Following on the heels of its 100-year celebration, the St. Paul Lutheran Church congregation will install a pastor, the Rev. Jacob Quast, at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Since January of 2008, Quast has served as pastor at The Church of the Lutheran Hour in Fort Frances. During the past year and a half, Quast has served St. Paul Lutheran Church during its vacancy in the position.
During this time, St. Paul Lutheran and the Church of the Lutheran Hour began discussions to become a joint parish. This agreement was ratified in November by both congregations, becoming a unique parish in both the Lutheran Church-Canada and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
Quast was born near Chicago, Ill., and has lived in Edmonton, Alberta, where he earned a degree from St. Mattew Lutheran School in history and a minor in religious studies.
During a third-year internship at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Kitimat, British Columbia, Quast came to be, “blessed to learn truly what it means to be a servant for Jesus’ sake,” which is Concordia Lutheran Seminary’s motto.
For more than four years, Quast served the parish of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Peace River, Alberta, in addition to other congregations that were without a pastor.
Quast, his wife, Jolene, and three children, Julia, 16; Liam, 13; and Rowen, 11, have told church officials they are excited to be here with the people of Borderland. “They are thankful to God for His manifold of blessings and promise to bring them here. They eagerly look forward to getting to know everyone and anticipate the opportunity to grow in faith toward God and fervent love toward one another in this newly-formed joint parish,” according to a statement from the church.
Quast may be contacted at either church office or at 324-1948.
