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- Kari Reiten, pastor of Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Renton, Wash., with young members of her congregation. Kari received a scholarship in 2003.
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- ELCA Fund for Leaders 2013-2014 Scholarship recipients
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- Jacqueline Pagel, pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Phoenix, Ariz., welcomes worshipers to the 2013 Palm Sunday procession. Jacqueline was a recipient of the 2004 ELCA Fund for Leaders Scholarship.
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- Mission Developer Scholarship recipient Raymond Kolison with Tracie Batholomew, bishop of the ELCA New Jersey Synod. Raymond is from Ewing, N.J.. and is a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Trenton, N.J.
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- Kevin Baker, a 2008 scholarship recipient, delivers the invocation at the 2013-14 ELCA Fund for Leaders Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet. Kevin is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Elmwood Park, Ill.
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- Trinity Lutheran College, Everett, Wash., campus pastor, Erik Samuelson, (back row, right) was a 2001 scholarship recipient.
The future of the ELCA depends on its future leaders, who will help ground us in God’s love and forgiveness and send us out to do God’s work in the world. Ministries and programs like ELCA Fund for Leaders enable our church to attract men and women of tremendous promise to become pastors and rostered lay leaders and to study at an ELCA seminary.
The fund serves as the ongoing promise of this church that candidates for ministry will have the opportunity to pursue a path toward informed faith and passionate discipleship. Today, more than 200 seminary students receive scholarship assistance every year, thanks to the generosity of ELCA members.
Through Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA — a five-year campaign approved by the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly — you can help support and expand programs like ELCA Fund for Leaders beyond your regular weekly offerings.
Here are some of the current and past scholarship recipients, who are answering the call to leadership for this church!
