Nathan with wife Kim and son Jonah

Bethel is blessed to participate with the Wartburg Seminary Intern Program. The interns and their families arrive in Holdrege in August and stay for one full year.

Our newest intern is Nathan Metzger who arrived in Holdrege at the end of July 2007. Below his greeting, you will find a listing of all our previous interns along with their current addresses or email addresses.

Current Intern at Bethel

Greetings! My name is Nathan Metzger. I am a third-year student at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, IA. I was born in Parkston, SD, and raised on a farm near Corsica, SD. I graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD, in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion.

That same year, I married my lovely wife, Kimberly. While I waited for her to complete her degrees in secondary education and English, I worked a number of odd jobs throughout Sioux Falls, including church janitor, shelf-stocking at Barnes & Noble and Toys ‘R Us, a care-provider through an at-home care service for senior citizens, and as a house-sitter.

We moved to Dubuque in 2004, where I studied and Kim substituted in the school system, tutored at Sylvan Learning Center, and sold furniture at Pier 1 Imports. We stayed until we moved here to Holdrege. Our son, Jonah, was born December 19, 2006.

I have been active in the Lutheran church one way or another most of my life, though I didn't really see myself serving as a pastor. I grew up expecting to inherit the family farm and went through high school considering careers in acting, writing, teaching, law, politics…almost anything and everything besides ordained ministry. In fact, I remember actively resisting the idea of serving as an ordained minister at various times. But the God of our salvation has a remarkable way of making plans for us. After participating in several Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) weekends and receiving encouragement from a number of people, I began to pursue a call to ordained ministry.

And so we are excited to be here with you! We are looking forward to meeting you and discovering what God has in store for all of us together!

List of Past INTERNS OF BETHEL

James A. Lohmeyer 1971-1972

Eagle, NE
E-mail: jlohmeyer1@cox.net

Pastor Charles Galloway 1998-1999
Prairie Rose Lutheran Parish
PO Box 57
Ryder, ND 58779
Churches:
Hope Lutheran Church, Makoti, ND
Immanuel Lutheran Church (of Roseglen ND), Ryder, ND
St. John's Lutheran Church, Ryder, ND
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Makoti, ND

Pastor Charles D. Johnson 1999-2000
6035 East Assumption Road
Glenvil, NE 68941-2257

Pastor Leslie Streigel 2000-2001
1821 Thyme Ct.
Fort Collins, CO 80528-6279
E-mail: leslienickstriegel@msn.com

Pastor Judy Terry 2002-2003
Zion Lutheran Church
204 N. Main Avenue
P.O. Box 704
Sutton, NE 68979-0704

Pastor Matthew March 2003-2004
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
216 Main St.
P.O. Box 115
Luckey, OH 43443-0115
E-mail: matthewmarch@yahoo.com

Pastor Ryan Rouse 2004-2005
Holy Spirit Lutheran Church
6670 West Cheyenne Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89108

Intern Ryan Radtke 2005-2006
529 Lake Avenue
Worthington, MN 59187