In 2006, Barb Anderson was hired as Administrative Secretary for Hosanna. She is a founding member of Hosanna and was the secretary for the Steering Committee that began the church. Barb has held a variety of positions in her 27 years at Hosanna, including President of the congregation. She is currently a Stephen Minister.
Barb graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN with a Bachelor's degree in English. She received her Master of Education degree in Counseling from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Barb has worked as a middle school and high school English and Speech teacher, as a Rehab Social worker on Guam, as a Work Adjustment Counselor, Supported Employment Coordinator and Marketing Specialist at Ability Building Center, as a Staff Development Coordinator for Olmsted County and the City of Rochester, as Student Success Advisor at Rochester Community College and she recently retired from John Marshall High School after 10 years of high school counseling.
Barb has two boys from her first marriage, Carson Romme, who is married to Abby and they live in Rochester, and Taylor Romme who is married to Jennifer and they live in Duluth. She met Paul Anderson at Hosanna and they were married here in 1987. He has three boys; Eric Anderson, who is married to Carla. They have two sons, Logan and Conner and live in Rochester. Jeremy Anderson lives in Rochester. Timothy Anderson is married to Heike and they have a daughter, Morgen, and live in Bonn, Germany. Barb and Paul also have two cats, Desi and Buster, who live with them in a new town home only a mile and a half from Hosanna.
Being a member of Hosanna for 27 years has been a wonderful part of Barb's life and work. She's inspired by the strong Christian faith and sense of caring and service in the members and friends she's come to know over the years, and feels privileged to have the opportunity to serve Hosanna in a new way.