10:30 AM  Sunday Worship Service


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Pastoral Fellow

Bishop Wayne Miller


 We’re delighted to be led in worship this month by our longtime friend, Rev. Wayne Miller, Bishop Emeritus of the ELCA’s Metro Chicago Synod.  Bishop Miler is well known to St. Paul’s, having assisted us as bishop with a number of issues over the years.  Bishop Miller served as  bishop from 2007-2019, leading the synod program staff, preaching & teaching regularly in the synod’s congregations, and writing a monthly column for the synod supplement to Living Lutheran.  Throughout his tenure, he also served on the ELCA Bishops Task Force on Immigration Reform, and for 10 years chaired the committee on Ministry Among People in Poverty.  He has served on the governing boards, of Advocate Health Care, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, the We Raise Foundation, and is currently a trustee of Carthage College to our north in Kenosha.


Bishop Miller’s synod leadership followed 23 year of pastoring Lutheran congregations, including at St. Mark’s in Aurora (childhood church home to a  number of St. Paulers ).  As St. Mark’s Senior Pastor from 1994-2007, he led the congregation in a number of community organizing and social service ministries, and grew worship attendance from 250 to 550. 


Born in Chicago in 1950, Bishop Miller has lived most of his life in the Chicagoland area. He holds an undergraduate degree in music, and for a time was a professional member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus.  He has been married to Pamela Miller since 1980, and has two grown sons. He & his wife moved to Evanston early in 2024, and are neighbors to several St. Paulers. 


It is a great joy to welcome Bishop Miller back to St. Paul’s for the entire month of January. 

CARE & OUTREACH MINISTER: 
Rev. Wesley Dorr (Deacon Wes)

Deacon Wes has been serving churches since 2001 and has been an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church since 2008. Deacon Wes holds a Master of Divinity and a certification in Christian Education from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, a Certificate in Church Leadership from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in partnership with Kellogg School of Nonprofit Management and several certifications in restorative justice and community building. His calling as a deacon is to provide specialized ministry that focuses on word, service, justice, and compassion.  He has fulfilled that calling in various ways over his career including creating and leading a small nonprofit through United Church of Rogers Park and providing pastoral care, worship leadership and youth ministry in Churches throughout Chicagoland. Deacon Wes also currently works as a paraprofessional at Evanston Township High School in the Special Education department.  Deacon Wes is an avid baseball fan and enjoys spending time outdoors kayaking and biking. 

 




Dr. Kurt westerberg, director of music

Kurt Westerberg has been privileged to serve as Director of Music at St. Paul’s since 1998, performing on piano and pipe organ, directing the St. Paul’s chancel choir, and arranging music for the choir as well as instrumental and vocal soloists.   He recently retired from the DePaul University School of Music, where he served as an Associate Professor of musicianship and composition and held several administrative posts.  He holds degrees from St. Olaf College and Northwestern University and has been active as a composer of modern classically-oriented music. 


Kurt, soloists, and choir aim for a blend of classical, gospel, and global music to meaningfully enhance the worship experience at St. Paul’s like

Come and Fill Our Hearts With Your Peace featuring soloists, choir, and cello.

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