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.


First Presbyterian Church, Grand Forks
Session, 2011

Audrey Knutson 2010 - 2012  E-mail
Robert Sheppard 2010 - 2012  E-mail
Karen Tankersley 2010 - 2012  E-mail
Kelsey Elgin 2012 - 2012  E-mail
Laura Hillebrand 2011 - 2013  E-mail
Patrick Schultz 2011 - 2013  E-mail
Linda Shaw-Elgin 2011 - 2013  E-mail
Dennis Junk 2012 - 2014  E-mail
Pat Phelps 2012 - 2014  E-mail
James Walker 2012 - 2014  E-mail
John WhitcombClerk of Session  E-mail
Rev. Keri Shelton Moderator  E-mail
Chris Lander Treasurer  E-mail

Strategic Plan

Completed with the assistance of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) from UND, the 2010 - 2015 Strategic Plan establishes priorities and goals that would help us to focus on growing, caring, and responding to the needs of the world.
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