First Presbyterian:  Open Hearts, Open Minds
5555 South Washington, Grand Forks, North Dakota, (701) 775-5545, email:   firstpres@firstpresgf.org

Session

Presbyterian churches are governed by the session, which is similar to the church board in other denominations.  The congregation elects leaders to the session.  These leaders are called elders, regardless of their age.   A unique feature of being Presbyterian is that our elders are ordained to their work in a service similar to the ordination of clergy.  Although elders serve three-year terms of leadership, their ordination is for life.

Val Bauer  E-mail
Philip Parnell  E-mail
Karen Tankersley  E-mail
Robert Shepparda  E-mail
Hazel Merdink 
Chris Lander  E-mail
Susan White  E-mail
Scott Halstead  E-mail
Audrey Knutson  E-mail
John Whitcomb, Clerk of Session  E-mail
Rev. Gretchen Graf, Moderator  E-mail
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