Redeemer's Pastors
Name |
Years Served |
|
1 |
Rev. Karl A. Kriesel |
May 5, 1935 - November 22, 1942 |
2 |
Rev. Christian T. Wetzstein |
February 7, 1943 - July 23, 1951 |
3 |
Rev. Horace H. Erdman -Vacancy |
August 1951 until February 1952 |
4 |
Rev. Walter O. Rathke |
March 2, 1952 - October 19, 1961 |
5 |
Rev. Luther Poellot |
March 2, 1962 - June 14, 1964 |
6 |
Rev. Gerald W. O. Scholz |
August 9, 1964 - October 31, 1982 (Redeemer’s longest serving pastor) First Pastor Emeritus of Redeemer |
7 |
Rev. William R.C. Ney |
March 13, 1983 - August 31, 1987 |
8 |
Rev. Eric Vuorinen |
January 10, 1988 - June 25, 2000 (3rd longest serving pastor |
9 |
Rev. Robert C. Krestick |
Sep 1, 2000 – Apr 19 2014 |
10 |
Rev. Joel V. Kuhl |
April 2015 – to present |
Redeemer’s Vicars
Name |
Years Served |
|
1 |
Harold R. Patzer |
1958-1959 |
2 |
Richard Lessman |
1959-1960 |
3 |
Vernon R. Thrienen |
1960-1961 |
No Vicars |
1961-1994 (33 years) |
|
4 |
Mark Story |
1994-1995 |
5 |
Lee Barnai |
1995-1996 |
6 |
Jason Galler |
1996-1997 |
7 |
James Keller |
1997-1998 |
8 |
Daniel Kitsch |
1998-1999 |
9 |
Joel V. Kuhl |
1999-2000 |
10 |
Joel Human |
2000-2001 |
No Vicars |
2001-2003 |
|
11 |
Don Hennig |
2003-2004 |
12 |
Gerald Luck |
2004-2005 |
13 |
Galen Purpura |
2006-2007 |
14 |
Scott Lyons |
2007-2008 |
15 |
Jeff Dul |
2008-2009 |
16 |
Oscar Castillo |
2009-2010 |
No Vicar |
2010-2011 |
|
17 |
Dereck Pillay |
2011-2012 |
18 |
Andrew Preus |
2012-2013 |
19 |
Basil Christi |
2013-2014 |
No Vicars |
2014-2017 |
|
20 |
Vishal Paul |
2018-2019 |
21 |
Marcus Peschel |
2019-2020 |
22 |
Jason Gillard |
2021-2022 |
23 |
Connor Buck |
2022-2023 |
No Vicar |
2023-2024 |
|
24 |
Vijay Samuel |
2024-2025 |
Organists/music directors
Name |
Years Served |
|
1 |
Gus Ernst |
1946-1955 |
2 |
Esther Merklinger |
1955-1971 |
3 |
Paul Bergman |
1971-1979 |
4 |
John Goodall |
1979-1994 |
5 |
Heidi Gallas |
1994-2016 |
6 |
Kevin Lee |
2016 – to present |
Administrative Assistants
Name |
Years Served |
|
1 |
Carol Weiberg |
Jan 1976 – Aug. 1976 |
2 |
Willy Merklinger |
1976 –1986 |
Carol Weiberg |
1988-2019 |
|
3 |
Courtney Marshall |
2019 - 2021 |
4 |
Victoria Bateman |
2021- to present |
Parish Assistants
Name |
Years Served |
|
1 |
Linda Vorhees |
1986-1988 |
2 |
Barbara Cisecki |
2007-2017 |
3 |
Carol Norman |
2018 |
Child and Youth Programme Coordinators
Name |
Years Served |
|
1 |
Heidi Gallas |
2001-2004 |
2 |
Carol Norman |
2001-2011 |
Redeemer Lutheran church
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