Selbu to install new pastor Saturday

An official installation ceremony for Pastor John Cross will be at Selbu Lutheran Church near Hay this Sunday, July 8, at 10 a.m. Pastor Cross will be installed by Pastor Jeff Stoopes of the Pondera Lutheran Parish in Conrad, Mont.

Selbu Congregation President Durand Cox invited all visitors to come join the congregation in the installation ceremony.

A native of Columbiana, Ohio, Pastor Cross graduated from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and received his Master of Divinity degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained at his home congregation, Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Columbiana.

He worked for the previous 14 years as a stewardship consultant and raised thousands of dollars for the church by riding his bicycle all over the North American continent.

Selbu Lutheran Church was established in 1903 and its current brick building was constructed in 1928.