Pastor Linda
Pastor of Visitation
Pastor Linda serves on the Bethel staff as a part-time Visitation Pastor bringing Holy Communion to homebound members.
After growing up in West Central Minnesota, she attended the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis. Trained as a parish worker, she served congregations in Worthington, Minnesota, and Seattle, Washington. In 1981, she was ordained and assigned to the Southern District of Texas. She has served congregations in Fredericksburg, TX, Watertown SD, and here in Rochester from May 1993 to August 2007. She retired in 2007 and rejoined the staff to visit the homebound of Bethel in 2013.
Linda enjoys singing in Bethel choirs, walking her dog, and is involved in a multitude of other activities. She especially loves her ministry of visiting Bethel’s homebound members and finds it immensely rewarding.