FROM PASTOR LIZ DAVIS
April 2021
Greetings in the name of the risen Christ!
I’m Pastor Liz Davis, and I’m so very excited to be soon serving as your pastor as United Lutheran Church of Proctor and Our Savior’s Evangelical Lutheran Church begin a “holy experiment” of sharing a pastor for the next two years. After all the shifts and changes of the past year, my hope is that having stability in your pastoral leadership will give us a sense of security so that we can free our imaginations for exploring how God is calling us to be church for the sake of our neighbors and the world.
I realize this is a strange time to be trying to meet your new pastor! I look forward to learning about United Lutheran Church of Proctor: your history, your passions, your experiences of God with you, your way of doing things, and your sense of who God is calling you to be. I hope that we can spend time getting to know each other, using all the methods available to us: phone, internet/Zoom, and in person with precautions. I believe the church exists to be the gathered and sent community of Christ: proclaiming the good news of God’s love for all people without reservation. Each congregation has unique gifts and opportunities to carry out God’s mission. I expect we will have great joy in supporting each other in continually discerning and following God’s invitation to join in God’s work.
I’ve lived in the Duluth area for four years after being an admiring visitor before that. I worked as a canoe guide at Camp Amnicon, across the water in South Range, and would take campers down to the beach at night to look at the stars and the twinkling lights of the Twin Ports and beyond.
When I more recently led a trip with Camp Amnicon, I attempted to locate where I imagined my own house’s light was glowing.
I graduated from St. Olaf College with majors in Family Studies, Psychology, and Religion and Wartburg Theological Seminary with my Masters of Divinity, and went on to serve a three-point parish with my husband, Pastor Jeff, in North Dakota. After that, I returned closer to my parents to serve an open country church on the edge of the suburbs in SE Wisconsin. When we moved to Duluth, I covered a sabbatical for Our Savior’s in Superior before being called by Our Savior’s in Duluth. I love NE MN. I enjoy walking the area trails, cross-county skiing, sitting by the lake, paddling by kayak and canoe, attempting to garden, and fiber arts.
My husband and I will celebrate our 15th anniversary this summer. We met while working at Luther Park Bible Camp in Chetek, WI. We have two girls, Laila in 4th and Lydia in 1st grade, and two dogs: Iggy, a black lab who joined our family the week we moved to ND and Hilde, a golden retriever “pandemic puppy.”
As we live into this “holy experiment,” and hopefully soon a relaxing of COVID precautions if all goes well, I look forward to adding back in those things you may have been missing, including Bible studies or other opportunities to learn, serve, and grow together. There may also be some things that your full time pastor was able to do that I will rely on volunteers to carry out. I believe this partnership for the sake of the gospel will be beneficial for all of us. For now, my plan is to have set “drop-in hours” Mondays 9-11am and Wednesdays 2:45- 4:45pm. These “drop-in hours” are when you will find me available in the office at United unless something big comes up, which I would communicate to Mary in the office. These hours are open for you to drop in and catch me. I’m also available by appointment. I use the office as a tool, so while you may find me in the office beyond these set hours, I enjoy being out and involved more than alone in a building and will need dedicated time for prayer, study, and preparation. My work week is Sunday- Thursday. Email is always a good way to connect with me. For now, you can use pastor@proctorlutheran.org
The peace and joy of the resurrected Christ be with you!
Pastor Liz
I’m Pastor Liz Davis, and I’m so very excited to be soon serving as your pastor as United Lutheran Church of Proctor and Our Savior’s Evangelical Lutheran Church begin a “holy experiment” of sharing a pastor for the next two years. After all the shifts and changes of the past year, my hope is that having stability in your pastoral leadership will give us a sense of security so that we can free our imaginations for exploring how God is calling us to be church for the sake of our neighbors and the world.
I realize this is a strange time to be trying to meet your new pastor! I look forward to learning about United Lutheran Church of Proctor: your history, your passions, your experiences of God with you, your way of doing things, and your sense of who God is calling you to be. I hope that we can spend time getting to know each other, using all the methods available to us: phone, internet/Zoom, and in person with precautions. I believe the church exists to be the gathered and sent community of Christ: proclaiming the good news of God’s love for all people without reservation. Each congregation has unique gifts and opportunities to carry out God’s mission. I expect we will have great joy in supporting each other in continually discerning and following God’s invitation to join in God’s work.
I’ve lived in the Duluth area for four years after being an admiring visitor before that. I worked as a canoe guide at Camp Amnicon, across the water in South Range, and would take campers down to the beach at night to look at the stars and the twinkling lights of the Twin Ports and beyond.
When I more recently led a trip with Camp Amnicon, I attempted to locate where I imagined my own house’s light was glowing.
I graduated from St. Olaf College with majors in Family Studies, Psychology, and Religion and Wartburg Theological Seminary with my Masters of Divinity, and went on to serve a three-point parish with my husband, Pastor Jeff, in North Dakota. After that, I returned closer to my parents to serve an open country church on the edge of the suburbs in SE Wisconsin. When we moved to Duluth, I covered a sabbatical for Our Savior’s in Superior before being called by Our Savior’s in Duluth. I love NE MN. I enjoy walking the area trails, cross-county skiing, sitting by the lake, paddling by kayak and canoe, attempting to garden, and fiber arts.
My husband and I will celebrate our 15th anniversary this summer. We met while working at Luther Park Bible Camp in Chetek, WI. We have two girls, Laila in 4th and Lydia in 1st grade, and two dogs: Iggy, a black lab who joined our family the week we moved to ND and Hilde, a golden retriever “pandemic puppy.”
As we live into this “holy experiment,” and hopefully soon a relaxing of COVID precautions if all goes well, I look forward to adding back in those things you may have been missing, including Bible studies or other opportunities to learn, serve, and grow together. There may also be some things that your full time pastor was able to do that I will rely on volunteers to carry out. I believe this partnership for the sake of the gospel will be beneficial for all of us. For now, my plan is to have set “drop-in hours” Mondays 9-11am and Wednesdays 2:45- 4:45pm. These “drop-in hours” are when you will find me available in the office at United unless something big comes up, which I would communicate to Mary in the office. These hours are open for you to drop in and catch me. I’m also available by appointment. I use the office as a tool, so while you may find me in the office beyond these set hours, I enjoy being out and involved more than alone in a building and will need dedicated time for prayer, study, and preparation. My work week is Sunday- Thursday. Email is always a good way to connect with me. For now, you can use pastor@proctorlutheran.org
The peace and joy of the resurrected Christ be with you!
Pastor Liz
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