Ozarks Voices: Maxine Lund, August 11, 2022
Interview with Maxine Lund by Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University. Rev. Lund is the pastor at Girdner Church in Girdner, Missouri. She began her ministry in the 1960s. This interview took place on August 11, 2022, at Girdner Church.
Topics discussed during the interview include: beginning of Maxine Lund’s ministry; pastoring and preaching for sixty years; parishioner characteristics of Girdner Church; schedule and duties of the pastor; programs, activities, and services of the church; additions to the church building; funeral and burial ceremonies; church communication; rural churches in the Ozarks; social interaction in church; growing up in Wasola, Missouri; reaching out to unchurched people in the area; church addressing current societal and moral issues; writing sermons; impact of sermons on congregation; music in Girdner Church; traditional and contemporary services in churches; survival of rural churches.