Micah Sievenpiper has been assigned as Immanuel’s intern for the 2011-2012 school year. He will arrive this summer.
Sievenpiper, 24, is a student at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
A native of Waukesha, Wis., he is single and enjoys distance running, recreational sports, reading, open-source programming and amateur graphic design.
Sievenpiper attended attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind., where he studied theology.
He writes of his experience there, “My faith was challenged and expanded, and with it my sense of call grew. Through the Institute of Liturgical Studies, an annual pan-Lutheran liturgy conference held at Valparaiso University, I fell in love with the liturgy, and through my position as a residential minister, got to experience the joys of self-directed ministry.”
He also writes, “I was born into the Church through my baptism when I was an infant, and the Lord has blessed me in countless ways ever since. Spending much of my youth in small, struggling congregations with limited resources, I have grown to appreciate how important priorities are.
“When I was still in elementary school, the congregation of which I was a member was closed, and before the pastors left to follow their own callings, they encouraged me to be open to what the Lord had in store for me. With that advice in mind, I have been conscious of discerning my baptismal calling, and while there have been trials and tears, there has also been great joy, and it eventually became clear to me that God was calling me to ordained ministry.”
Immanuel’s church council appointed five people to serve on the intern support committee: Janie Fee, Pam Edvalds, Kevin Fewell, Don Arney and Sharyl Serafin. In addition, Sievenpiper will be able to add two committee members as he gets to know the congregation.
