On April 26th, the vicarage placement service was held at CTSFW. Benjamin’s parents and Elizabeth’s parents were all able to come to Fort Wayne for the service, which was a great blessing (and getting to see their grandson was a good incentive too!). It was a beautiful vespers service. At the end of the service, vicarage placements were announced and we found out that……
WE ARE MOVING TO PITTSBURGH! Benjamin will be serving as vicar for a year with First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, specifically at their Holy Cross Lutheran Chapel mission plant. We’ll be living in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittaburgh, just a few blocks from Holy Cross. Benjamin will be leading daily matins services and leading and preaching for a divine service virtually every Sunday. He will, in essence, pretty much be in charge of the services at Holy Cross every week. To learn more about Holy Cross, please view this video: https://youtu.be/XVineepicgk. Throughout the year, he’ll also have the opportunity to experience inner city, homeless, campus, blind, and deaf ministries, along with hospital, nursing home, and shut-in visits. It sounds like it will be a jam-packed year full of learning!
Elizabeth will be staying home with Nathaniel, either exploring the city with him or planning adventures for the three of us.
We are SO excited to begin this next stage of our seminary journey on July 1st. We praise God for this incredible opportunity and can’t wait to see how He works throughout this next year. As always, we ask for prayers of thanksgiving for this placement. We also ask for prayers for ease of packing up and moving, for a smooth transition to life and ministry in Pittsburgh, and for a wonderful vicarage year.
Joining the Janssens 