New Ministry Intern Stephanie Leonard

Stephanie Leonard is joining the pastoral staff here at LPUMC. She is currently a student at Eden Theological seminary and a certified candidate in the Gateway Central district. She has pastoral experience as a hospital chaplain at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Peters , Missouri.

Stephanie is pursuing a second vocation in the ministry and has an extensive background in business and military. She is a veteran of the Iraq war. She has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in the combat zone. With 20 years of military service, she has recently been commissioned Chief Warrant Officer in the Missouri National Guard, the first woman in Missouri to achieve that rank.

We are delighted to have Stephanie with us and pray for her success in her studies at Eden. We look forward to being a part of her journey toward ordination and are eager to see what blessings our Father has in store for all of us.

Good Luck Aaron & Caroline!

From Worship-Ash Wed 2010

All of us at LPUMC want to thank Aaron and Caroline Ban for the time they spent with us while working with the young adults. And the choir will be short a couple great voices. You have been a blessing to us and we will keep both of you in our thoughts and prayers.

Aaron Ban, will be the new pastor at St. Peter's Evangelical United Church of Christ in Granite City, IL beginning September 12, 2010. This will be a part-time position and he and Caroline will be living in the Pastor's residence.

At the present time Aaron is traveling and is in Seattle working with a Pastor whose ministry is working with the homeless. On August 15, Aaron will travel to Georgia for a 3 day conference and then he and Caroline will be packing and moving from Webster Groves to Granite City.

Aaron wants everyone to know that, "Caroline and I are grateful for the time we spent at LPUMC, a church community that embraced and nurtured us both."