These are the folks who staff the parish and lead us:
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Our Pastor, Rev. Dr. John Poffinbarger, and his wife Carol.
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Carol Brandl (pictured below) serves as joint parish secretary and Karen Johnson serves as joint parish treasurer.
Congregation council members are:
NEW HOPE:
- President: Mark Ellingson
- Vice-President: Timm Raddatz
- Secretary: Ruth Aanrud
- Treasurer: Alyce Kolden
- Members: Dan Glodowski and Patti Gburek
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.Parish presidents at are, L-R,Mark Ellingson, and Jim Brandl.
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FAITH council:
Back row l-r: President James Brandl; Secretary Dave Colrud and Al O'Neil
Front row l-r: Vice President Betsie Graham; Treasurer Betsy Suehring and Deb Blumke
NEW HOPE council:
L-R: Timm Raddatz, Mark Ellingson, Pastor John, Ruth Aanrud, Patti Gburek and Daniel Glodowski
Other church staff members are:
Custodians: Steve Grill at Faith and Alyce Kolden at New Hope
Financial Secretaries: Evett Hartvig at Faith and Alyce Kolden at New Hope
I suppose when the word STAFF is mentioned most people think of paid employees. That's not quite true. Becky Peterson (photo below), of the New Hope congregation, has been the chief creator of our Powerpoint Presentations for some time now.
THANKS BECKY!
Organists: Craig Anderson at Faith and Lenore Peterson at New Hope (photo from New Hope joint congregation dedication service)
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Hours at the Joint Parish Office (at Faith) are Tuesday thru Friday 9AM-2PM.
Sunday School leaders: Linda Dobbe at Faith and Lenore Peterson at New Hope
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Mission Statement of North New Hope congregation:
North New Hope Lutheran Church is a country church with a worldwide mission: to reach out to others with the good news of Jesus Christ, to welcome others to worship with us in the light of Christ, and to love one another as we live in the love of God.
Mission Statement of Faith congregation:
The mission for Faith Lutheran Church is to reach out to people in the community and beyond to know God's Word and the purpose for His Word in our lives.
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Here are a couple numbers Craig did a while ago for his own website. We hope you'll like them. Below are 2 Windows WMV videos done on Faith's Britson D220LRT digital organ. The first video is a high powered Postlude. It is 1.59 megs and runs for 1:25. The second is a rendition of "It is Well With My Soul", is 3.13 megs and runs for 2:49. We hope you like them.
"The Heavens Declare" and "It is Well With My Soul"
Here are the Audio files only in much smaller downloads....195kb for the first and 378kb for the second.
"The Heavens Declare Audio Only" and "It is Well With My Soul Audio Only"