 Pastor Paul and Charlene Helmer |
Pastor Helmer has been serving Abiding Savior since January of 2005. He is in Zapata from about October to April. The Helmers permanent home is in Gardner, Kansas. He is a graduate of St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas, (A.A., 1961), Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, (B.A., 1963), Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, (M.Div., 1967) and St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, (M.A., 1982). He has served congregations in Flint, Michigan; Liberal, Kansas; Winfield, Kansas; and Fort Dodge, Iowa. From 1977 through 1986, he served on the faculty of St. John's College where he taught Classical Greek, German, and theology. In addition, he was chairman of the Department of Theological Studies and Director of the Preseminary Program. Charlene has served as the organist for Abiding Savior. She is a graduate of St. John's College in the Parish Worker Program (1962)and served for several years as a secretary in the Department of Higher Education of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The Helmers have four children, two of whom are married, and seven grandchildren. |