Selected list of Burton's service, including his 50 years following ordination.

Due to the idiosyncrasies of formatting some of the entries may be out of the proper spacing.

Burton L. Everist 

Family                                                      

Married since 1962 to Norma Cook Everist.  Three adult sons: Mark, Joel, and Kirk

Education:        B.A.      1959   Concordia College, Ft. Wayne, Indiana

                           M.Div.   1963   Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri                       

              STM    1965   Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri

                           Dissertation: The Relationship of ho nomos to the     Life of the Christian  according to St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans

Teaching Experience:

                           1964-1966   Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana

                                             Christian Sources; Christian Tradition;

                                             The Book of Revelation

                           1967-1970   Michigan Lutheran College, Detroit, Michigan

                                             Old Testament Survey; New Testament Survey

                           1973-1978   Yale Divinity School

                                             Film and Religion; Media and Ministry 1 & 2     

                           1982-1992   Wartburg Theological Seminary

                                             Media and Ministry; Computers in the Church

                                             Video in the Church; Imagination and Theology

                          

                           2001-2014   Northeast Iowa Community College,

                                             Peosta, Iowa

                                             Introduction to Religion; Introduction to Philosophy;

                                             Introduction to Ethics    

                           2007-         Select Learning

                                             Evangelization and Lutheran Worship;                    Sent to Preach; 

                                  Foundations of Biblical Preaching

                          2015-  Wartburg Theological Seminary  (Seminary for Everyone)

                                             The Gospel according to John the Shepherd

Personal and Ministerial History

Prior to ordination

College Years:

Two summers of Caravanning, worked with congregations, youth and parents.

Established the Christian Vocations Council, providing an evening for youth in congregations focused on the baptismal calling of all and highlighting callings to public ministry of the church as social workers, youth workers, deaconesses, teachers and pastors.

Seminary Years:

Chaired the St. Louis Chapter of the Lutheran Human Relations Association, inviting similar Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and other groups to participate in restaurant testing to identify racial discrimination.

In 1963-64 edited the Seminarian, a sixty-four page student theological journal published three times a year.  Established baptism, the eucharist, and absolution as the three major themes.

Immediately following seminary (1964-1966):

Assistant to the Executive Secretary, Lutheran Human Relations Association of America

Taught theology at Valparaiso University

Ordination: February 18, 1966

Following Ordination

Community and Synodical Participation:

Detroit, MI: New Detroit Committee; Civil Rights Movement

New Haven, CT: Christian Community Action board; Block Club organizing

East Dubuque, IL: Coalition of Churches and Community Leaders

Dubuque, IA: Dubuque Area Christians United; 

Dubuque Public Cable Access 

Commission;

 Coalition for Non-Violence; Dubuque Ministerium

Illinois ELCA Synods: Director of the Emmaus Center for Continuing Education   (1994-2001)

Convened and guided First Call Theological Education for all of Illinois

Established the Tri-State Forum, calling together representatives of the

    Northern Illinois, South Central Wisconsin, and Northeast Iowa synods

    with Wartburg Seminary

Iowa/Illinois/Wisconsin Tri-State Area: Churches’ Center for Land and People

Northeast Iowa Synod: Member of Lifelong Learning for Lutherans Committee

Parish ministry:

St. Paul’s of Tremont Lutheran Church, New York City, New York (internship)

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan (Pastoral  Call 5 years)

Zion Lutheran Church, New Haven, Connecticut (Pastoral  Call 7 years)

Orange Congregational Church, Orange, Connecticut (Interim)

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, South Hadley, Massachusetts (Interim)

St. John’s American Lutheran Church, Guttenberg, Iowa (Interim)

St. Peter Lutheran Church, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (Interim)

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wauzeka, Wis.  (Pastoral  Call 1 year)

Zion Lutheran, Bagley/St. Peter Lutheran, Cassville, Wisconsin (Interim)

St. John Lutheran Church, Preston, Iowa (Interim)

Grace Lutheran Church, East Dubuque, Illinois (Pastoral  Call 15 years)

St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa (Interim)

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa (Interim)

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa, Iowa (Interim)

New Hope Lutheran Church, Farley, Iowa (Interim)

Bergen Lutheran Church, Roland, Iowa (Interim)

St. John Lutheran, Farmersburg/First Lutheran, McGregor, Iowa (Interim)

Trinity Lutheran Church, Waterloo, Iowa (Interim)

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Monona, Iowa (Interim)

St. John Lutheran Church, Wellsburg, Iowa (Interim)

Peace Lutheran, Ryan/St. John Lutheran, Dundee, Iowa (Interim)

Current Public Ministry

Chaplain, Lutheran Manor Communities, Dubuque and Asbury, Iowa

Adjunct Faculty in the Seminary for Everyone program, Wartburg Seminary

    The Gospel according to John the Shepherd

Teacher, Select Learning, an ELCA online program for quality theological learning experiences for personal, congregational and professional growth

    Evangelization and Lutheran Worship; Foundations of Biblical Preaching 

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Ministry Foci:

Inner City: Internship in the Bronx, congregations in Detroit and New Haven, Ct.

                  Authored African American Curriculum Guide for Lutheran Schools

                  Authored pan-Lutheran Educaid, Volumes 1-3 urban church resources

Youth:  Established Ecumenical Green Tree Coffee House, Detroit, with Linda           Ridgeway

             Initiated the St. Mark Center for Youth Ministry, Dubuque, with Pr.  Steven Ullestad

             Initiated city wide KidZone, East Dubuque, Illinois 

Media: Initiated the Association of Media Educators in Religion (AMER)­­

           Led Amerfest (10 years), a videofest of shorts for religious education

           Directed the Media and Resource Center at Yale Divinity School

           Directed the Media Center at Wartburg Seminary

           Produced LCUSA Restructuring Process Video

           Developed and Directed Tri-State Lutheran Media Conference at WTS

           Produced Welcome to Wartburg weekly cable TV program

           Produced DACU View weekly cable TV program

           Produced Video Interviews for the Lutheran World Federation conference

           Interview Church & the Coming Electronic Revolution, Christian Century     Author, The Electronic Ostriches, Christian Century

Author, Newsweekly Religion, Christian Century

Religious Education:

            Together with Fr. Harry Walsh led a 5 week Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialog   

             (1966)

           Led renewal of the Yale Divinity School Lay School of Religion

Developed and conducted Imagination and Theology ten-day courses for the  Ecumenical Continuing Education Center at Yale

   Established the Theological Lutheran Community at Yale (TLC/Y) for Lutheran Yale Divinity School and Yale Graduate Religion Students

Interim Executive Secretary for the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education

General Publications and Presentation:

   Series of interviews with theologians for Catalyst, Resource for Christian  Leaders, a     

       tape-print journal

   Author “Lectionary Helps” series for Catalyst

   Author of column series “Media Resources” for My Church magazine

   Author The Christian Family Craft Book,

   Author Bible Ventures 3, Scripture Readings for All Ages, Augsburg Fortress

   Author Twelve Voices from the Ancient Past, Concordia Publishing House

   Author “Wounded Healers” in Augsburg Sermons: Epistles Series C, Augsburg

   Co-Author with Norma Cook Everist 13 years of “Since You Asked” The Lutheran

   Co-Author with Norma Cook Everist of the book Since You Asked, Augsburg Fortress

   Presentation John: Gospel for the Homeless at the Society of Biblical Literature      

      Midwest Regional Meeting (2015)

Professional Organizations:

           The Religious Education Association

           The American Academy of Religion

           The Society of Biblical Literature

Burton Everist , 2677 Knob Hill Dr., Dubuque, Iowa 52003  563/564-1279

beverist@mchsi.com; burton.everist@wartburgseminary.edu