{"id":21055,"date":"2017-11-07T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=21055"},"modified":"2017-11-07T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:33:50","slug":"elders-step-lead-fairwater-congregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/07\/elders-step-lead-fairwater-congregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elders step up to keep Fairwater Lutheran church going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ELDERS at St David\u2019s Lutheran Church, Fairwater, have stepped up to lead the congregation after their pastor moved to America. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After eight years of service, Pastor Gordon Naumann has taken a job at Trinity Church in Scarsdale, New York.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21093\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21093\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21093\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/john-peters-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> John Peters is one of three church elders who are stepping up to replace Pastor Gordon Naumann at St David&#8217;s Lutheran Church.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fairwater church could not afford to employ him full-time, especially with the church roof and offices in need of repair. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But church treasurer John Peters remains upbeat. \u201cThe congregation are very much pulling together in these hard times,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alongside John, church elders David Puzey and Keith Orum have also taken up responsibilities that would usually fall to the pastor.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These include leading and preparing services, looking after the welfare of the congregation, organising visits if people can\u2019t attend, and running the church business.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, they are unable to serve communion, so once a month Pastor Bessel, from St Peter\u2019s Lutheran Church in Plymouth, comes to lead them in service.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lutheran Church is a branch of Protestantism based on the theology of Martin Luther, a 16th Century religious reformer. This year is the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation which he led.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John has been a part of the Lutheran Church for about 30 years, and hopes the anniversary will lead to more people looking into the religion. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was Church of Wales when I decided to join the Lutheran Church. A religious aunty came down to the service with me to make sure I wasn\u2019t joining a religious sect!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis year is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther writing the 95 Theses and nailing them to the church door in Wittenberg. This started the reformation, so I\u2019d like people to look into Lutheranism\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St David\u2019s is hosting a concert on Friday, November 24, at which The Secret Life of Lutheran Chorales, a medieval musical duo, will perform Luther\u2019s own hymns as well as traditional Scandinavian folk hymns. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event costs \u00a35 on the door and will begin at 7pm at St David\u2019s church on St Fagans Road.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELDERS at St David\u2019s Lutheran Church, Fairwater, have stepped up to lead the congregation after their pastor moved to America. After eight years of service, Pastor Gordon Naumann has taken a job at Trinity Church in Scarsdale, New York. The Fairwater church could not afford to employ him full-time, especially with the church roof and offices in need of repair. 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