After serving as the Bishop of our ward for the past 5 years, Kirt was released today. It is always bitter sweet. He loved being Bishop and will miss the love and strength that he received from the ward, but he will not miss all of the problems and the huge amount of time that it takes to be Bishop. He was called on January 4th 2015 and released on January 5th 2020. His counselors when he was called were Chris Zapalac and Wade Poulsen. Then ward clerk was Gary Olsen and executive secretary was Andrew Thurber. About 1 year later Andrew Thurber was changed to the ward clerk and Steve Cole was called as the executive secretary. Then at about 2 years in, Andrew Thurber was released and put into the Elders Quorum Presidency and Mark Crandall was called as the ward clerk. At about 2 1/2 years in, President Byers suggested that Kirt release his counselors and train 2 new ones, so he released Chris and Wade and called Joe Osborn as the 1st counselor and Cal Archer as the 2nd counselor. In March of 2019, our ward boundaries were changed and Kirt lost all of his Bishopric except Mark Crandall. His new 1st counselor was Jevonn Wiberg and 2nd counselor was Chris Wherity. His executive secretary was Steve Porter. The Porters moved in September and so Cary Fry was called as the executive secretary. So he had a total of 6 different counselors, 4 executive secretaries and 3 ward clerks. Kind of crazy, but it gave him the chance to work with a lot of great men.
Cary Fry, Jevonn Wiberg, Kirt, and Mark Crandall (Chris Wherity was out of town)
Goodbye to the Bishop's Office
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