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 who is an ordained pastor in the ELCA and is serving at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Glenshaw, PA. They have been blessed with a fun-loving little girl named Hannah. Outside of her work with St. John’s, Pastor Smail enjoys being outdoors especially in nature. She also enjoys singing and playing the piano. One of her favorite books from which to draw sermon illustrations is Peter Rollin’s book entitled “The Orthodox Heretic: and Other Impossible Tales.”
