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Rev. Greg Kaufmann

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

"Pastor Greg Kaufmann, recently retired, served congregations in Colorado and Wisconsin between 1975-2000. He served as Assistant to the Bishop of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin from 2000 – June 1, 2023. In 1993 he helped begin that synod's Lay School of Ministry, and currently teaches its Bible courses. In 2000 he helped start his synod’s resource center and still volunteers as its director. He was a member of the ELCA’s Book of Faith leadership team, and currently is part of the ELCA’s Life of Faith Initiative leadership team and the ELCA’s Lay Ministry Programs leadership team. Greg retired in August, 2024, as the Director of the ELCA's Select Learning ministry, a position he held since 2006. In “refirement” Greg serves on the board of directors of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, on his synod’s Neighbor2Neighbor board, and Greg is one of 3 synod representatives on the planning team of the 2025 EcoFaith Summit of the Upper Midwest. Greg has written a number of the quarterly adult Bible studies for Augsburg Fortress, and recently completed a course for Select Learning on the formation of the NT.

https://www.selectlearning.org/store/all/how-we-got-new-testament-dvd
When not teaching, writing or volunteering, you can find Greg enjoying his three grandchildren, on top of 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado, canoeing the Boundary Waters, hybridizing daylilies on his farm, or visiting national parks with his family, in his RoadTrek camper named Slinky."

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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Rev. Greg Kaufmann

Maundy Thursday

March 28, 2024

Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Rev. Greg Kaufmann
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3rd Sunday of Advent

December 15, 2024

Zephaniah 3:14-20
Isaiah 12:2-6
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:7-18 (I recommend reading through vs. 20)
Rev. Greg Kaufmann
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3rd Sunday After Pentecost

June 18, 2023

Exodus 19:2-81
Psalm 100
Romans 15:1-8
Matthew 9:35 – 10:8(9-23)
Rev. Greg Kaufmann
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First Sunday of Advent

November 27, 2022

Isaiah 2:1-5
Psalm 122
Romans 13:11-14
Matthew 24:36-44
Rev. Greg Kaufmann
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