![]() Well, Princeton was 51% Presbyterian, and the rest was every denomination you can imagine. I learned the basics of it in coursework, but sitting around the dining table and discussing theology with. “Really I learned Lutheranism in dialogue. Did he ever hear anything he disagreed with there? “Constantly,” he says. Schwartz attended the Presbyterian-affiliated Princeton Seminary as a Lutheran. That and the University of Chicago PhD program. Paul?” I still wasn’t altogether convinced that I was going to become a pastor, so I sort of sent off the application with a sense of, if this is really what God wants, then I’ll get accepted. Paul? So I saw in the seminary catalogue section, “Princeton.” You know, if I’ve got a degree from Princeton, people aren’t going to go, “Oh, is that the one in St. I would talk to people, who would say, “Oh, in St. But I spent almost four years getting an education at Concordia in Moorhead. What would you recommend?” and he said, “Well, Luther, of course,” Back in those days, in the ‘70s you had a distrust of grownups, authority figures, so I took that with a grain of salt, and went to the college library, and looked at the shelf with catalogues of seminaries on it. “I called up the head of the religion department at Concordia and said, “I’m looking at going to seminary. Schwartz’s decision to attend Princeton was partly due to its notoriety as an undergraduate whenever he said he attended Concordia College, people had to ask which “Concordia” he was talking about. I kind of wanted to be a journalist, but then I gave in and decided no. “There weren’t a lot of other choices to be made. Schwartz decided to go to seminary, he says, because, “I wanted to do something that would be useful and helpful to people.” Schwartz was converted during high school “And always had this feeling that God was pushing, nudging, encouraging, persuading, and just not letting go,” he explains. Schwartz is now at his fifth call – as the pastor of Cross of Glory. After the first of their two sons was born, they decided to move their family to Minnesota. For the first 4 ½ years out of seminary, he and Nancy worked as pastors in Pennsylvania – to a collective nine churches between the two of them. From there he ended up at Princeton Seminary in New Jersey, where he met his wife, Nancy. Schwartz grew up in Minneapolis, Minn., and later attended Concordia College in Moorhead. “The people that I’ve met are all wonderful. ![]() “(Hartland) is very nice,” says Schwartz. Pastor Steven Schwartz accepted the call at Cross of Glory and West Freeborn and began ministering there at the beginning of May. Pastor Charles Espe also ministered there for a few months this spring. ![]() After a long stint without a regular pastor, Pastor Steven Schwartz has now been called to serve the congregations on a more permanent basis.įor 2 ½ years, Pastor Mark Hillmer served as interim pastor. There is a new face at Cross of Glory Lutheran Church and West Freeborn Lutheran Church. ![]() READY TO SERVE - Pastor Steven Schwartz has accepted the calling to Cross of Glory Lutheran Church of Hartland and West Freeborn Lutheran near Hartland. (Star Eagle photo by Melanie Piltingsrud) New pastor takes over at Cross of Glory, West Freeborn Lutheran churches ![]()
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