Staff
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Pastors' Office Interim Staff
John Gorder '67
Peder Jothen '94 |
St. Olaf welcomes John Gorder '67 and Peder Jothen '94 to the Pastors' Office staff for the remainder of the 2011-12 academic year. They join Pastor Koenig, John Ferguson and Administrative Assistant Lisa Brown in continuing the work of that office: leading chapel, preaching and leading Sunday morning and Wednesday evening worship, leading bible study, holding office hours, visiting with students/faculty/staff and working with various offices of the college to arrange and carry out events. Pastor Gorder and his wife, Gordeen '67, served as ELCA missionaries in Papua New Guinea, Central African Republic, and Nigeria for twenty-three years before returning to St. Olaf as visiting scholars (1987-88). In 1993, John began his role here as Director of Church Relations while Gordeen served as International Student Advisor (1993-1999). From 1999-2011 John was senior pastor at Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park on the campus of the University of Chicago and Gordeen was senior editor at McGraw-Hill Publishing. They are now retired and living in Northfield. Dr. Peder Jothen ’94 teaches in the Religion Department. He received his degrees from the University of Chicago. Prior to graduate school, he taught English abroad, volunteered for a year in the Lutheran Volunteer Corps and worked for a non-profit in the Twin Cities. His wife, Kaethe Schwehn, is a writer and teacher. They spend a good chunk of each day delightfully chasing their 2 year old, Thisbe. |
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Jennifer Anderson Koenig '87 Associate College Pastor koenig@stolaf.edu |
Jennifer Koenig has been the associate college pastor at St. Olaf College since 1997. She choreographed and performed for three years with the professional modern dance company Ballet Harren and later served for three years on the dance and on the fine arts committee at Luther Seminary. Koenig served in parish ministry in Iowa before coming to St. Olaf. |
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John Ferguson Eliot and Klara Stockdahl Johnson Professor of Organ and Church Music, Cantor to the Student Congregation ferg@stolaf.edu |
John Ferguson earned a B.M. from Oberlin College, an M.M. from Kent State University and a D.M.A. from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Russel Saunders. Ferguson is one of America's most respected church musicians and teachers. He has been invited as a visiting professor by the faculties of the University of Notre Dame and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He is respected as a fine teacher and performer, and his work as an improviser and leader of congregational song has received national acclaim. Each year he presents many hymn festivals across the country, both for local congregations and professional gatherings. Ferguson is the author of three books, numerous articles and has a large number of published organ and choral compositions. |
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Lisa Brown Administrative Assistant to the Pastors' Office brownl@stolaf.edu 507-786-3092 |
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Kehan Bao Sacristan bao@stolaf.edu |
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