12/23/2021
Check out Ellie's story to see how her pastor, congregation and the Wartburg Accelerated Ministry Program have all supported her calling!
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When Ellie Nabholz expressed an interest in ministry as a high school student, her pastor at Zion Lutheran Jubilee in rural La Porte City encouraged her to be more involved by giving a message, helping with communion and doing the readings.
Now in her second year at Wartburg in the Accelerated Ministry Program, Ellie says that affirmation of her ministry gifts through her congregation has been important in recognizing her calling. “I never thought of leading worship,” she said. “It was my pastor who helped push me into that role of helping lead worship and helping with Confirmation and Sunday School.”
Even through the pandemic, Nabholz still experienced the camaraderie, mentoring and preparation that marks the accelerated program. “I like the close-knittedness that we have in the program," she says.
“It was the people that drew me in,” she says. “I found my people in this program.”
Read more about Ellie's experience at www.wartburg.edu/ellie-accelerated-ministry-program/, and learn more about the Accelerated Ministry Program at www.wartburg.edu/ministry. Students in the program earn their BA and MDiv degrees in six years instead of eight in this partnership with Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque!
