JOHN SIEBER, who passed away on Monday, September 15, was a former member of Good Shepherd. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 20, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Chula Vista, California. John is survived by his wife, Katrinka, daughter Anne Sieber Collingwood, son Hans Sieber, and their families. John graduated from Luther College in 1958 with a BA in Greek. His received his B.Th. from Luther Seminary and his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University. He taught Religion and Classics at Luther College from 1965 until his retirement in 2000. During his years at Good Shepherd, John served in many capacities including that of supply pastor and Treasurer. Katrinka is at home at 374 Imperial Beach Blvd., Imperial Beach, California 91932.
Pastor Bradley C. Hanson to Preside
Good Shepherd continues its fall schedule of Supply Pastors at the Saturday evening and Sunday morning services, September 20 and 21. Congregation member Pastor Brad Hanson will preside at the weekend’s services of Holy Communion. Pastor Hanson is professor emeritus of religion at Luther College. When he retired from teaching in 2000, he helped found and became director and then in 2011 co-director of Luther’s Grace Institute for Spiritual Formation, which offers a two year Spiritual Formation Program. His 2014 book Spirituality and Your Life Story continues a long time involvement in and writing on Christian spirituality. Brad received his B.A. degree from St. Olaf College, M.Div. from Luther Seminary, M.A. From Yale University, and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Marion, have been long-time and active members of the Good Shepherd congregation.
Photo credit: Personal photo submitted by Hanson.
Pastor Richard Simon Hanson to Preside
During the months of September and October, Supply Pastors will be presiding at worship services at Good Shepherd. Pastor Richard Simon Hanson will preside over worship services during the weekends of September 6/7 and September 13/14. Hanson received his BA from Luther College, majoring in music. He received his B.Th. and M.Th. from Luther Seminary in St. Paul and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Hanson taught in the Religion Department at Luther from 1963 until his retirement. He is currently serving as Chaplain at Aase Haugen Homes, Inc. in Decorah and is the emergency pastor for Good Shepherd during the months of September and October, 2014. Photo credit: ArtHaus
Good Shepherd’s Supply Pastor Schedule During September and October:
Saturday/Sunday, September 6/7: Holy Communion – Richard Simon Hanson
Saturday/Sunday, September 13/14: Richard Simon Hanson
Saturday/Sunday, September 20/21: Holy Communion – Bradley Hanson
Saturday/Sunday, September 27/28: April and Judd Larson
Saturday/Sunday, October 4/5: Holy Communion – Steven Jacobsen
Saturday/Sunday, October 11/12: To Be Announced
Saturday/Sunday, October 18/19: Holy Communion – Owen Christianson
Saturday/Sunday, October 25/26: To Be Announced
Sunday School Kick Off
Kids of all ages are invited to participate in a scavenger hunt on Sunday, September 7th to kick off the Sunday School year. Come celebrate this year’s theme: Everyday God-Every Day, God by sharing random acts of kindness within our congregation and community!
Pastor Joan Mau to be Honored
A celebration of the fifteen-year ministry of Pastor Joan A. Mau at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be held on Sunday, August 31, as she is retiring from that call on September 1.
Pastor Mau will preach at the 9:30 A.M. service. According to Brooke Joyce, interim music director, preservice music will begin at 9:15, including the Good Shepherd Band and guests Spencer Martin, viola, and Heather Armstrong, oboe, who will play a sonata by Antonio Vivaldi, accompanied by Kathy Reed. The prelude will be a fanfare composed by Daniel Raney, featuring the Good Shepherd Band with timpani. The anthem, sung by Andrew Whitfield and the Good Shepherd Choir, will be an aria and chorale by J.S. Bach. Jonathan Struve will sing “Love Bade Me Welcome” by Ralph Vaughan Williams for the offertory. Also, the choir will sing a brief new piece by Brooke Joyce as part of the post-service program.
Following brunch in the social hall, there will be a program of appreciation and thanksgiving for Pastor Mau’s work at Good Shepherd.
“We invite friends of Pastor Mau from the Decorah area to join with members of our congregation for this day of celebrating her contributions to our church and to this community,” says David Judisch, co-chair of the celebration committee with his wife Gail.
Joan Mau’s early education took place in Germany and Switzerland as her father, the Reverend Carl H. Mau Jr., held executive positions with the Lutheran World Federation. She earned her bachelor of arts degree at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. While pursuing advanced German studies, she was a teaching assistant at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. After earning a master of religion degree from the University of Iowa and a master of divinity degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque (1979), she was ordained into the Lutheran ministry, making her the seventh generation in an unbroken line of Lutheran pastors in her family.
Before coming to Good Shepherd, Pastor Mau served in campus ministry at Waldorf College, Forest City, IA; and as pastor of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon, IA; Trinity Lutheran Church, Sioux City, IA; and Trinity Lutheran Church, Washington Island, WI.
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