Senior Pastor, Dale Brynestad
Pastor Brynestad was born and raised outside of Seattle, Washington. He loved playing various sports, which led him to San Antonio after two years at Pacific Lutheran University. He joined the Army ('77) and was assigned to the Olympic Training Center at Ft. Sam Houston to compete in the Modern Pentathlon. In San Antonio, he met and married Julee. After the 1996 Olympic Trials, the Brynestads moved to St. Louis to attend Concordia Seminary. Upon graduation in 2000, he served LCMS congregations in Devine, TX, Corpus Christi, TX, Bremerton, WA, and New Braunfels, TX. The Brynestads have six children and five grandchildren.