Ethan Stoppenhagen, center, was installed July 17 as the pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Germantown, Md. He is shown with Rev. W. Kenneth Stottlemyer, left, and Rev. Dr. John R. Denninger, President, Southeastern District, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Stoppenhagen is a 2014 graduate of Norwell High School and the son of Neil and Susan Stoppenhagen of rural Ossian. He was ordained June 26 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of rural Ossian. (Photo provided)
