Our DCE intern for 2014-2015

Here is a short letter from and a picture of our DCE intern for 2014-2015.  Hopefully she will be arriving in Warrenton somewhere in mid June. 
 

My name is Kelsey Overbeck and I will be your DCE intern this year from

 
Concordia University Nebraska. I am from a little town called Pocahontas, Missouri

which is in the southeast part of the state with a population of 114 people. I live on a 70

acre farm where we raise angus cattle, a few chickens, a brittany spaniel named

Brownie, and a boston terrier named Cooper. My parents are Pat and Doug Overbeck;

my dad is a line technician for Proctor & Gamble and my mom is disabled with Multiple

Sclerosis, I also have a 16 year old sister named Lindsey who is a sophomore at

Saxony Lutheran High School.

 
 I attended grade school at St. Paul Lutheran School and then I attended high
 
school at Saxony Lutheran High School. I am from St. Paul Lutheran Church in

Jackson, Missouri. I have been involved in my church praise band for 8 years playing

acoustic guitar and bass guitar. I was a member of the Missouri District LYF Team

during high school where I helped plan and lead retreats in the state of Missouri and I

continued to help with the Jr. High retreats in the fall and spring while in college. I love

being at retreats and serving on missions trips. I have been to New Orleans six different

times helping with hurricane Katrina relief, I have helped with the Joplin tornado relief

two different times, and I have worked with UKANDU missions in inner city Chicago

teaching VBS to kids living in poverty.

 

While at Concordia University Nebraska I majored in psychology with a youth

 
emphasis. I fulfilled my practicum experience at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lincoln,

Nebraska alongside DCE Rod Lane. At school I was involved in two different praise

bands each year and was able to travel to different churches throughout the state of

Nebraska on Sunday mornings; I have also had the opportunity to play at the NYG in

San Antonio, Texas and at the LEA Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Also while at

Concordia I was the Bulldog mascot for a year.

 

 

My passion is working with youth and helping them on their faith walk with Christ.

 
I strive to be a positive role model to them as well. One of my biggest strengths that I

bring into youth ministry is a listening ear because a lot of times they just want someone

to be there to listen and talk to. I am very excited to be a part of your church during my

internship experience! I can’t wait to see what God has in store for me at St. John’s

Lutheran Church!

 

 

In Him, For Him,

 
Kelsey Overbeck