DATE UPDATED: 10/20/2026

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Calls Accepted

• Rev. Dan Hues, Emmanuel, Clovis, CA, to Lutheran Hour Ministries, St. Louis, MO, as Associate Director of Church Engagement

• Rev. Nathan Linehan, First, Yuba City, CA, to Promise, Murrieta, CA, as pastor​

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Calls Extended

• Rev. John Dehne, St. Andrew, Cape Girardeau, MO, to Resurrection, Brentwood, as pastor

• Rev. Joel Rockemann, associate pastor, St. Paul’s, Tracy, CA, to St. Paul’s, Tracy, CA, as
  Senior pastor​

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Call Declined

• Rev. James Huenink, First, El Cajon, CA, to St. Paul, Mountain, View, CA, as pastor

• Rev. Mark Junkin, Zion, Corder, MO / Immanuel, Waverly, MO, to Zion, Terra Bella, CA, as
  pastor

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Commissioned Ministers on Roster as Candidate Status (presently not serving in a Call)
(Questions? Contact the District office, 925-245-4000.)

• Caleb Akers, Sonora, CA

• Katie Dodd, Napa, CA

• Melissa Ebling, Las Vegas, NV

• Michelle Esqueda, Sparks, NV

• Anna Foley, Omaha, NE

• Stephanie Gansberg, Carson City, NV

• Madeline Garrity, Redwood City, CA

• Michael Hackbarth, Visalia, CA

• Heather Kois, Carson City, NV

• Sarah Kramer, Napa, CA

• Stephanie Nelson, Orangevale, CA

• Aaron Pierce, Lake Isabella, CA

• Elisebeth Rodriguez, Cupertino, CA

• Arlene Snyder, Spanish Springs, NV

• Juliet Thompson, Palo Cedro, CA

• Mary Williams, Reno, NV

• Lindsey Wilson, Granite Bay, CA

• Rebecca Wilson, Bakersfield, CA

• Shelly Worden, Antelope, CA

Ordained Ministers on Roster as Candidate Status (presently not serving in a Call)
(Questions? Contact the District office, 925-245-4000.)

• Bill Chu, Hercules, CA

• Dallas Dubke, Red Bluff, CA

• Wenbin Freeman Li, Santa Cruz, CA

• Moises Morales, Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico

• Stephen Oliver, San Leandro, CA

• Jacob Parsons, Atascadero, CA

• Bart Rall, Monterey, CA

• Allen Steinbeck, Harrodsburg, KY

• Matthew Switzer, San Rafael, CA

• Martin Urena, Madera, CA

• Doua Xiong, Altoona, WI