A Brief History of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church December, 1990 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Kingman, Arizona, had its beginning on Reformation Sunday, 1984. Our first Pastor was Rev. Clarence Kindschy, who with his wife Helen, made the 300 mile round trip from Flagstaff every Sunday to conduct a 5:00 p.m. Service in a community room of a local savings and loan. We left those facilities in June of 1985, and we moved to Sutton Mortuary where we shared the chapel with the Methodist Church. Vicar John Mitchell served us from July of 1985 to July of 1986. Vicar Timothy Carr was assigned to us by the Mission Board from July of 1986 to July of 1987. We were without a Pastor until November of 1987. In the interim our elders conducted services. Pastor Michael Holsten was assigned to us in November of 1987. He left December 31, 1989. We were without a Pastor again but we were lovingly served by Pastor Deterding of Frankenmuth, Michigan, until April, 1990, when Pastor Fehner of Las Vegas conducted Sunday Services until our present MAL Pastor Timothy D. Klug came to us in August of 1990. At the present time, with God's help, we broke ground for a sanctuary, December 16, 1990, and we are anxiously waiting for it to be finished so we may worship the Lord in our own church. We started with 8 to 10 members attending and now we have 63 communicant members. We hope to grow in our new facility with a preschool. A big challenge here is that we have many retired persons on a fixed income but the city is growing and young people are moving into the area which has helped our Sunday School to grow. Our members are all actively working toward a future in Christ, without whom we can do nothing. ---------------------------------------- September, 2000, Update During 1993, Pastor Klug left and Rev. Victor Lehenbauer took his place. In September, 1994, Rev. John Jaster was installed at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and he has severed us here for the past six years. He is now beginning his seventh year here at Good Shepherd. --------------------------------------------- January, 2002 Update In October, 2000, Pastor John Jaster resigned effective December 31, 2000. Pastor Jaster's Farewell Sermon was on October 15, 2000. Between October and December, Pastor Jaster took vacation time. Between October and December, two visiting Pastors were here for Sunday Services. They were Pastor Prifogle and Pastor LaVern Brack. Between January 14 and May 20, 2001, Pastor Roger Benner was contracted to hold Sunday Services. Between May 27 and October 21, the church had visiting Pastors come in to hold Sunday Services. They were Pastor Prifogle, Pastor Ed Wessling, Pastor Harold Kallio. There was one Sunday, July 22, Elder Kurt Pavlat preached a sermon. Since October 28, 2001, Pastor John Fibelkorn was contracted to hold Services for three years. Pastor Fibelkorn terminated his contract December 31, 2004 The first three Sundays in January, 2005, were held by the Elders Between January 23 and April 3, Pastor John Kallio shepherd the flock During the call proceedure, January through July, Pastor Robert O. Wudy was contracted to serve until we get a new Pastor. In June, Pastor Art Duttchen answered the call and made arrangements to move to Kingman, during the first week in August Currently, there are 55 families or 97 members attending Good Shepherd. | ||||
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