Grace Lutheran - Pastor's Page

Pastor's Page

Rev. Dale Hetherington
Pastor

Church Officers 2023-2024
Rick Deam, President
Frank Falardeau, Jr., Vice President
Therese Sexton & Lynn Sidkey, Co-Secretaries
(Vacancy), Treasurer
Brian Jentsch, Trustee

Board of Elders
Dean Grigutis, Head Elder
Cliff Darnstaedt
Rick Deam
Frank Falardeau, Jr.
Mark Janiga
Ray McQuiston

LWML Board
(Lutheran Women's Missionary League)
Mary McQuiston, President
Karen Zachary, Vice President
Carol Hetherington, Secretary
Laurie Reyna, Treasurer

LWML Committees
Joan Coughlin & Karen Zachary, Projects
Carol Hetherington & Karen Townsend, Kitchen

Greetings
in the name of the Lord,

I’d like to take a moment to introduce myself to you. First, I find that "Pastor Hetherington" is quite a mouthful, so most people call me "Pastor Dale." I was installed as the shepherd of the flock here at Grace on July 29, 2018.

I was raised in the Evangelical Friends Church (Quaker to most people), spent time in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and for 20 years was a pastor in the American Baptist Churches USA. As to how I got here, that’s a story that would take more space than I am allotted.

Suffice it to say that in 2003-2004 at an American Baptist seminary, I was introduced to the Ancient Church. I found comfort in the ancient liturgy, a sense of spirituality in the lectionary and calendar, truth in the creeds, and solid teaching in the church fathers. What I didn’t know at the time was that I could find these in the Lutheran Church. When I finally accepted as truth the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in, with, and under the bread and wine, I had become a Lutheran without knowing it.

It is my pleasure to share with others what I have learned are the three distinctives of the Lutheran faith:

The Foundation of Sola Scriptura
The Bible is our sole authority.

The Pillar of the Church -
Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus
We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

The Protective Dome - the Means of Grace Word and Sacrament

If you’re looking for a deeper walk with God, this is the place to be!

Pastor Dale

Pastor Dale's
OFFICE HOURS
Mondays
9am-Noon
Tuesdays & Wednesdays
9am - 2:30pm
Fridays
9am-Noon
(317) 605-5536