Paul Edwin Nelson

    Trinity Dates: 1979 - 2010

    Born: June 7, 1947 in Langdon, North Dakota.

    Parents: Einar Nelson and Lilly Monson.

    Married: JoAnn Marie Flom on August 8, 1970.

    Ordained: In June 1974 by Rev. Wes Haugen at Dovre Lutheran, Osnabrock, North Dakota.

    Dates and places of service:

    1965 - 1967
    		 Attended University of North Dakota at Williston.

    1967 - 1969
    		 Attended Concordia College in Morrhead, Minnesota. Earned a B.A. degree in psychology in 1969.

    1969 - 1973
    		 Attended Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    1971 - 1972
    		 Pastoral internship at a three-point parish in the Battle Lake, Minnesota area. They were First Lutheran, Trefoldighed Lutheran, and Rindal Lutheran churches.

    1972 - 1974
    		 Clinical Pastoral Education at Hennipen County Juvenile Court.

    1974 - 1978
    		 Pastor at Fountain Lutheran, Fountain, Minnesota, and Root Prairie Lutheran, near Fountain, Minnesota.

    1979 - 2010
    		 Pastor at Aurora Lutheran of Owatonna, Minnesota, and Trinity Lutheran of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota.

    2010
    		 Retired from active ministry. Lives in Owatonna, Minnesota.

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