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

​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
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Established 1935