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Please rejoice with the people of St. Andrew and offer a prayer of thanksgiving. Pastor Adam Gawel has accepted our call to serve as the next pastor and shepherd of St. Andrew Lutheran Church. He graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI in 2009. Since then he has served in East Asia. His wife Sherry is Chinese and they have three children ages 1-6. He speaks Mandarin and is very familiar with Chinese culture. We believe the Lord has sent us a pastor who fits our needs and ministry plan which is to reach out to the growing Asian population in McKinley Park.

He will be arriving in Chicago in late June and will be installed on Sunday July 10. Pastor Semenske’s last service and farewell will be on June 26. With Pastor Semenske retiring on June 30 we will only have a 10 day gap between one pastor leaving and another coming. Truly another blessing from the Lord.

We believe we have weathered the storm of closing our school and are now ready to move in a different direction in ministry. Pastor Gawel has the gifts and background to lead us in that direction. Please rejoice with us and keep Pastor Gawel and his family as well as St. Andrew in your prayers.