Pastors
This pastor served in the Navy before becoming a pastor.
Who is Pastor Carr?
Two current members were children when their dad was a pastor at First English.
Who are Jim Byerly and Joyce Byerly Smith?
This room has been used for Sunday School, a chapel and a place for hospitality.
What is the Wagner room?
In the past, we provided the Lutheran Campus Center in the basement of our church for college students. Currently, Pastor Chris and some members work with the students at this location.
What is the Pace Center?
What is our congregations motto?
”In the City for Good”
This pastor was our interim pastor between Pastor Schweitzer and Pastor Carr.
Who is Pastor Price?
This member made our four Advent banners.
Who was Loutisha James?
The year we moved into our current Sanctuary building.
What is the year 1911?
Janyce Olson, wife of Pastor Olson, created this ministry that fills shoeboxes with gifts for children and the elderly.
What is the Giving Heart?
The deaconess who served our congregation from 1919-1961.
Who was Sister Ruth Wagner?
This Pastor served our congregation for 50 years!
Who was Pastor Scherer?
Pastor Patti, who wrote many books including one about Confirmation, was the daughter of these current members.
Who are Joe and Margaret Thisted?
This current organization began as an elderly day care in our education building and now offers services in different locations.
What is the Circle Center Day Services?
This was the first name of our congregation.
What is St. Mark’s Lutheran?
The Stuart Circle Parish was formed while he was the Pastor.
Who was Pastor Eckert?
This member was a pastor’s daughter and wrote the book Saints Alive.
Who was Mary Grace Taylor?
We held services in this hall on the corner of Mayo and Franklin streets from 1871-1875.
What was the Odd Fellows Hall?
First English went to court to fight for this ministry.
What is the Meal Ministry?
Between 1925-1970, First English helped to support three different missionaries in Southwest Virginia, Japan and this African nation.
What is Liberia?
He was our pastor when the name changed to First English Evangelical Lutheran.
Who was Pastor Schaeffer?
This member grew up at First English and was the first from our congregation to enter the Lutheran Ministry.
Who was Kenneth Crumpton?
Our congregation rented this church on Mayo Street in 1869 to have their services.
What was the Universalist Church?
After two different wars, some of our members helped sponsor families from these two countries.
What are Latvia and Vietnam?
What is Hebron Lutheran Church?