MEET PASTOR CAROL NELSON
The new Visitation Pastor is coming!
So, here are some details about me and my life.
I was born, raised, and graduated from high school in Butte, Montana. I am a lifelong Lutheran and a lifelong westerner. I claim Lutheran genes, as many family members have been pastors.
I went to Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where I met my husband Jeff. Our life together fit the pattern of many families then, dad worked and mom stayed at home. Then the children left and mom went to work. I have been a ski instructor at Mission Ridge near Wenatchee, run the ski program for the handicapped, worked for the City of Wenatchee and at the Wenatchee Valley Clinic.
My call to ministry came late in life, after years of being an active congregation member wherever we lived. It came as a surprise but was loud and clear. So our lives changed dramatically. We sold our home in Wenatchee and went to Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. When I became a pastor I was doing my “heart’s desire.”
Jeff and I are east side of the mountains people and were planning to retire to Yakima sometime because our daughter and family live in Naches. God just got us here sooner than we expected. My call was to Christ Lutheran here in Yakima where I served until my retirement last August. And now in January I will continue to do my “heart’s desire” as the Visitation Pastor here at Central.
I look forward to serving with you as we live out our calling to tell the GOOD NEWS.
Pastor Carol Nelson

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