Retiring pastor recalls journey leading Kalispell’s First Presbyterian Church

Raised in Rochester, Minnesota, as the second youngest of six boys, Glenn Burfeind says the religious dedication of his parents started him on the path toward church leadership. 

“They would pile us all into the back of an Impala every Sunday. I remember my mother fussing over our hair,” he says with a laugh.  

Burfeind also credits his father with giving him a strong work ethic, and while his father had no college degree he taught his sons to build houses, which were sold to pay for their education.