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Pastor Dave Thomas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) Pastor J. David Thomas after graduating from ASU worked for several years locally as a reporter. In 1991, he and his wife Barbara went to Africa for two years through Food for the Hungry International (FHI), a Christian relief and development organization. Upon their return, Barbara remained with FHI in Scottsdale while Dave returned to the newspaper business. Two years later, they once again felt God leading them to Africa with FHI. While with FHI Dave served as a field correspondent and liaison as well as a communication and logistic officer as part of a rapid response team. It was while in Africa that Dave felt God calling him into ordained ministry. In 1997 the family returned to the States and Dave enrolled in the Master of Divinity in Cross-Cultural Studies program at Fuller Theological Seminary. While there Dave served as youth director and pastoral intern with four congregations together called the Pasadena Area Lutheran Parish. Dave graduated from Fuller in 2000 and completed a formal ELCA internship at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Boise ID. To fulfill requirements for ordination and in pursuit of his developing specialty in a missional approach to parish ministry, Dave next attended Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2002 he was ordained and installed as a pastor at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Mesa AZ. Pastor Dave and his wife Barbara Dykman Thomas have one son, David Anthony Dykman Thomas who was born in December 1995. Barbara is the Minister of Finance for the Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA. David attends Mesa Prep. Pastor Dave and his family enjoy going to sporting events in which they are participants or spectators, playing games, traveling or just hanging out. They are absolutely rabid fans of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, but they also support the local teams.
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Pastor Marcia Kifer attended the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, graduating in 1982. She was ordained in Peoria, Illinois on June 4, 1983. She has served congregations in Wilmette, Illinois (1983-85), Mundelein, Illinois (1985-1992) and Waverly, Iowa (1992-2005). She was called to Living Water in 2005. She has specialized in Youth & Family ministry.