Event Details

EVENT DETAILS

Venue

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
11831 N Seminary Dr.
Mequon, WI 53092
Directions

Schedule of Events

All times in Central time zone

10:00am – Doors and registration open; View booth displays and poster submissions (Auditorium)

11:00am – Commissioning worship service (Auditorium; Livestreamed)
Rev. Nathan Wagenknecht (Native Christians Network missionary)
Rev. Peter Janke (Missionary to Australia)
Mr. Jake Vilhauer (One Africa Team missionary)
Mr. Matthias Borgwardt (Peridot-Our Savior’s Lutheran School, San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz.)
Rev. Ben Bitter (Peace, Trinity, Fla.)
Rev. Clayton Fury (New Mission Start: Conway, Ark.)
Rev. Tristan Pankow (Living Shepherd, Laramie, Wyo.)
Rev. Eli Steinbrenner (Good Shepherd, Plymouth, Wis.)
Rev. Jacob Ungemach (New Mission Start: Cincinnati/Oakley, Ohio)

12:00pm – Food trucks available, live music by Latin American trio Elemencia, kid’s activities, fellowship with missionaries (Outdoors)

12:30pm – Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary campus tour (Meet at the Luther statue)

2:00pm – Home Missions headlines (Outdoor tent; Livestreamed)
Rev. Mark Gabb – Home Missions administrator

2:15pm – Moments with Missionaries (Outdoor tent; Livestreamed)
Missionary Joel and Mary Heckendorf – Light of the Valleys, Reno, Nev.

2:30pm – World Missions headlines (Outdoor tent; Livestreamed)
Rev. Larry Schlomer – World Missions administrator

2:45pm – Moments with Missionaries (Outdoor tent; Livestreamed)
Missionary Andrew and Cindy Johnston – Latin America mission team

3:00pm – Break
“Fan favorite” winner of high school poster contest and kid’s passport scavenger hunt winner announced.

3:15pm – Q&A with new missionaries (Outdoor tent; Livestreamed)

4:00pm – Moments with Missionaries (Outdoor tent; Livestreamed)
Missionary Pheng Moua and Chao Yang – Immanuel Hmong, St. Paul, Minn.

4:15pm – Closing announcements (Outdoor tent)
Taste of Missions bingo and raffle winners announced.

5:00pm – Event close

Featured Fares (12-3pm)

Three tasting tickets come with each registration and can be used on any combination of three sample items. Additional food can be purchased at the event.

Marco Pollo

Japanese chicken curry

Taiwanese popcorn chicken

Chinese steam buns

Chilango Express

Build your own taco, tostada, or quesadilla with rice and beans on the side:

Chicken, pork, steak, or vegetables (mushrooms, cactus, peppers)

Flour or corn tortilla

Taqwa’s Bakery and Restaurant

Falafel, hummus, grape leaves, and bread

Booth Displays (Auditorium)

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Home and Joint Missions

100 missions in 10 years
Campus Ministry
Joint Missions
Mission Journeys
Pastoral Studies Institute (PSI)

World Missions

Africa
Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM)
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Native American Mission
Multi-Language Productions (MLP)

Missions Supporters

WELS Church Extension Fund (CEF)
WELS Christian Aid & Relief
WELS Foundation
Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS)
Forward in Christ magazine
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary

“Fan favorite” voting for high school poster contest

This past spring, all WELS and ELS high school artists were invited to express their creativity and learn about WELS mission work by creating an 11×17” masterpiece capturing the heart of WELS Home, World, and Joint Missions. Vienne Laing, a junior at Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, Wis., and member at Trinity in Belle Plaine, Minn., was selected as the overall winner of the Taste of Missions high school poster contest! View her artwork and artist statement at tasteofmissions.com/postercontest.

Vienne’s poster and the 36 other poster submissions will be on display in the auditorium near the booth displays. Taste of Missions attendees can vote for a second “fan favorite” winner at the event. The winner will be announced from the main stage under the tent during the break at 3:00 p.m.