My name is Paul Anderson and I am your new interim pastor. My wife’s name is Martha, and she will join us on Sundays and at other times in our life together. We have two children. Our son lives and works in Seattle, and our daughter lives and works in the Phoenix area. We have no grandchildren.

We live just south of Mukilteo, and enjoy (most of the time) the sounds of the planes, especially the old ones. We are renting, but enjoy yard work, so we spend time and energy on that. I enjoy golf, and it is a primary form of recreation for me. Martha is taking it up again after many years, and is having fun with it. We also enjoy reading, movies, and old TV shows. We enjoy the outdoors, and like to fish, but not as much as in years past when it was more readily available.

Martha teaches at a co-op preschool in Snohomish, and loves working with young children. She has been in positions of management and supervision as well as teaching and training of adults, and has also enjoyed those occupations. Besides my work as an interim pastor, I am a licensed Mental Health Counselor and find considerable satisfaction in doing counseling. My gifts and skills also include preaching, teaching, and administrative functions and development.

Martha was born and raised in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, and is a graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. I was born in Lewiston, Idaho, and raised there and in Kennewick, Washington. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Luther Seminary in St Paul, Minneapolis. I recently got a second BA from Lewis Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, and an MA from Gonzaga University in Spokane. We have lived in Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Idaho, and Washington. I have done interim ministry in Eastern Washington and Idaho, and on this side of the mountains.