Gretchen Olson Kopp has been called as Senior Pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Spokane, Washington, stmarks-Spokane.org. Gretchen will be ordained into the ministry of Word and Sacrament on Sunday, June 9, 2 pm, at Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church, 2650 Farnam St, Omaha, Nebraska. The service will be live-streamed and may be attended through the church website, kmlchurch.org.
Gretchen, her husband Sacha, and their children Eleanor and Eli, were members of First English from 2000-2014. Gretchen is grateful for the love that has sustained her and her family and helped to form her for ministry. They will forever consider the people in the FELC community as family.