Christi provides dedicated administrative support to the pastor, staff, and congregation, helping ensure the smooth daily operation of the church office. She supports a wide range of ministry activities and serves as a warm, welcoming point of contact for members, visitors, and the community.
She has been part of St. John’s office administration since 2023, bringing both professionalism and heartfelt care to her role. Christi is the proud mother of three wonderful children and holds multiple degrees in Mental Health, Professional Education, Ecology, Interior Design, and Business Administration.
Christi's Office Hours are Wednesdays from 8 am to Noon and Fridays from noon to 3 pm.
Pastor Zachary Kreitler
The Rev. Zachary A. Kreitler accepted the divine call to be St. John's pastor in 2025. A St. Louis native, he attended college at the University of Missouri--St. Louis. In the summer of 2020, he began studying theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduating with a Master of Divinity in 2025. Pastor Kreitler and his wife have been blessed with 3 children.
Our Beliefs
Biblical: St. John's believes, teaches, and confesses that the Bible is the inerrant (true), infallible (cannot err), and inspired (God-breathed) Word of God. Therefore, it is all-sufficient for faith and is the sole rule and norm for life and practice. St. John's proclaims the whole counsel of God, even in the midst of an increasingly anti-Christian culture, with confident trust in God's promise that it doesn't return to Him void but accomplishes that which He purposes.
Evangelical: St. John's is not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation for all who believe it. To be evangelical is to be people of the Gospel. The Gospel is that eternal message that in Christ Jesus, by His perfect life, by His innocent suffering and death, and by His resurrection, He accomplished salvation and freely gives His gifts of forgiveness, salvation, and life to all who believe it, apart from works of the law. He is both just and the Justifier of the one who has faith in Him by the Gospel.
Confessional: Belief in Christ necessitates a response or a confession of what one believes about Him, especially when error/false teaching is proclaimed, as satan, the world, and sin war against the pure teachings of Christ. St. John's boldly confesses and practices in accordance with the Book of Concord, as it is a true explanation of Scripture and correctly refutes many errors. The Book of Concord, also known as the Lutheran Confessions, is a collection of writings (symbols) compiled by Christians in 1580 that set forth the beliefs and confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In it, symbols date from the 15th century all the way back to the apostolic era of the church, testifying to the continuity of St. John's teaching from Christ throughout church history to today.
Liturgical: Uniting our voices in song and prayer to the church past, present, and future, St. John's utilizes the historic liturgy of the Divine Service (Gottesdienst), keeping in line with the majority of Christians for nearly 2,000 years. St. John's observes the historic lectionary and church year, observing many feasts and festivals to increase our knowledge of Christ and His will, while also learning from the example of the saints of the past.
Sacramental: St. John's believes, in accordance with Scripture, that Christ unites His powerful Word to physical elements such as water in holy baptism, and bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper, to create and sustain the precious gift of faith. At St. John's, the Lord's Supper is celebrated at each Divine Service. Communicant members of St. John's (and communicant members in good standing of sister churches in the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod) receive in the Lord's Supper Christ's very body and blood in their mouth for the forgiveness of their sins and the strengthening of their union with Him and with one another.