Pastor Roger Henning was installed as Interim Pastor on August 3, 2008.
Pastor Henning was born in Lancaster County, NE, on the family farm, on October 25, 1946. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Crete, NE.
His early schooling included grade school at St. John’s Lutheran School, two years of high school at Crete Public Schools, two years of high school and graduation from Concordia High School, Seward, NE, in 1965, and four years of college and graduation from Concordia Teachers College, NE, in 1969.
While attending Concordia Teachers College, he met Mary Jo Yost of Richfield, MN. They were engaged in the fall of 1968 and married at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN, on July 26, 1969.
This union has been blessed with three children, each of whom is married, with a total of seven grandchildren. They are: Sarah and Mike Koebernick, Jackson, Samuel and Jonathan, of Lincoln, NE; Jon and Paige Henning, Summers and Mae, of Iowa City, IA; and Joanne and Mark Nierman, Caleb and Joshua, of Albuquerque, NM.
Mary Jo and Roger served as teachers, Roger in Michigan and Wisconsin, Mary Jo in Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska and Missouri. Both of them have received masters’ degrees.
After serving as a parish assistant and youth counselor in Wisconsin, Roger attended Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and was ordained in 1986. He has served as pastor in congregations in Illinois, Nebraska and Missouri.
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Our Interim Pastor - Roger Henning
Installation of Pastor Roger Henning
http://www.hanoverlutheran.com/Sermons/PastorHenningInstall.WMA
This is the Service of Installation by Pastor Paul Short to install Pastor Roger Henning as our Intentional Interim Pastor was on Sunday, August 3, 2008.
Come Welcome Rev. Roger Henning this Sunday
Welcome Rev. Roger and Mrs. Mary Jo Henning to Hanover this Sunday, August 3 A reception will be held in the Meeting Room at 9:00 am Sunday morning to welcome and introduce our Intentional Interim Pastor, Rev. Roger Henning and his wife, Mary Jo Henning. Rev. Henning will be living in the Vicarage House during his time with Hanover. The reception is provided by The Board of Elders.
Our Pastor
Hanover Lutheran Church is prayerfully considering a call for our next Pastor. God knows who this man is and we ask God to watch over him and be with him.
Past Pastors
Reverend Daniel Hackney
Served as the 23rd Pastor for 5 years from 2003 thru 2008
Reverend Jeffrey Sippy
Served as the 22nd Pastor for 12 years from 1990 thru 2002
Rev. Jeffrey Sippy, originally from Seattle, Washington, is a 1984 graduate of Concordia College, Portland, Oregon, and a 1988 graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
He now is serving as Senior Pastor, Redeemer Lutheran Church in Springfield, MO
Home address: 2062 West Village Terrace, Springfield, MO 65810
Home telephone: 417 881-8221
e-mail: home: sippy@sbcglobal.net office: jsippy@pcis.net
Reverend Robert J. Daniel
Served as the 21st Pastor for 15 years from 1974 thru 1989
Reverend Ellis T. Rottmann
Served as the 20th Pastor for 6 years from 1968 thru 1973
Reverend David Loesch
Served as the 19th Pastor for 5 years from 1962 thru 1966
Reverend William Opitz
Served as the 18th Pastor for 3 years from 1958 thru 1960
Reverend R. J. Mueller
Served as the 17th Pastor for 2 years from 1956 thru 1957