Pastor – Rev. Harold Usgaard

Rev. Harold Usgaard was ordained a pastor in 1973. “Huck” has served at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin, MN; Mount Hope Lutheran Church in West Allis, WI; and Zumbro Lutheran church in Rochester, MN. In 2001, he was elected bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod, ELCA, and he served two six-year terms.
 
Huck and his wife, Lynette, live in Rosemount, MN. They are proud parents to three grown children, Jennifer, Sara and Joshua, and two grandsons, Will and Owen. The Usgaard family first came to Bethany during their years in West Allis and are pleased to be invited back again in recent years.