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W. Bruce Benson College Pastor bensonb@stolaf.edu |
Bruce Benson came to St. Olaf as the college pastor in 1981 from parish ministry in Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota. He has served on the Trinity Seminary Board of Trustees and the Advisory Council of the theological journal Word and World. Benson also has authored and reviews a segment of Worship Blueprints, Series B, and Gathered to Serve, the Adult Bible Study for the 1992 Augsburg VBS Series. Benson is the writer and on-air host of the national radio broadcast program, Sing For Joy, produced at St. Olaf. |
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Jennifer Anderson Koenig '87 Associate College Pastor koenig@stolaf.edu |
Jennifer Koenig has been the associate college pastor at St. Olaf College since 1997. She choreographed and performed for three years with the professional modern dance company Ballet Harren and later served for three years on the dance and on the fine arts committee at Luther Seminary. Koenig served in parish ministry in Iowa before coming to St. Olaf. |
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John Ferguson Eliot and Klara Stockdahl Johnson Professor of Organ and Church Music, Cantor to the Student Congregation ferg@stolaf.edu |
John Ferguson earned a B.M. from Oberlin College, an M.M. from Kent State University and a D.M.A. from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Russel Saunders. Ferguson is one of America's most respected church musicians and teachers. He has been invited as a visiting professor by the faculties of the University of Notre Dame and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He is respected as a fine teacher and performer, and his work as an improviser and leader of congregational song has received national acclaim. Each year he presents many hymn festivals across the country, both for local congregations and professional gatherings. Ferguson is the author of three books, numerous articles and has a large number of published organ and choral compositions. |
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Andy Willis Pastoral Intern willis@stolaf.edu |
Originally from Plymouth, Minnesota, Andy Willis is a 2003 graduate of St. Olaf and a 2008 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. Following his time at St. Olaf he spent two years in Israel/Palestine working with the Palestinian Lutheran Church. Andy spent the summer of 2009 in Scotland volunteering for the Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian community working for peace, justice, and worship renewal. He is married to Grete Christenson Willis ('02) and enjoys folk music, road trips, and pancakes, among other things. |
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Michael Schaner Sacristan schaner@stolaf.edu |
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Lisa Brown Administrative Assistant to the Pastors' Office brownl@stolaf.edu 507-786-3092 |
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