The Concordia Story: A Fifty-Year History of Concordia Lutheran Church 1951-2001

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CONCORDIA’S SENIOR PASTORS TODAY In 2001 Dr. Merkens was still maintaining a full travel schedule as a consultant for PathWay Lutheran Ministries, a church growth consulting organization. He also serves as a visiting speaker at Lutheran congregations across the United States. After resigning as senior pastor at Concordia, Dr. Thompson joined the staff of the Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA) as their North American ambassador. THE AUTHOR Ron Lammert began his career in communications as a reporter for The San Antonio Light. He later formed a publishing company and founded and operated a business newspaper, The San Antonio Executive, and a community newspaper, The Northwest Leader. Today Lammert Publications, Inc. and its subsidiary, Historical Publishing Network, produce local interest history books in conjunction with museums and historic preservation organizations. Ron and his wife, Glenda, have been members of Concordia since 1971. Ron began attending Concordia in 1966, while a student at Trinity University. Ron has been a member of the Board of Elders since the early 1980’s. He teaches 8th Grade Sunday School. He is also active in Lutheran Outdoors Ministry of Texas, having served as board president and currently as chairman of the Development Council. Ron and Glenda have three daughters, Katy, Johanna and Christy, who are Concordia members. 80 ✦ THE CONCORDIA STORY
Sunday School, 1952. Vacation Bible School, 2001.
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that would express God’s love thr
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Address Record, which gave us the n
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School led to action. A companion b
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they kept in mind Merkens’ commen
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was sent gratis by CPH to every pas
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We tried to get everything done in
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Perhaps the innovation in which Mer
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format was to be a series of semina
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other congregations, all of which h
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Page 35 and 36: ✦ Above: At Easter Sunday service
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Page 39 and 40: The year 1982 marked the publicatio
Page 41 and 42: ✦ Left: Concordia operated a bus
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Page 47 and 48: eally selling short the good people
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