Pastor- Lorin Sanden
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Pastor Lorin Sanden grew up in the Seattle area.  He attended the University of Washington from which he received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.  He attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota where in 1974 he was ordained.  Following ordination, Pastor Sanden served as Associate Pastor at First Lutheran Church, Havre, Montana. 

While serving in Havre, Lorin married Carolyn Dyer.  In 1979 Pastor Sanden moved to Plains, Montana, where he served the Plains and Thompson Falls Lutheran Churches.  In 1988, Pastor Sanden accepted a call to the Lutheran congregation in Scobey and Peerless, Montana, where he served until coming to Bozeman to serve as Pastor of Hope Lutheran church in 1996.  The Sandens have three children, Paul, Mary and John, all living outside of the Bozeman area.

Pastor Lorin Sanden grew up in the Seattle area. He attended the University of Washington from which he received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul MN where in 1974 he was ordained. Following ordination, Pastor Sanden served as Associate Pastor at First Lutheran Church, Havre, Montana. While serving in Havre Lorin married Carolyn Dyer. In 1979 Pastor Sanden moved to Plains, Montana, where he served the Plains and Thompson Falls Lutheran Churches. In 1998, Pastor Sanden accepted a call to the Lutheran congregation in Scobey and Peerless Montana where he served until coming to Bozeman to serve as Pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in 1996. The Sandens have three children, Paul, Mary, and John all living outside of the Bozeman ar

Pastor of Outreach - Jennifer Wilson

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Pastor Wilson's family homesteaded in Montana, drawn to the western frontier for all the dreams and struggles it promised to deliver. Sheep and cattle ranchers for over 60 years in Petrolia County, the hardy, practical Montana "do it yourself" attitude pervades the Wilson family. Pastor Wilson is deeply rooted in the Montana landscape, with parents born in central and northeastern Montana, who met and married after greaduating from Montana State University.

Pastor Wilson was born in St. Paul MN, lived in Great Falls and Billings MT for seven years in childhood and graduated from high school in MN. Pastor Wilson was raised in a nominally Methodist family, where faith was a point of tension rather than a unifying factor. Her family stumbled into the Lutheran church because Pastor Wilson was attending Fellowship of Christian Athletes that met at the church next door to her middle school. Pastor Wilson's college years at the University of Michigan were a time of faith exploration, where she not only experienced God's life-giving, all - loving presence but also asked questions and dug deeper in the Bible.

In college, Pastor Wilson grew through personal trusted relationships with others who had been on different turns in the journey of faith than she. It was in unpacking the faith experience of Martin Luther in her mid-twenties, that she realized her head needed to catch up with what her heart had experienced, at which point she applied to Luther seminary in St. Paul MN. In the fall of 1993 she studied at the Luther Theological in Hong Kong. Pastor Wilson was called as an ordained Pastor in 1998 and served at a mission start church in Brainerd, MN until November of 2007. Since January 2008, Pastor Wilson has been serving as Outreach Pastor at Hope Lutheran Church, guiding the process of expanding God's mission through the congregation in the Gallatin Valley. In July of 2007 she traveled to China to adopt her one year old daughter Eva who, Pastor Wilson says, "inspires me to be fully alive and fills my heart with gratitude!"

 Director of Music

Currently this position is vacant.   A search committee is being formed to find a replacement.

Director of Youth and Family Ministries - Paul Goodman

Paul Goodman is originally from Cleveland Ohio.  He graduated from Capital University with a bachelor’s degree in education.  For the past 10 years Paul has worked in various ministry capacities including outdoor ministry and most recently as director of youth and family ministry in a Lutheran Church in Florida.  While working in Florida, Paul met his wife Heidi. Paul has a musical background and plays the saxophone and guitar. 

 Paul is very excited to begin ministry with Hope Lutheran Church and is excited about the possibilities for future ministry opportunities with children, youth and young adults.

Operations Director - Pete Astrup
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Pete and his wife Nancy have been members of Hope since 1990.  Pete has worked in the church office since August 2007 and is responsible for managing the church office staff, the facility and day to day finances.

Administrative Assistant - Dar Ellingson
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Dar has lived in Bozeman since August, 1994 and has been a member of Hope Lutheran Church since February, 1998. Dar and her husband Tom raised four children together. Two of Dar's sons and their families live in Minnesota, a third son lives in Boulder, Colorado, and daughter Sara and her family reside in Bozeman. Currently Dar is the secretary at Hope. In addition to her secretarial work, Dar is staff liaison to the Congregational Life Committee, assists with the website, plays in the handbell choir, and other miscellaneous activities as requested. Dar holds degrees from St. Olaf College and a Masters degree in Education from St. Mary's University in Minnesota.

Special Projects - Judy Opperman
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Judy has worked in the church office since 2003. As Special Projects Secretary, her responsibilities include maintaining the church membership database, creating and updating special reports for the pastors, and editing, for example, the Annual Reports and Vespers programs. Judy and her husband Fred have been members of Hope since November 1999.