 Pastor Stanley O. (Otto) Satre Vita
Born, November 13, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Chicago.
Home congregation, Bethel Lutheran in Chicago; baptized, confirmed and ordained there.
College, Saint Olaf, Northfield, Minnesota, B.A., 1954
Seminary, Luther, St. Paul, Minnesota, M.Div., 1958
Three point parish, Warwick, Hamar and Tolna, North Dakota, 1956-60
Graduate study, University of Chicago Divinity School, begin Ph. D. program, 1960-61
Parish, Zion, Stewartville, Minnesota, 1961-66. New church built.
Parish, First Lutheran, Sioux City, Iowa, 1966-75
Parish, Abiding Savior, Mounds View, Minnesota, (Minneapolis Conference, SE Minnesota District, ALC, until 1988, then St. Paul Area Synod, ELCA) 1975-96
Graduate Study, Luther Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1984-89, D. Min. 1989.
Interim Ministry Network Training, 1993-96
Interim assignments (about a year each):
Holy Trinity, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1996, Faith, Bellaire (Houston), Texas, 1997, St. Matthew, Walnut Creek (San Francisco area), California, 1998 St. Luke's, Bloomington, Minnesota, 1999, Good Shepherd, Concord (San Francisco area), California, 2000, St. Timothy, Crystal River (Gulf Coast), Florida, 2002-03, Trinity, Kissimmee (Disney World area), Florida, 2004, Faith, Deland (East Coast), Florida, 2006, Faith, Valley City, North Dakota, 2007-08, Bethlehem, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, 2010.
Tour Group Leader, 1976-95: 13 tours to Israel and Middle-east, Scandinavia and Britain.
Travel to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Hong Kong, China, England, and Japan to visit children and grandchildren.
Cruise Chaplain, Holland America Line, 2005-2011 (eight cruises)
Family: Wife, Beverly (Rundquist), St. Olaf grad., teacher, 20 years, retired. 5 daughters, all St. Olaf grads, 18 grandchildren.
Hobbies: Fishing, golf, wood carving, studying |
 Pastor "Kate" (Kathleen) Bruns
Pastor Kate was raised in a small farming community in northern Illinois and was encouraged by her parents toattend Carthage College (a good Lutheran school) in Kenosha, WI, the place she met her husband Walt. They have three children: Julie, age 32 and living in Houston, TX; Stephen (and his wife Lori), age 31 and living in the Cincinnati, OH area; and James, age 24 and living in northern IL. She has been Jr. and Sr. HS English and Social Studies teacher in WI and MN, editor of two community newspapers, and deputy clerk in county juvenile and probate court. She also volunteered in churches, serving as a Sunday School teacher, pianist/organist, choir director, and on various committees. In 1997 she was able to answer God's call to serve in the ministry and attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, graduating in 2001. Her first call as part of the pastoral team at Bethlehem is to be the Pastor of Children and Adult Ministries at Bethlehem. |
