The Rev.  Janell Monk, Pastor
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (OSLC) is pleased to welcome Pastor Janell Monk as our new permanent pastor and spiritual leader as of January, 2025.  Originally from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, Pastor Monk received a B.A. in Business Management from the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota. Sensing a call to ordained ministry, Pastor Monk resigned from a career in the grocery industry and began seminary. She received a Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Open to the movement of the Spirit, Pastor Monk began her first call in Arlington, Virginia. In 2004 she moved to Oregon serving congregations in the Portland/Vancouver metro area as far north as Longview, Washington and as far south as Ashland, Oregon. Most recently, Pastor Monk served as Interim Priest at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem.

Pastor Monk’s passion for ministry is equipping, uplifting and supporting people of faith/the body of Christ. She is excited to engage with the good people of Our Savior’s as they continue to be “Christ’s love in Action.” 

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Pr. Emeritus Louis Brunner

Pr. Louis has been a pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church since 1980.  He was born and raised in Winlock, WA, graduated from Pacific Lutheran College (now Pacific Lutheran University) in 1950 with a B.A. in Education, and he received his Bachelors of Divinity in 1959 and Masters of Divinity in 1976 from Wartburg Theological Seminary. Pr. Louie has served at Cross & Crown Lutheran Church (1959-69) in Renton, Washington and Bethesda Lutheran (1969-80) in Eugene, Oregon. 

“Heaven is a great big HUG that lasts forever!”
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Claire Robertson-Preis
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Choir Director
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Marianne Ryder

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