2012 Bd. of Education792 views2012 Bd. of Education [left to right] : David Sacarelos [Chrmn.] Daniel Milton, Pastor J. Bestul, Donald Brink, Alyssa Delaney and Barbara Bunsey
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Pastor John C. Bestul637 viewsPastor John C. Bestul has served The Lutheran Church of Our Savior since 2007. After graduating from San Jose State University in 2001, he taught in the public school system of San Jose, until attending Concordia Theological Seminary of Ft. Wayne, in 2001. He served his vicarage/internship at St. John's Lutheran of Topeka, Kansas and received his Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary. Prior to accepting the pastoral call of The Lutheran Church of Our Savior, he served as Pastor of Rollingwood Lutheran Church of San Pablo, CA. He and his wife, Rachael, have four sons [John, Jacob, Isaac and Joseph] and one daughter (Katherine).
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Pastor Dennis Bestul3278 viewsPastor Dennis E. Bestul has served The Lutheran Church of Our Savior since 1983. Prior to that he served Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bessemer, Michigan, from 1978-1983, and Redeemer Lutheran of Menahga, MN, Christ Lutheran of Wolf Lake, MN, and Gethsemane Lutheran of Snellman, MN from 1974-1978. His vicarage was at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Spokane, WA, in 1972-73. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1974, received the Ecclesiae Christi Award of his alma mater in 1985, and the Alumnus of the Year award in 2010. He and his wife, Barbara, have four grown children [Michelle of Elgin, IL, Rev. John of Cupertino, CA, Rev. Mark of Elgin, IL, and son David of San Jose] and seventeen grandchildren.
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Pastor Adam Debner822 viewsPastor Adam Debner has served the congregation as Assistant Pastor since July of 2018. After attending Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan (LCMS), from which he earned a B.A. in Religious Studies in 2013, he attended Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2014, where he was a member of the Concordia Theological Seminary select men’s choir, Kantorei, and was a member of the Fort Wayne Bach Collegium. He married Emily Selim on May 24, 2015, served his vicarage (internship) at Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zionsville, Indiana, and was awarded a M. Div. degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in May, 2018. Adam was ordained at his vicarage congregation and was installed as Assistant Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in July, 2018.
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Senior Saints Bible Class899 views"Senior Saints Bible Class" - meets each Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed on the first Thursday of the month with a pot-luck luncheon. Pastor is currently leading the class in an in-depth study of Genesis. Though most class members are 'seniors,' others are welcomed as well!
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"Come Unto Me"295 viewsThe words of the Savior bid us welcome as we enter His sanctuary. Note:
the three crosses, two in the light, one in the dark; the baptism of Jesus; John the Baptist said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world;" the dove and the vertical beam of light symbolizing the presence of the Holy Spirit and God the Father and the baptism of God the Son; the lamb in the thicket reminding us of the sacrificial substitute which god provided for Abraham and Isaac, thus foreshadowing the supreme sacrifice of God's own Son, our Lord Jesus Christ; the nail prints in the hands of the welcoming Lord; the pastoral setting of the window which, like Psalm 23 says, "The Lord is my Shepherd."
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