Staff Directory

Pastor Smail joined the staff of St. John’s in August of 2006 as our Associate Pastor. She loves that St. John’s is a congregation where its people want to be here and enjoy doing ministry. She feels very thankful to be a partner in ministry at St. John’s. She is married to Pastor Daniel Smail [...]

Ryan Patrick Murphy is the organist and choirmaster of the Pittsburgh Oratory of St. Philip Neri and of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland in McCandless, Pennsylvania. He is also an organist and cantor at the St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh and is the founder and director of the Schola Cantorum of the Pittsburgh Oratory, [...]

Debbie has been serving the St. John’s community since October of 2004 as our Office Manager. She loves her job which includes managing the office, greeting visitors, and taking care of church records. While not a member of St. John’s, she enjoys the people she works with. She is married to Joe and, now that [...]

Amy currently serves on the St. John’s staff as one of our Office Assistants. She has been a member of St. John’s for about three years and decided to attend through a friend of hers. She specifically likes the Lutheran service, social activities offered and the friendliness among people. At St. John’s, she says, a [...]