Rev. Richard Bolland, Senior Pastor
Ordained Minister- Missouri District

Education
Concordia Theo Seminary (LCMS) – Fort Wayne, IN
Master of Divinity 12/31/1986

St Cloud State University – St Cloud, MN
Master of Science in Education 12/31/1979

Concordia College/University (LCMS) – Seward, NE
Bachelor Sci in Education 12/31/1970

Rev. Richard A. Bolland was born to Warren and Marian Bolland on December 6, 1946, in Fowler, California. He graduated from Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, California, in June of 1964. In January of 1970, Rev. Bolland received his Bachelor’s Degree from Concordia Teacher’s College, Seward, Nebraska. He served as Lutheran teacher in Wisconsin, Iowa and Idaho, before entering the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam War. After receiving an honorable discharge, Rev. Bolland served as a Director of Christian Education and Youth in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he also earned his Masters in Elementary Administration from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1979. Entering the field of public education, he served as high school and elementary principal with the Nashua Public Schools, Nashua, Montana, and as principal of the Lockwood Public Schools in Billings, Montana.

Hearing the guidance of the Lord to study for the pastoral ministry, Rev. Bolland entered Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where he graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in 1986. He has been privileged to serve parishes in Montana, Missouri, Arizona, Colorado, and is currently in his fourth year as Senior Pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Kansas City, Missouri

Rev. Bolland was twice elected as President of the Minn-Kota Teachers and DCE’s conference, served on the Montana District Indian Ministry’s Committee, was elected to the Montana District Board of Directors, he served on the Missouri District Board of Education, and has twice been elected to serve as Chairman of the Rocky Mountain District Pastor’s Conference Committee. He is a frequent contributing author to many LCMS unofficial publications and currently serves as Chairman of the Editorial Committee for The Lutheran Concerns Association, the Chairman of the Western Missouri Pastor’s Conference of the Missouri District – LCMS, and has served as an adjunct professor for William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, and Concordia University, Irvine, California.

He was blessed with his marriage to Linda L. Robie in June of 1970, has one daughter living in Lubbock, Texas, and three grandboys!

Rev. Mark B. Stirdivant, Assistant Pastor
Ordained Minister- Missouri District

Education
Concordia Theo Seminary (LCMS) – Fort Wayne, IN
Master of Divinity 5/18/2001

Christ College/Concordia Univ(LCMS) – Irvine, CA
Bachelor of Arts 5/3/1997

Pastor Stirdivant was also born in California and still remembers the beach and the mountains with great fondness! He has learned a lot as pastor at Holy Cross and hopes that God will give him many more opportunities to preach and teach the Holy Gospel and hand out forgiveness to this congregation in public and in private. His wife, Krika, also a pastor's daughter (who once vowed never to marry a pastor!) is an independent consultant with the Party Lite candle company. They both love spending time with their dogs, Lefty and Lucy, and on occasion, Pastor Stirdivant has been known to swing a tennis racquet and play a little golf.