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[SEPT. 6, 2001]  The Rev. Kevin Parviz will preach at Zion Lutheran Church, 205 Pulaski, at the 8 and 10:30 a.m. worship services on Sunday, Sept. 9. Parviz is a Lutheran pastor working with Apple of His Eye Mission Society in St. Louis, Mo. The society is a Jewish outreach of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.

A Jewish believer in Jesus, Parviz came to faith when one of his children was enrolled in a Lutheran school in Denver, Colo. He credits the unusual love of the Christian teachers, parents and children who witnessed their faith, together with the prayers of his wife and daughter, and the ministry of the church for bringing him to faith in Christ.

He eventually became a teacher and then principal at St. John’s Lutheran School before preparing for pastoral ministry at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.

He now pastors a model Lutheran Messianic congregation in St. Louis. Congregation Chai V’Shalom (Life and Peace) meets on Saturdays and serves as the model congregation for a network of international Lutheran Messianic congregations.

Pastor Parviz also writes for Concordia Publishing House and works with the Lutheran Hour Ministries. He continues to be involved with various evangelism projects of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Since 1996 he has preached and taught in nearly 200 churches in four countries, including Israel.

He and wife, Colleen, have been married for 22 years and have four children: Courtney, Rachel, Benjamin and Joshua. He can be reached at www.chaivshalom.org.

The public is invited to hear Pastor Parviz preach and to attend the Bible study hour that begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Education Building, where he will speak about the work of Apple of His Eye Mission Society.

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