September 29, 2007
My last months at Grace Lutheran Church in Conroe were bittersweet. This photo with my daughter Yuliana was taken by the Conroe Courier.
Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America presided and preached.
Many thanks to Grace Presbyterian in Houston, for hosting this service, and thanks to Pastor Robert Moore for coordinating the service.
Pictured below, L-R: Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop (need help with his name), Episcopal Bishop Rayford High, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo (Archbishop at the time), ELCA Bishop Kevin Kanouse (NTNL), Dr. Wayne Menking (Director of the Lutheran Seminary Program of the Southwest), yours truly, ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, ELCA Bishop Ray Tiemann (SWT), Gulf Coast Synod Bishop Paul Blom, Dr. Duane Larson (President of Wartburg Theological Seminary), ELCA Bishop Floyd Schoenhals (AOK), UMC Bishop Janice Huie, Gulf Coast Synod Cliff Ackerman, Episcopal Canon to the Ordinary Dena Harrison.
Presiding bishop Mark Hanson:
L-R: My brother-in-law David Warne, sister-in-law Karen Rinehart, brother Paul Rinehart, sister Katie Rinehart, and my mother Patricia Rinehart. Behind them is my former intern, Andrea Dobberman Myers:
L-R: Dan and Karen Shaw and Mark and Cheryl Keller from Grace, Conroe:
My good friend Deacon Pam Tamburello and the clergy gathering for the processional:
My friend Gary Tamburello. Behind him is another friend, Carla Aufdengarten from my first parish, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa:
Clergy were seated in the chancel:
Front, L-R: my daughter Yuliana Rinehart, nephew Nicolas Houghtaling, son John Rinehart, niece Abbey Houghtaling, and wife Susan. After me are my mom and dad, Patricia and Warren Rinehart. Behind us are my brother Paul Rinehart and sister Katie Rinehart:
L-R Bishop Kevin Kanouse of the North Texas-North Louisiana Synod, Methodist Bishop Janice Huie, Bishop Ray Tiemann of the Southwestern Texas Synod, Bishop Paul Blom of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, Bishop Floyd Schoenhals of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod (unseen in this photo), Episcopal Suffragan Bishop Dena Harrison, Episcopal Suffragan Bishop Rayford High:
Pastor Robert Moore holds the liturgy book for ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson:
L-R: My brother-in-law David Warne, Pastor Bill Waxenberg who served as senior pastor at my first call, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, my wife Susan Rinehart, son John Rinehart, niece Abbey Houghtaling:
My former intern, now Pastor Andrea (Dobberman) Myers and her husband, Pastor Ronald Myers:
L-R: Southwestern Texas Synod Bishop Ray Tiemann, Reyna Pereira and Gulf Coast Synod Secretary, Pastor Cliff Akerman:
My sister Katie and my mother Patricia:
Mom and dad:
Friends from Grace, Conroe. L-R Orpha Edgar who started Grace Lutheran Church in Conroe in her living room, Nolan and Marcie Schwartz, and Grace intern, now Pastor Nancy Simpson:
My wife Susan and Grace member Sharon Cheney:
L-R: My nephew Nicolas Houghtaling, son John Rinehart, niece Abbey Houghtaling:
L-R: My brother-in-law David (Susan’s brother), my wife Susan Rinehart, son John Rinehart, niece Abbey and nephew Nicolas:
Friends from Grace, Conroe:
