Candidate-elect Paul Rempfer and his wife, Rachel, look over Rempfer's call documents while the couple's daughter, Ruth, sleeps following a Service of Praise with Assignment of Calls on Wednesday, April 28, in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Rempfer was called to Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Columbus, Neb. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
By Erik M. Lunsford
In this look back at 2021, LCMS managing photojournalist Erik M. Lunsford shares “a few of the countless moments of God’s love in Christ Jesus and His creation that, for me as a photographer, stand out for 2021’s year in pictures.”
Among the photos below, Evelyn Poyer reads a book about Jesus Christ to her brother Solomon in Illinois. Karie Kuhl walks with Elaine Andree during the March on the Arch in St. Louis. The Rev. Dr. John Bombaro visits congregation member Jane Indahl in Spokane, Wash. The newly consecrated bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, the Rev. Dr. Juhana Pohjola, prays and gives thanks with fellow pastors following his consecration in Finland. The Evangelischen Schlosskirche (Castle Church) in Wittenberg, Germany, is silhouetted against a dazzling sunset.
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Posted Dec. 20, 2021
A kindergarten student dressed for career dress day works in his classroom on Thursday, Jan. 28, during National Lutheran Schools Week at Word of Life Lutheran School in St. Louis. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Evelyn Poyer reads a book about Jesus Christ to her brother, Solomon, on Friday, Jan. 29, at their home in Springfield, Ill. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The Rev. Randy Asburry, senior pastor of Hope Lutheran Church, St. Louis, applies ashes in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, on Feb. 17. Asburry was serving as interim dean of chapel. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Karie Kuhl (center), a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, St. Louis, and Elaine Andree, a member of Cedar Hill Lutheran Church, Cedar Hill, Mo., walk together during the March on the Arch on Saturday, March 6, in midtown St. Louis. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The Rev. Dr. John Bombaro, LCMS missionary to Latvia and assistant to the director of the LCMS Eurasia region, sits with Jane Indahl, a member of Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church, Hayden, Idaho, in her home in Spokane, Wash., on Friday, March 12. Bombaro was serving Blessed Sacrament as vacancy pastor. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The Rev. Daniel Fickenscher, pastor at Iglesia Luterana Cristo El Salvador, Del Rio, Texas, packs his car following worship on Saturday, April 17, outside a congregation member’s home in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The sun sets as professors walk to the Office of Vespers with Distribution of Calls into the Holy Ministry on Tuesday, April 27, in Kramer Chapel at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Candidate-elect Paul Rempfer and his wife, Rachel, look over Rempfer’s call documents while the couple’s daughter, Ruth, sleeps following a Service of Praise with Assignment of Calls on Wednesday, April 28, in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Rempfer was called to Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Columbus, Neb. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Monique Nunes, wife of Concordia College New York, Bronxville, N.Y., President Rev. Dr. John Nunes, hugs graduate Irene Pirn on Saturday, May 8, at the college’s final commencement. Rev. Nunes stands nearby. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Matt Dehn, a teacher at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and School, Reedsburg, Wis., celebrates after receiving his certificate of achievement for graduating from LCMS School Ministry’s School Leadership Development Project on Wednesday, June 16, in St. Louis. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Ladies don shawls and hats on Friday, June 25, at the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League 39th Biennial Convention in Lexington, Ky. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The Rev. Sean Daenzer, director of LCMS Worship and International Center chaplain, leads worship on Monday, June 28, during a Commissioned Worker Retreat in St. Louis. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
Storm clouds gather near St. Paul Lutheran Church in the Marigny area of New Orleans on Sunday, July 11. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
YouthLead leadership team member Isaiah Duport enlists help during a game of trivia during the 2021 Teen Leadership Training held alongside the National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference on Monday, July 12, in Houston. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The Rev. Dr. Juhana Pohjola, newly consecrated bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, prays and gives thanks with fellow pastors following worship on Sunday, Aug. 1, in Loimaa, Finland. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Egger recesses following his installation as the 11th president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, on Friday, Aug. 27, in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
The Evangelischen Schlosskirche (Castle Church) in Wittenberg, Germany, is seen against a setting sun on Monday, Nov. 1, in Wittenberg, Germany. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
