St. John's Lutheran Church and School (LCMS)

pastor.zieroth@stjohns-chaska.org

The Rev. Dr. Gary William Zieroth, entered Concordia College (now called Concordia University),  in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1982 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986.  His area of concentration was counseling and psychology.  He received his Master of Divinity degree at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana in 1990.  He served his vicarage year at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Edmonton, Alberta.

From 1990 to 1998, Pastor Zieroth served God's people at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort McMurray, Alberta, and King of Kings Lutheran Church in Saint Albert, Alberta, Canada.  In 1998, he accepted a call to St. Paul’s Kingsville, Maryland.

Pastor Zieroth has a special interest in what the Bible teaches concerning marriage, families, and catechesis.  This led him to pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree focusing on the area of Christian parenting.  In October 2006, Pastor Zieroth completed and successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.  His dissertation is based on a Christian parenting course he developed while at St. Paul's.  Pastor Zieroth has led Bible study retreats called Real Men Follow Jesus  hosted by CTS in Fort Wayne and at pastoral conferences.  He has also been interviewed several times on the Issues, Etc radio program on the subject of men and the church.  He has written several sermon studies for Concordia Pulpit Resources and also serves as an adjunct professor at the seminary in Fort Wayne

In February 2009, Pastor Zieroth accepted a call to join us here at St. John’s as the Senior Pastor.  

Pastor Zieroth's wife, JoAnn (Bickel), holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, also from Concordia Ann Arbor, as well as a Master of Music degree from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.  She previously taught in Lutheran schools in Fort Wayne and the Detroit area.  They have been blessed with four children.

Pastor Greg Snow is a 1986 graduate of South Dakota State University, Brookings SD, and a 2000 graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO.  He served as Vicar at St. John's Lutheran Church, Chaska, MN in 1998-1999 where he was Called, and continues to serve, as pastor since June 25, 2000.

Pastor Snow is a 2006 PLI (Pastoral Leadership Institute) graduate, and in 2010 received a Certificate in Pastoral Counseling from Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN. 

He has a passion for outreach to the community and currently serves as the Pastoral Liaison for Love INC (In the Name of Christ), is a member of the Minnesota Crisis Consultation and Support Team, as well as the Chaplain for the City of Chaska Police Department.  Developing relationships with city and county leaders, Law Enforcement Officials, and members of the business community allow open access for the love of Jesus to enter hearts that might otherwise be closed to the message of the Gospel.

He and his wife, Connie, share a heart for local, regional, and international mission work.  Together they have been part of short term mission teams in India twice (2007 and 2010) and anxious to lead other teams to India, Uganda, and Haiti. 

Pastor Snow and Connie are strong supporters of Lutheran Education and all four of their children have attended St. John's Lutheran School, Mayer Lutheran High School, and or Concordia, St. Paul:  Jacob-24; Isaac-18; Clara-14; and Elly-8.  In their spare time they like to hunt, fish, and spend some much needed family time at our camper on Lake Augusta in Annandale, MN.

We look forward to the opportunity to share the love of Jesus, God’s only Son, with you!

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Jack Pallas graduated from Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska in 1985.

Jack is currently serving as Principal at St. John’s and has been in this position since 2001. Prior to this call Jack was the Director of Family Ministry and Youth at St. John’s. He has taught in St. Charles, Illinois and Mayer Lutheran High School. While at Mayer he taught upper level Religion classes. In addition to teaching, he has coached varsity basketball and baseball teams. He also served as Admissions Counselor at Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin.

Jack is married to Julie, Director of Music ant St. John’s. They have been blessed with 4 children.

jack.pallas@stjohns-chaska.org

As the Director of Parish Music, Julie Pallas directs the adult choir- Messengers of Praise, leads the contemporary worship ensemble, administers the school music program, directs children’s choirs, works with the Sunday School classes to sing in church and present their Christmas Service, directs the school Christmas Service and Spring Musicals, and plans and coordinates all worship activities at St. John’s.

Julie graduated from Concordia, Seward, NE with a BS in Secondary Education , and a double major in English and K-12 music. After graduation she taught English and directed the choirs at Valley Lutheran High School in St. Charles, IL. She also taught English at Mayer Lutheran High School, Mayer, MN. Mrs. Pallas has worked with children’s and adult choirs at St. Mark’s, St. Charles, IL, and Christ Victorious, Victoria, MN before taking over at St. John’s. She considers herself blessed to have worked with and been assisted by a number of fine organists and pianists at St. John’s. She was a member of the University Choir at Valparaiso, University, and sang with the ACappella Choir and Concordia Singers at Concordia.  She has sung with the St. Charles Singers and the Chaska Community Choir. With her children, she has enjoyed participating in theater through the Chaska Valley Family Theater.

Mrs. Pallas is married to Jack Pallas and they have four children who have all attended St. John’s Lutheran School.

You can email Julie at:  julie.pallas@stjohns-chaska.org

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Roxanne Pauling has been serving St. John's Lutheran Church for 14 years. She has worked in the church office in various areas.  If you are in need of any information, please contact her at   roxanne.pauling@stjohns-chaska.org

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