INTERIM PASTOR
Melanie Reiners
PASTOR MELANIE REINERS
Pastor Melanie Reiners is serving during this transition time at Living Word Lutheran as they seek to find the next pastor for their church. A native of Summit, Melanie has lived in Milbank for over 50 years. After many years in the eye care field, Melanie became a licensed local pastor in the Methodist denomination in 2011 serving one year in Florence, SD and then appointed to the three United Methodist Churches, first in Ortonville, MN; Tabor in Big Stone City, SD; and Parkview in Milbank, retiring in 2019.
She and her husband, Roger, have been actively involved in mission work at the Gess (Kissy) Eye Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Roger and Melanie were married in 2004, and the story is told they spent their honeymoon at the eye hospital accompanied by four people from the church! Melanie has three married children and five grandchildren.
When asked about serving in this interim, Melanie said, “Living Word is a wonderful church family and I am humbled to be with them during this interim time.”