Calvary Lutheran Church’s council voted unanimously to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and a congregational vote taken Sept. 13 also supported leaving the ELCA. A second congregational vote will be needed to finalize the separation. From left in the back row are council members Gary Fischer, Bob Sander, Eric Maisch and Bob Iverson. In the front row are Danny Johnson, Connie Pitt, the Rev. Kurt Rau, Cherie Reyes and Rod Wendt.

October 6, 2009