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The panel discussion, "Congregational Culture Eats Mission for Breakfast," features Rev. Sherrie Lorbeck (ELCA's Cross of Life Lutheran Church, Brookfield, Wis.), Mr. Matt Trotter (WELS Grace Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis.), and Rev. Brian West (LCMS NextGeneration at Trinity Lutheran, Clinton Township, MI).
Cross of Life Lutheran Church, Brookfield, ELCA - Rev. Sherrie Lorbeck
Max Trotter - WELS
Matt Trotter is currently finishing a second stint as President of Grace, in Downtown Milwaukee. Matt has served as president from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to the present. During that time, Grace has continued to present quality traditional liturgical worship, while adding staff, changing operating models, adding programming, and accommodating spirit-led membership growth of 250 souls. The median age of the 47 adults confirmed or baptized at Grace between 2012 and 2014 was 32 years old.
Matt first attended Grace in 1999, after discovering it on a walk to a neighborhood establishment. Matt was baptized at Grace in September 2000, drawn to the church for its vibrant worship, thorough bible studies, and Monday night services. Matt’s other non-profit work included three years as a reading tutor at Martin Luther King Library in Milwaukee, seven years as a Special Olympics coach and six years on the board of Wisconsin Lutheran College.
Professionally, Matt has worked at Time of Grace for two years in the field of Fundraising Development, as Chief Development Officer. Time of Grace’s mission is to connect people to God’s Grace, doing so via TV, print, and increasingly social media and the internet. Prior to coming to Time of Grace, Matt owned a small business providing LED lighting product design, including optical engineering, for three successful Milwaukee Electric Tool LED Lights. Matt is a graduate of Texas A&M and a happy husband of 15+ years to a wonderful woman, Mary Jo. Together Matt and Mary Jo are super-blessed, never bored, parents of maybe the five most awesome daughters ever.
Rev. Brian West - LCMS
Biography
Pastor for the NextGeneration at Trinity Lutheran Church, Clinton Township, MI
Rev. Brian West has served as an overseas missionary in Central Europe, urban house-church planter, worship leader and currently serves as a Pastor for the NextGeneration at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton Township, MI. He is learning to embrace inefficiency as he follows Jesus; living passionately in Christ for the sake of the whole world. He and Erin, his wife of 12 years, and their two daughters are engaged in living as a messy family on mission. Rev. West is also an avid cyclist who loves to play and write music and almost never turns down a good cup of fair-trade coffee.
Rev Jason Ewart - Ausgekickung - WELS
Rev. Steve Witte - WELS Church and Change Founder
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| Does anyone laugh when they call Steve Witte "Dr."? All the Fulleroids have drive-by DMins that mock the Means of Grace. Lawrenz, on the far left, is an exception - with a real PhD from Judaism. |
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| Organized by Mark and Avoid Jeske - the buzz will never die. |
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| Witte and other rascals were promoted for this Church and Change hive gathering. |
