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REV. WALDEMAR R. VINOVSKIS

Pastor was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed in the Latvian Ev. Lutheran Church in Omaha. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he was active at the University Lutheran Chapel on campus and graduated from UNL in 1987 with a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development and Psychology.

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After college, Pastor Vinovskis entered Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri from where he graduated in 1992. As a seminarian, he served a summer vicariage with Dakota Boys Ranch in Washington, Missouri and Minot, North Dakota. He served his year of vicarage (internship) at Grace Lutheran Church in Lancaster, California and received his first call there right after seminary.

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In 1998, he was called to serve in the San Francisco Bay area at Zion Lutheran Church in Piedmont, California. Since 2001, Pastor Vinovskis has served as mission developer and pastor at Concordia Lutheran Church. He and his wife Cyndi have four children: Carissa, Micah, Noel-Darius and Oliver.