Pastor

Our Pastor...

Our pastor, the Rev. David T. Mensing, was born in 1940, the eldest son of our founding pastor.

Since the age of eight years, Pastor Mensing has been a “local” among us and was confirmed,

married, and ordained at the Lord’s altar here in our own congregation.

From 1961 to 1986, he taught in the public school system on all levels from

the primary grades to junior college, and, as a layman, held offices both in the

local congregation and in our Conference. During eleven years of part-time

study, he prepared for the ministry here locally at the

Concordia Theological

Seminary

of our Conference, graduating in 1980. In 1983, he received his

first call and served a mission congregation of our Conference in Brisbane,

Australia for two and one-half years. When his father retired from the

ministry

in 1986, we called Pastor Mensing “back home” to serve as our

shepherd.

Since that time, with his local pastoral work, his biweekly schedule

on-the-road for our Midland contingent until January 2006, and at-large work for the Conference, he

has been an extremely busy man, but, by God’s grace, a tireless worker and a faithful overseer over

our flock.

In April 2006, the congregation celebrated with gratitude to God Pastor Mensing's

twentieth anniversary as our dear shepherd.

and

his wife

of thirty years

, Alison,

live in the

parsonage

adjacent to the church.

heir four grown children, Dave, Mike, Margaret and Dan, a

daughter-in-law, Dave's wife Missy, and another generation represented by two sweet little

granddaughters, Bella and Hope,

are a great blessing in that, by God's grace, all are h

appily in

"the

unity of the Spirit"

and

"in the bond of peace"

(Ephesians 4:3)

together in our precious fellowship.