Our Saviour Lutheran Church of Marion Oaks
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Our Saviour Lutheran Church of Marion Oaks, FL
The little church with a big heart
We would love to have you join us celebrating God's daily blessings and hearing the good news of Jesus Christ. We are a diverse congregation welcoming all who seek to grow in faith.
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The Rev. Wayne A. Kofink, Ed.D
Wayne Kofink is a native of Chicago where he graduated from Lane Technical High School (Go, Lane!) and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University. He taught in the Chicago Public Schools and worked as choir director of Ascension Lutheran Church before receiving a Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Ordained by the Lutheran Church in America in 1977, Wayne served as pastor of Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Miami, Florida, and in 1998 was called as pastor of Our Saviour, Ocala. He has taught philosophy and religious studies at Florida International University, the South Florida Center for Theological Studies, and Florida Southern College.
An irrepressible student, he also earned the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Master of Science in Adult Education, and Doctor of Education from Florida International University and somewhere in between studied art and architectural history.
Wayne is a member of the Greater Ocala Ministerial Association, the Marion Oaks Civic Association, the Society for Biblical Literature, Spiritual Directors International, and is an Oblate of Saint Leo's Abbey.
Among his joys in life are buying more books than anyone should have, singing far too loudly, engaging in serious discussions of Harry Potter, and very amateur acting with the Golden Troupers where he portrays all the odd-ball characters.
Obviously, Wayne has a sense of humor. "If you can't laugh at yourself, you've never seen yourself the way God does."Pastor Kofink performs all pastoral acts for the church-baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, funerals-and is available for prayer, spiritual direction, individual confession and forgiveness, anointing of the sick, visitation and communion of the homebound and hospitalized, and in general to share with you the joys and sorrows of life.
Recent sermon topics
"When Did 'Peace' Become a Dirty Word?"
"Doubt and Decision"
"When God Calls to You"
"Sharing the Good News"
"Grumpy Christians"
"The Holy Trinity: Explaining what you can't Talk about"
"Listen Carefully: Jesus Really Loves you."
"Collaborating with God on your Biography"
"Faith-Life on a Flying Trapeze"
"I Dare you to be Happy"
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Sunday Services
Services Sunday 10:00 a.m. * Healing services First Sundays 11:00 a.m. * Christian education 9 a.m.260 Marion Oaks Lane
Ocala, Fl, 34473
(352)347-0567