Pastor Bill Meiers grew up about sixty miles south of Glacier National Park in Polson, Montana. His undergraduate years were spent at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota where he majored in music. Following graduation, he taught public school music in Troy, Montana. Heeding God’s call to the ministry, he enrolled at Luther Seminary in St. Paul and received a Master of Divinity Degree, which included a year’s internship at Farmington, Minnesota. He has served as Pastor of Zumbro Lutheran in Rochester, Minnesota, Bethany Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota and, for the past sixteen years, Calvary Lutheran in Rapidan, Minnesota.
His wife Sonja (Boyum) Meiers grew up in Battle Lake, Minnesota. She has a PhD in Nursing
and currently serves as the Director of the Minnesota State University, Mankato School of
Nursing Graduate program. Their oldest daughter, Heidi Kamrath, is enrolled in her first year of medical school, and her husband, Jon, is a student at Iowa State University in the Master of Fine Arts Program. Our middle daughter, Britta, is a junior at Concordia College, Moorhead with a double major focus in Spanish and history. Their son, Christopher is a senior at Mankato West High School. Music, biology and computers are his primary interests. Their family includes their dog, Kari, and a cat, Sammy.