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"You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship You." - Nehemiah 9:6 |
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 Rev. Dr. Robert W. Weise - Visiting September 30th, 2006
Professor, Pastoral Ministry & the Life Sciences
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MissouriAcademic Degrees:
B.S. in Education from Eastern Illinois University, 1967.
M.S. and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Illinois, 1970 and 1973, respectively.
Masters of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, 1982. Professional Activities:
Professor of Clinical Hematology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, 1973-1978. Parish Activities:
Has served as a parish pastor from 1982-1992 in rural Bunker Hill, Illinois and Springfield, Illinois parishes. Current Employment:
Professor of Practical Theology, and occupies the endowed The Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis Chair of Pastoral Ministry and Life Sciences. (Bioethics).
This Bioethics Chair is the only of its kind among Lutheran seminaries in North America that has its focus on the relationship between the Scriptures, theology and the life sciences, and how they converge in the training and ministering of pastors.
This Chair is funded by Lutheran Charities of St. Louis. Publications:
Dr. Weise has published several articles in the field of zoology, clinical pathology, and bioethics. Dr. Weise’s newest publication is "Playing God – Redesigning Life," a Bible Study series. Dr. Weise is currently working on two books – one on Bioethics and one on Biotechnology. Marital Status:
Dr. Weise and his wife Janice are blessed with five daughters and five grandchildren. Address:
Dr. Weise and his family live in Edwardsville, Illinois and attend Trinity Lutheran Church and School. Dr. Weise has testified before the National Human Embryo Research Board as well as the National Bioethics Advisory Commission regarding human embryo research and cloning. | |
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"And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you." - Romans 8:11 |
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 Mr. Ed Szeto - Visiting January 31st - February 4th, 2007
Lutherans For Life Director of Outreach - assists Lutherans in promoting the vision and mission of LFL at the state and local levels. He is also responsible for:
- Developing new entities within the LFL structure.
- Developing ways to promote the “For Life” message within Lutheran congregations.
- Assisting, training, and equipping LFL leaders. Ed is the founding president of Lutherans For Life of the Mid-Atlantic States, the regional affiliate of Lutherans For Life that serves Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, DC.He has been an active member of LFL since 1997 and has helped organize local and regional events in New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Ed has also served in various positions within Lutherans For Life – The Jersey Shore Chapter, including president. He has helped organize the chapter’s annual Diaper Derby; edited the monthly newsletter; and manned display tables at LWML Zone Rallies, at various events in different churches, and at LCMS NJ District Conventions. At Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church (Point Pleasant, NJ), Ed served on the Board of Trustees and on the Board of Elders. He served as both Sunday School Superintendent and as Sunday School Teacher. Ed was involved with the VBS Program for 6 years and has led adult Bible study groups. In the community, Ed served on the Board of Trustees of the Open Door Pregnancy Center in Toms River, NJ for 3½ years. During most of his tenure, he served as the Treasurer of the organization. Ed has nearly completed, via distance education, the Certified Lay Ministry Program through Concordia University Wisconsin. This program of study may eventually lead to the status of Minister of Religion – Commissioned within the LCMS. Ed has a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from Boston University and was a Senior Transportation Analyst and Site Manager with an international engineering consulting firm. His duties included marketing a variety of engineering disciplines in New Jersey, project management, proposal development, arranging teaming options with peer firms, and contacting potential new clients.Since joining the staff of LFL in 2003, Ed has spoken to 20,000 people of all ages in a variety of settings. He has spoke in Lutheran and Christian elementary schools, Lutheran high schools, and on college campuses nationwide. Some of the college campuses Ed has visited include: Central Michigan State University, Concordia University River Forest, Concordia University Portland, Dickinson (ND) State College, Kansas State University (Manhattan), Kansas University (Lawrence), Kansas University Medical Center (Kansas City), and Valparaiso University. Since 2003 Ed has traveled over 100,000 miles and has spoken in churches all over the country: from Quincy, Massachusetts to Eureka, California and from Columbia Falls, Montana to Corpus Christi, Texas. He addresses various life issues including: sexual purity, advance directives, biotechnologies, Biblical bases for the life issues, and the facts about life and death. | |
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"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. For in Him we live and move and have our being." - Acts 17:24-28a |
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