Pastor Russ grew up in Souderton, in Montgomery County. After a few years following his graduation from high school where he was trying to figure out what he was supposed to be doing, he realized that God was calling him to ministry as a pastor in the church. Following up on that realization led him…
Pastor Tom Kochenderfer was born and raised in Norristown, PA. He graduated from Norristown High School and Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. After Muhlenberg he spent a year traveling in Europe mainly in Germany. He then returned to the U.S. and entered the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. After graduation and ordination he served three…
Sonya joined St. John’s staff after working for many years as a legal assistant in the Jacksonville, Florida and Washington, DC offices of a nationwide law firm, serving as Director of Christian Education at Episcopal churches in Florida and Virginia, and as Administrative Coordinator/Business Manager of the Methodist college ministry at Florida A&M University. Most…
Tom Snyder is a graduate of Susquehanna University with a BMus in Education. After teaching music in the public schools for one year he found his passion – music ministry in the church. He is a Deacon in the ELCA currently serving at St. John’s as Director of Music, a position he has held since…
John Quinn, a native of Philadelphia, began his musical studies at the age of 8, attending the Settlement Music School to study piano. By age 15, his attention shifted to the organ. It was in 1996 began a more disciplined study of the organ, privately, until attending Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey in…
Mark graduated from Bloomsburg University in 2008 with a degree in business/technology education and was hired by the Rose Tree Media School District to teach technology at Springton Lake Middle School. In late April 2010, he was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma, a rare brain tumor. It was removed the following day with emergency surgery at…
Arlene Hudak has served as our Nursery Coordinator since 2003. She has a degree in Elementary Education and served as a Paroichal School Teacher before beginning her family. She delights in watching children grows and develop. She oversees a wonderful cadre of youth and adult volunteers who help our Nursery to be a place of…