LCOS welcomes Lester Stano as vacancy pastor

The Lutheran Church of Our Savior welcomes Pastor Lester P. Stano to its staff as a vacancy pastor, to serve while the church is in the process of calling a new, permanent pastor.

Stano was ordained in 1974 at St. Lucas Lutheran Church in St. Louis. Mo. He has served congregations in Baltimore, Towson and Rockville, Md., along with teaching at Baltimore Lutheran High School. Stano served as a chaplain with the Veterans Administration and at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. He worked with both Towson University and Goucher College as part of their campus ministries.

Through his congregation in Towson, he helped found and served as the treasurer of ACTS Inc., which ministers to survivors of domestic violence; and Timothy House Inc., which provides apartment housing for middle-income elderly residents. Also, he has provided service as a board member of Interfaith Community Against Domestic Violence of Montgomery County, Lutheran Mission Society, Baltimore Lutheran High School Association, and Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area.

Stano has also been trained as an LCMS disaster response coordinator and as a facilitator for Bridge Builders, which helps congregations in conflict. Stano is a member of the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education and the Association of Professional Chaplains, and he is recognized as an associate certified chaplain.

LCOS welcomes Stano and his wife Carol, and the church will be greatly blessed by the ministry they both will provide.