Victoria Gazette - Victoria Moments

NEW PASTORAL LEADERS AT MOUNT OLIVET WEST CAMPUS. Pastor Stephen Cornils, left, and Pastor Drew Bakken have been named the new pastoral leads for Mount Olivet West Campus in Victoria. The decision to deploy two pastors to West was made with consideration for accelerating growth and in preparation for the capital campaign for next spring. This staffing arrangement is open ended so that a new senior pastor will be free to implement his or her vision for the further development of the West Campus.

Pastor Cornils is pleased to be returning to West where he served as lead pastor from 2007 to 2010. He will retain a strong presence at the Minneapolis Campus -- preaching, managing current congregation-wide assignments of Worship, Adult Ministry, and Stewardship. Pastor Cornils' new title is Pastor for Vision and Mission.

Pastor Bakken, currently the task force chair of the new building at the West Campus, will continue to provide oversight for Youth Ministry and the Global Mission task force. Pastor Bakken will be present most Sundays at Mount Olivet West Campus and at regularly scheduled West Campus events and activities. Pastor Bakken is designated as Pastor for Congregational Life and Growth.

Pastor Eric Youngdahl, previous lead pastor at the West Campus, is moving to Texas.

Pastor Dennis Johnson

Interim Senior Pastor/Mount Olivet Lutheran Church West Campus

Victoria, Minnesota

Emily Pate of Victoria competed at the Arabian Youth Nationals in Oklahoma City on July 23rd to 30th, 2016. Youth Nationals brings the top rider from all over the U.S. and Canada to compete at the youth level. You must qualify to go to Youth Nationals.

Emily won Reserve National Champion in the Country Pleasure JOTR (Junior Owner to Ride category) in the 14 to 18 age division on July 17th. This is her first National Championship.

Emily has been riding since she was 7 years old at Cedar Ridge Arabians. Emily is 16 years old and going to be a junior at Minnetonka High School. Congratulations, Emily.

The family photo (below) is Emily Pate on Honoroll (her horse), Lauren Pate (her sister), Jane Pate (her mom), and Simon Pate (her dad). Honoroll is a 6-year old pure bred Arabian. The competition was held at the State Fair Grounds in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Emily competes at a variety of horse shows from March through October. Youth Nationals and Canadian Nationals are the ones Emily works hard to quality for. Lauren, her sister, is Emily's #1 fan and supporter at the shows. Emily will compete at Canadian Nationals August 13th to August 20th with her other horse, Brass Star. The show is in Brandon, Manitoba.

Jane Pate

Victoria, Minnesota

ON STAGE IN HOPKINS. William Maus of Victoria has been cast as Duke in "Magic Tree House: A Night in New Orleans" at Stages Theatre Company in Hopkins, MN. William is a veteran of Stages having recently appeared in "I Love You, Stinky Face." In "Magic Tree House" the streets are alive with the sounds of the Jazz Age. The play, which is for all ages, opens September 16th and runs through October 20th.

Brent Teclaw

Stages Theatre Company

Hopkins, Minnesota

Erik Quarberg of Victoria is one of eight members at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN, to be newly inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2016 during Homecoming weekend on September 30th.

Erik (baseball, 2006) was a three-time All-NSIC First Team selection while securing the first base position and the middle of the lineup for the Golden Bears. He was named NSIC All-tournament in 2006 along with ABCA and NCBWA All-Central Regional Second Team honors.

In his four years, Quarberg helped the Golden Bears to a 97-57-1 overall and 57-29 NSIC record. The Golden Bears also had back to back school record setting seasons in his junior and senior seasons for most overall wins (29) and set the mark for most NSIC wins (17) in a second place finish during his junior year, finishing third during his senior year.

Erik's name is still featured prominently in Concordia's season and career records today, and when his career came to a close in 2006, he held the records for single season doubles (19), homeruns (13), and the top two seasons for RBI (56, 54).

He still holds the career slugging percentage record (.730), and at the time his career came to a close in 2006, he held the career records for runs scored (127), homeruns (32), runs batted in (150), and was second in doubles (39). Erik led the NSIC in walks (14) in 2005 and was the league leader in slugging percentages (.964), runs batted in (28), and homeruns (10) in 2006 during conference play.

He finished among the nation's top-50 individually in homeruns per game (17th), RBIs per game (12th), doubles per game (11th), slugging percentage (16th), and runs per game (27th) as a senior, RBIs per game (10th) and slugging percentage (48th) as a junior, and slugging percentage (33rd) as a sophomore.

Following graduation, Erik has pursued a career as a senior accounting analyst, spending the last four years at Aon Benfield. Erik and his wife Liza have a son, Logan.

Josh Deer, Assistant Athletic Director/Communications.

Concordia University, St. Paul, MN.

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