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About the PSD
president's office
Rev. Dr. Mike Gibson
President of the Pacific Southwest District
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 202
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Jon Niederbrach
Rev. Dominic Rivkin
Eun Chu Kim
Rev. Jim Henkell
Aaron Lucas
Communications and Technology
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 218
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Rev. Jonathan Priest
Rev. Jim Swinford
Maddie Gong
Executive Assistant to the President
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext 201
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Kelly DeJongh
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 200
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accounting office
Cathy Korp
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 208
Emily Chartier
Accountant
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 213
school ministries
Rachel Klitzing
Kim Violette
Administrative Assistant to
Executive Director School Ministries
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 226
Ellen Pratt
Anna Preus
Staff Assistant to School Ministries (P/T)
Steve Schedler
PSD DCE Liaison (P/T)
Lutheran church extension fund
Tyler Fewins
Gail Kanneg
individuals serving the district
Bruce Benne
District Archivist
Rev. Rick Stark
Rev. Ed Killian
Life Ministries
Deacon Gale Cynova
Rev. Arthur Stevens
Sherri Spicer RN, MSN
board of directors:
LAY MEMBERS
Mrs. Laura Rusch, Region 1
Mrs. Joyce Cabrera, Region 2
Mr. Joel Held, Region 3
Mrs. Keri Sparks, Region 4
PRAESIDIUM
Rev. Dr. Mike Gibson, President
Rev. Vince Harman, Region 4, Chairman, First Vice President
Rev. Tim Eaton, Region 3, Second Vice President
Rev. Dr. Dustin Parker, Region 2, Third Vice President
Rev. Joe Beran, Region 1, Fourth Vice President
Rev. Jonathan Burkee, Secretary
Ms. Leona Tschopp, Treasurer
COMMISSIONED MEMBERS
Mr. Jonah Sielaff, Region 1
Mrs. Kayleigh Lopez, Region 2
Mrs. Conni Schramm, Region 3
Mrs. Lori Doyle, Region 4
LCEF COMMITTEE CHAIR
Mr. James Clark
The Pacific Southwest District is comprised of 300 congregations and 168 Lutheran Schools in Southern California, Arizona, and Southern Nevada. It is one of 35 Districts within the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. With an office on the campus of Concordia University in Irvine, CA, the District Staff seeks to “effectively resource congregations and schools for transforming lives and making the Great Commission REAL!”
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The congregations of the Pacific Southwest District are called by God and placed in their community to bring the saving news of Jesus Christ through Word and Sacrament Ministry as well as through Christian Education in Lutheran Schools (Preschools, Elementary and High Schools, as well as Lutheran Universities).
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Within the District, many congregations have at least one worship service in a non-English language. God is giving us the privilege of reaching across languages and cultures with the Good News of Jesus and his love. Following the teaching of I Peter 2:9-10, The Pacific Southwest District is a gathering of men and women, professional church workers and lay leaders, in an exciting mission field where God has placed us to serve: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people but now you are the people of God, once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
About us:
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Mission Statement
As the Pacific Southwest District, our Mission is to effectively resource congregations and schools for transforming lives and making the Great Commission REAL!
Vision Statement
We envision the PSD as a passionate community of healthy missional congregations with:
* Courageous leaders transforming their communities
* An ever-increasing number of people being won to Christ
* Churches overflowing with ministry partners
* Schools bursting with dynamic disciples
* New churches and schools rapidly springing up
* Lutherans speaking joyfully and publicly about Jesus
* Believers generously investing their material and spiritual gifts for mission
District-held properties are:​
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La Santa Cruz Lutheran Church, Los Angeles, CA
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Palabra de Dios Lutheran Church, Maywood, CA
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San Pedro y San Pablo Lutheran Church, Bell Gardens, CA
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Mission Development Center, Norwalk, CA
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University Lutheran Church, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
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Santo Tomas Lutheran Church, Phoenix, AZ
PSD Audited Financial Statements
PSD Partners
Click the links below to visit our partners' website
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Concordia Plans Services - www.concordiaplans.org
Concordia University Irvine - www.cui.edu
Inter-Lutheran Emergency Response Team - Southern California - www.i-lert.org
LCMS Foundations - www.lcmsfoundation.org
LCMS Life Ministry - www.lcms.org/how-we-serve/mercy/life-ministry
Lutheran Church Extension Fund - www.lcef.org
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod - www.lcms.org
Lutheran Heritage Foundation - www.lhfmissions.org
Lutheran Hour Ministries - www.lhm.org
Lutheran Social Services of Nevada - www.lssnv.org
Lutheran Social Services of Southern California - www.lsssc.org
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest - www.lss-sw.org
Lutheran Women's Missionary League - www.lwml.org
PSD LWML - www.psdlwml.org
Thrivent Financial - www.thrivent.com