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On Sunday, February 12, Praise Lutheran Church will install the Reverend Derek Roberts as their new pastor. The installation service will be held at 4 p.m. at the church, located at 1850 Big Springs Road. A reception will follow the service. Several pastors and district representatives from the Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville regions will participate in the laying on of hands and praying for the Holy Spirit’s blessing upon this Divine Call and the future work of the congregation and her new pastor. The public is welcome to attend.

Pastor Roberts previously served as Associate Pastor for 6 years at First Lutheran Church and School in Knoxville and as Campus Pastor for Lutheran Student Fellowship at the University of Tennessee. He and his wife, Gretchen, have three children: Kate, Sophia, and Jonathan.

Roberts is a seminary-trained and ordained pastor of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), which has 2.4 million members in the U.S. as well as partner churches worldwide. Roberts preaches, teaches, writes, and speaks concerning the faith and life according to Christian Lutheran belief, which is centered in Jesus Christ, distinguishes Law from Gospel in the Scriptures, and promotes Reformation thought and culture from Martin Luther and the faithful teachers of the “one holy Christian and Apostolic Church.”

Praise Lutheran Church, founded in 2000, is a member church of the LCMS. The congregation moved to its current location on Big Springs Road in 2006, where they continue to worship, study, and serve the Maryville and Blount County community.

Sunday Worship Services are held at 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class and Sunday School begin at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday Mid-Week Bible Study is held at the church at 7:00 p.m., and a weekly Ladies Bible Study is held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. For questions or further information, please contact Pastor Roberts.