The Community Lutheran Church is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year with a number of special events and performances this weekend. For senior pastor Dr. Mark Wickstrom and minister of music and worship Greg Davis, it's simply an extension of their usual work; getting the good word out with every resource they can muster.

The church was started in 1973 in a relatively empty corner of the valley, and 35 years later, the city has spread out well past the church. In that time Community Lutheran has had only two pastors, Ray Christenson, who established the church and retired in 2005, and Wickstrom, who came to Las Vegas after 20 years as an executive pastor at a large Lutheran church in Minnesota.