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Increasing membership and additional responsibilities for
Pastor Nommensen finally led to the calling of a second pastor. Pastor
David Rosenow began serving Salem as an associate pastor in 1980.
By 1984, the school's enrollment was up to 250, and 11 teachers were called
servants of the congregation. Due to health reasons, in 1985 Mr. Berger
resigned his call as principal and teacher. Mr. Gerald Lanphear was called
to replace him. The congregation also called Mr. Steven Carlovsky to serve
as assistant principal. He began his work at Salem for the 1987-88 school
year.
In 1983, Pastor Nommensen began serving as District President of the Southeastern
Wisconsin District of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. In 1988,
the synod began to supply congregations in which the district presidents
served with seminary graduate assistants. These pastors would serve the
congregation to which they were assigned for a period of two years, and
then be re-assigned elsewhere. In 1988, Pastor Martin Spriggs was assigned
to serve as graduate assistant at Salem.
In October of 1989, Pastor Rosenow accepted a call to Hutchinson, MN.
In January of 1990, Pastor Daniel Simons accepted the call to serve at
Salem, arriving just prior to the Lenten season. In May of 1990, Pastor
Spriggs was reassigned to Summerville, SC. At the same time, Pastor Mark
Voss was assigned to serve as its second two-year graduate assistant.
In July of 1990, Salem began calling for a third full-time pastor. After
several calls were declined, the congregation went to the Synod Assignment
Committee with a request for a pastor. In July of 1991, Pastor Snowden
Sims was assigned to Salem.
In June of 1992, Pastor Nommensen retired from full-time service after
thirty-three years of faithful ministry at Salem. In light of his impending
retirement, the congregation had gone to the Assignment Committee once
again to fill the coming vacancy. In May of 1992, the Assignment Committee
reassigned Pastor Voss to Salem. Salem was now served by three full-time
pastors - Pastor Simons, Pastor Sims, and Pastor Voss. Pastor Nommensen
continued to serve the congregation as visitation pastor.
In the early summer of 1993, Pastor Sims accepted a call to serve as professor
at Northwestern Preparatory School in Watertown, WI. The congregation
decided not to call to replace him.
In late spring of 1996, the congregation granted a request from Mr. Lanphear
that he be relieved of his duties as principal in order to teach full-time
here at Salem. Mr. Carlovsky received and accepted the call to serve as
Salem's next principal. He began serving the school as principal for the
1996-97 school year. In May of 1996, Mr. Daniel Grunewald was assigned
to teach at Salem and to serve as assistant principal and as athletic
director. Mr. Grunewald filled the vacancy left when Mr. Bruce Bintz accepted
a call to teach at Wisconsin Lutheran High School.
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