Pastor Marie AK Anderson joined us as a contractual Associate Pastor in August of 2018, planning to stay four-five months.  On June 23, 2019 the congregation called Pastor Marie to be our full-time Senior Pastor and she  was installed into this position August 25, 2019.  ​Pastor Marie comes with a depth of education including an internship at a large church in Rochester, Clinical Pastoral Education at Mayo Medical Center, a Masters of Divinity from Luther Seminary; and Intentional Interim Training. In addition she has extensive ELCA experience with over 18 years in ministry. She served four rural congregations as an Intentional Interim Pastor and served nine plus years in a large congregation as Discipleship Pastor. Pastor Marie has been married over 43 years and has three daughters, three son-in-laws and two grandchildren.