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 [...]

Pastor Donald Anderson has been serving the body at St. John’s since 1988. As the Associate in Pastoral Care, he is involved with the pastoral ministry of St. John’s. He also heads the property committee. Pastor Anderson became a member/officer of the Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Synod at its beginning in 1963. With he [...]

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 [...]

Nick has been serving at St. John’s for several years as our Media and Technology Specialist. He oversees all technical aspects of the church during worship which includes audio production during the Contemporary Services, video projection to our video screens and handles the St. John’s website. Nick has been a member of St. John’s since [...]