{"id":2769,"date":"2022-07-28T18:34:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/?page_id=2769"},"modified":"2024-08-20T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T13:49:40","slug":"about-pastor-damian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/about-pastor-damian\/","title":{"rendered":"About Pastor Damian"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2769\" class=\"elementor elementor-2769\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e09e749 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e09e749\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33826dce\" data-id=\"33826dce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a234478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a234478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\"><p>Rev. Dr. Damian Snyder serves Trinity as its Senior Pastor. Pastor Damian is a native of Shawnee, KS. He graduated in 1994 from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. In 1998 he received a B.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Kansas. His next fours years were spent at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.<\/p><p>After serving his vicarage in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, he graduated from Concordia Seminary with the Masters of Divinity degree and the theological diploma and received his first Call to serve as Trinity\u2019s associate pastor. He was ordained at Trinity on June 23, 2002. On March 28, 2004, he accepted a Call to serve as Trinity\u2019s Senior Pastor.\u00a0 He defended his Applied Research Project entitled &#8220;Feed My Sheep: Using Brain-Based Techniques To Improve Learning In Small Group Bible Studies&#8221; on March 17, 2023 and was granted the title Dr. that same day.\u00a0 Damian graduated from Rock Bridge Seminary in July 2023 receiving the Doctor of Ministry degree.<\/p><p>Pastor Damian is married with two children.\u00a0 He enjoys good coffee, fishing, dystopian movies, and most things nerdy.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21c6f0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21c6f0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43d0494\" data-id=\"43d0494\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d74f07d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d74f07d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Me-happy.jpg?fit=174%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3002\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Me-happy.jpg?w=1171&amp;ssl=1 1171w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Me-happy.jpg?resize=174%2C300&amp;ssl=1 174w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Me-happy.jpg?resize=594%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Me-happy.jpg?resize=768%2C1324&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tlcleavenworth.org\/trinitylutheranchurch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Me-happy.jpg?resize=891%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 891w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. 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