About Us
WHO WE ARE! We are members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). Our Synod is organized into 35 districts, 33 of which are defined along geographic lines and 2 are non-geographic districts, meaning they have churches in several states. We are part of one of these non-geographic districts, called The English District. Back in the times when the LCMS was first formed by Lutherans migrating from Saxony in Germany, many congregations worshiped in the German language. However, there were other churches which confessed the same theology as the LCMS but which worshiped in English, and these formed a connection that ultimately joined the LCMS as the English District. Rev. Myron Mader, who founded many of the other churches in Marion County brought Trinity to this area and he served here joyfully until retiring in 2019. Under his leadership, Trinity has long been an integral part of this this community, and continues to look for ways that it can be a beacon of light to our neighbors and to illuminate every dark corner of God’s Kingdom that we have been called to serve.Rev. Danlias Howe began to serve on a week-to-week basis here at Trinity in February 2021 and he has been serving as pastor here full-time since October of that year.
Pastor Howe was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He received a Batchelor of Arts degree from Trinity College (Hartford) in 1978 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from The Law School at Drake University in 1981. He practiced law for more than 37 years and has been a member of the Iowa, Texas and Florida Bar Associations during his legal career where he was a frequent author in Legal Journals and a frequent speaker at legal seminars sponsored by the ABA and other local and national Legal Trade Associations. Pastor Howe entered the Specific Ministry Pastor (“SMP”) program of Concordia Seminary St. Louis in August 2018 and served as Vicar at Wellspring Church in DeLand, Florida concurrently with the first two years of his seminary studies. He was ordained into the Office of Holy Ministry in February 2021. His first call was to continue to serve as associate pastor at Wellspring, a part of the Central Florida Cross Network of Lutheran Churches. Pastor Howe participated in high school and college varsity athletics. He was active in Scouting and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1974. Pastor Howe married Cathie in 1983 in Winterset, Iowa and together they have raised two daughters, Marie and Caitlyn who live in Riverview and West Palm Beach, Florida respectively.