The Rev. Philip R. Rittner II was installed Sunday, January 19, as Vacancy Pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Centreville. The Rev. Kurt Kuhlmann, St. John's Lutheran Church, Burr Oak, MI, conducted the installation ceremony. Rev. Rittner is a retired LCMS pastor, having been graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN, following a career in the United States Navy. He had served two tours in Vietnam and had been deployed during Desert Shield.

Not feeling ready to fully retire from ministry, Pastor Rittner was called and accepted a part time post at Centreville. From near Columbia City, IN, he and his wife, Deaconess Katherine Rittner, Director of the Food and Clothing Co-op at Concordia Seminary, Ft. Wayne, enjoy lakeside living.

Ordained in 2011, Rev. Rittner has enjoyed jail ministry, associating with military veterans, promoting Right to Life initiatives, and studying God's Word, the Bible. He conducts a Bible study which addresses readings of the day Sunday mornings at 8:45. Anyone is welcome to come learn. Worship is at 10 AM.

Rev. Roger L. Sassaman, former pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, was unexpectedly, yet gloriously, called to heaven September 29, 2024.