Our Pastors:

Pastor John Dalen
​Senior Pastor 

Pastor John came to the Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa area to serve the Big Grove Crow River Grace Parish in 2014.

Pastor John attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and Luther Northwestern Seminary in St. Paul, MN.  He was ordained in 1988 in his home congregation of Granite Falls Lutheran Church in Granite Falls, MN.  He has served congregations in Savage and Skaar, Montana; Grand Canyon, Arizona; Browerville, Minnesota; and Fosston, MN.

Pastor John's wife, Lynne, works in the BBE Elementary School as a paraprofessional.  Their oldest daughter, Leandra, lives in Columbia Heights, MN with her husband, Jake.  Alyssa, their youngest daughter, is attending a graduate school in public health in Aurora, CO.

Pastor John enjoys attending local school activities as well as fishing, hunting, hiking, and other outdoor activities.  

Pastor Lisa Meshke

Associate Pastor

Pastor Lisa began serving at Big Grove Crow River Grace Parish in July 2020.  She was ordained at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota in May 2017.  Pastor Lisa served at First English Lutheran Church in Tyler, Minnesota, from 2017 to 2020.  Prior to being ordained, Pastor Lisa worked as a financial consultant at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in West Des Moines, Iowa.  She graduated from Iowa State University with degrees in Finance and Accounting and then went on to earn her Master of Business Administration, also from Iowa State University.  Pastor Lisa graduated from Luther Seminary in 2016 with a Master of Divinity.

Pastor Lisa enjoys hiking, playing golf, doing jigsaw puzzles, and playing with her goldendoodle puppy, Samson.

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