Seminary Students
as Recruiters
2023 is seeing an exciting development in MLC Admissions. Two MLC graduates who are now students at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary have joined our team on a part-time basis: Ezra Blumer MLC ’23 and Seth Hackbarth MLC ’23.
After these young men finish up their Greek homework at the seminary, they head out to meet with students at one of eight nearby high schools: Kettle Moraine LHS, Kingdom Prep, Lakeside LHS, Luther Prep, Manitowoc LHS, Shoreland LHS, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, and Wisconsin LHS.
As they talk to students, they share the story of how Christ’s gifts have been beautifully measured out into their lives—and how they’re responding.
Ezra (pictured left) admits that MLC was not his first choice. “I attended the University of Minnesota for a year, pursuing a career in high-level coaching for basketball. Then God placed on my heart a desire for ministry.”
Ezra encourages high school students to ask themselves one question: “How do you want to use your short time on this earth to serve the kingdom?” He says, “The question should not be ‘How can we live it up while here on this earth?’ Instead, it’s more worthwhile to take inventory of the gifts and talents God has given you and then consider how you can best use those gifts to make a difference for the kingdom.”
The ministry was not Seth’s (pictured right) first choice either. At the top of his list were the military, accounting, and engineering. “Being a pastor was at the back of that list,” he says, “but from little bits of encouragement I received, I decided to try out MLC. I’ve now realized how great a blessing it is to enter the ministry—the blessing of sharing the peace I have daily from God’s promises with others.”
