Church Chat: Newly ordained pastor to start church in Sahuarita

Pastoral candidate Steven B. Patton will be ordained into the Office of Word and Sacrament ministry Sunday, Aug. 3, at 3 p.m. The service in Green Valley is open to the public and will be conducted at Lutheran Church of the Risen Savior, 555 S. La Canada Drive.

Patton will also be installed as associate pastor at Risen Savior, to start a new church in Sahuarita. Area clergy and some members of the congregation will participate in the service.

Patton grew up in Oregon and attended Trinity Lutheran Church in Bend, Ore. After 13 years in the computer industry, he began training for the ministry.

He graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and completed his vicarage (internship) this past year at Risen Savior. Patton lives in Rancho Sahuarita with his wife Myra.

Risen Savior is a member of the English District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, a 2.4 million-member church with congregations in the United States and Canada. The local congregation was formed in 1964 and currently ministers to more than 400 people.