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our staff:
president's office
Rev. Dr. Mike Gibson
President of the Pacific Southwest District
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 202
Email:
Rev. Dominic Rivkin
Mission & Ministry Services
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 230
Email: dominic.rivkin@psd-lcms.org
Jon Niederbrach
Chief Operating Officer
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 227
Email: jon.niederbrach@psd-lcms.org
Aaron Lucas
Communications and Technology
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 218
Email: aaron.lucas@psd-lcms.org
Victoria Waufle
Rev. Dr. Richard Paul
Intentional Interim Ministry
Email: pastor@faithhb.org
Rev. Ron Rehrer
Counselor for Church Workers
Email: ron@ronrehrer.com
Barbara Farley
Executive Assistant to the President
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 201
Email: barbara.farley@psd-lcms.org
Kelly DeJongh
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 200
Email: kelly.deJongh@psd-lcms.org
accounting office
Cathy Korp
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 208
Email: cathy.korp@psd-lcms.org
Emily Chartier
Accountant
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 213
Email: emily.chartier@psd-lcms.org
school ministries
Rachel Klitzing
Executive Director School Ministries
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 223
Email: rachel.klitzing@psd-lcms.org
Kim Violette
Administrative Assistant to
Executive Director School Ministries
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 226
Email: kim.violette@psd-lcms.org
Ellen Pratt
Staff Assistant to School Ministries (P/T)
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 224
Email: ellen.pratt@psd-lcms.org
Anna Preus
Staff Assistant to School Ministries (P/T)
Email: anna.preus@psd-lcms.org
Lutheran church extension fund
Tyler Fewins
LCEF Vice President
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 207
Email: tyler.fewins@psd-lcms.org
Gail Kanneg
Administrative Assistant
to LCEF Vice President
Phone: 949-854-3232 ext. 205
Email: gail.kanneg@psd-lcms.org
individuals serving the district
Bruce Benne
District Archivist
Email: archives@psd-lcms.org
Rev. Ed Killian
Life Ministries
Email: lifeministries@psd-lcms.org
Constitution Committee
Rev. Kerry Duerr
Rev. Bruce Jeske
Ms. Carol Stoop
Rev. Rick Stark
Deacon Gale Cynova
Stewardship
Email: gcynova@gmail.com
board of directors:
LAY MEMBERS
Mrs.Heather Davis, Region 1
Mr. Adam Stadnik, Region 2
Mr. Joel Held, Region 3
Mrs. Linda Tayrien, 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. Dustin Parker, Region 2, Third Vice President
Rev. Dr. S T Williams, Region 1, Fourth Vice President
Rev. Dr. Richard Burkey, Secretary
Ms. Leona Tschopp, Treasurer
COMMISSIONED MEMBERS
Ms. Bonnie Hicks, Region 1
Mr. Karl Fink, Region 2
Mrs. Conni Schramm, Region 3
Mr. Robert Koehne, Region 4
LCEF COMMITTEE CHAIR
Mr. Julian Fruhling
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!”
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).
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.”
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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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University Lutheran Chapel, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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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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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Norwalk, CA
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University Lutheran Church, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
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Santo Tomas Lutheran Church, Phoenix, AZ
2018 audited financial statements:
PSD Partners
Click the links below to visit our partners' website
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