synod of Alberta & the Territories
Currently serving Christ, Winnipeg

Graduation - M Div - Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, May 1991
Ordained - June 1992, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Amery, WI

Congregations served:

• Co-Pastor, Trinity, Grande Prairie, AB
• Interim Pastor, St John's of Northmark, Woking, AB
• Associate Pastor, Faith, Winnipeg, MB
• Pastor, Redeemer, Coaldale, AB
• Pastor, Christ, Winnipeg, MB

 

Rev. Terri-Ann Mattiason
Transferred from Eastern Synod
Currently serving Good Shepherd Selkirk

Graduation from Waterloo Lutheran Seminary - June 15, 1998
Ordination June 19, 1998

Ministries Served:

• Zion, Pembroke ON 1998-2000
• St. Marks, Chesley ON 2000-2009
  
  
  

Rev. Sabine Milewski
Ordained, BC Synod, and transferred to MNO Synod
Currently serving St. John’s, Winnipeg

Holding a Bachelor of Theology and Master of Theology-degree that she earned in Germany, she has become familiar with Canada and its ELCIC while taking additional training in Sydney/Cape Breton Island (Clinical Pastoral Education, 2006), Saskatoon (LTS, 2006/07), Edmonton (Clinical Pastoral Education, 2007), and Winnipeg (Internship, 2007/08).

ELCIC- B.C. Synod candidate - Ordained, March 7, 2009, at Grace, Winnipeg, where she interned in 2007-2008.

 

Rev. Fran Schmidt
Ordained, MNO Synod
Currently serving as Missionary in Peru

Graduated in May 2008 with a Master of Divinity with Honours degree
Ordained for service as an ELCIC missionary on May 10, 2008 at Epiphany, Winnipeg
 

• Called by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) to serve the Peruvian Evangelical Lutheran Church (ILEP)

Deacon Kris Taylor
Ordained, MNO Synod
Currently serving Faith, Winnipeg

Completed diaconal ministry course requirements from the Master of Divinity program at the University of Winnipeg in April 2009

Consecrated in June 2009.

Currently serving as Associate Minister of Faith Lutheran Church, Winnipeg

Rev. Erwin Tippel
Transferred from Saskatchewan Synod
Currently serving Grace & Peace Parish, Ashern & Moosehorn

Graduated from Waterloo Seminary 1978
Ordained Lutheran Church in America 1978

Ministries Served:

• St. John’s, New Sarepta, AB, 1978-1980
• Athabasca / Ellscott, Athabasca AB, 1980-1982
• Fawcett Christian Community Church, Fawcett, AB, 1984-2002
• Good Shepherd & Our Saviour’s, Meadow Lake, Loon Lake SK, 2002-2010