Our Staff

Pastor Maggie Isaacson has been at North Valley since July 1, 2003. Prior to coming here she had been the associate pastor at Concordia Lutheran in Superior, WI for three years. Pastor Maggie is a 2000 graduate of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN with a Masters of Divinity degree. Her undergraduate degrees of psychology and religion are from St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. Pastor Maggie has three children - Beth, Paul, and Sarah Speich. Maggie married Lee Isaacson on April 16, 2005. Her interests include music, reading, bird watching, and travel.

Mary Krull is the Organist at North Valley. Mary and her husband Gene moved to Eureka in December 2001, planning to spend their aging years in this beautiful location and enjoying their 40-acre farm. Mary is a native Minnesotan, growing up on a farm on the southern plains near Jackson. She played the organ for their rural Lutheran church as a teenager and now has come full circle, playing again at a rural church. Besides the passage of time, a difference is that her Minnesota church was not Scandinavian Lutheran, but German Lutheran. Mary works part-time at Hazelden in their Contact Center, where they field all incoming calls, typically 5,000 to 6,000 weekly. Gene and Mary enjoy their four adult children and their families, including five grandchildren, who live in the Twin Cities, Iowa, and Arizona. "I very much enjoy North Valley - both the structure itself, the community within, and our spiritual leader Maggie. It feels like home."

Adam Bever is our Music Director. Adam grew up in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. His family moved to the Bone Lake area and he attended Unity School for 2 years. His family then returned to Minnesota - White Bear Lake area where he graduated from High School. Adam attended Berklee College of Music for one year before transferring to UW Eau Claire, where he graduated with a degree in Music Education. He received his Master’s Degree in Teaching and Learning from St. Mary’s University in Winona. Adam conducts the concert band, jazz ensemble and pep-band as well as teaches marching band and a drumming class at Unity High School. Adam lives with his wife Julie, three children, and their bulldog Rosie in beautiful Balsam Lake.

Art and Patty Young have been our custodians since April 2003. They live in Balsam Lake and enjoy gardening, walking, reading, bird watching, and attending the Festival Theater. Volunteer activities with the Arnell Memorial Humane Society, Interfaith Caregivers, and the Historical Society keep them busy. They're members of Balsam Lutheran Church of rural Amery and are involved in many church activities. Patty is the sister of Bonnie Schultz, a member here at North Valley.

Mary Pollock is the Office Secretary at North Valley. She has been here since November 2008. Mary has been working as a secretary at Fristad Lutheran Church in Centuria and First/Laketown Lutheran Churches of Cushing for over 11 years. Mary and her husband Russ have one daughter, Rebecca. Rebecca will be attending Gustavus Adolphus College in the Fall of 2009. They also have three Jack Russell Terriers - Buster, Babs, and Trakker. Mary enjoys learning new things on the computer, bird watching, photography, cross-stitching, rock "hunting" with her husband, and just being home with her family.