Pastor - Rev. Dennis Tollefson

Pastor Dennis Tollefson is currently retired and lives with his wife Mary in Minnetonka, MN. He has served parishes in Vermillion and Wakonda, SD; Fargo, ND; Madison, WI; Cambridge and Ham Lake, MN.

Dennis graduated from St. Olaf College and served three years as an infantry officer in the U. S. Marine Corps. He attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Dennis and Mary have three married daughters and eight grandchildren.

Dennis and Mary have been serving at Bethany for 26 years since coming for the first time in 1993.

Currently they are leading a small group from Westwood Lutheran Church in St Louis Park, Minnesota discussing a prayer of good courage found in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship, p. 304, Evening Vespers.