St. John Staff : Who We Are : St. John Lutheran Church

Shawn O'Brien, Pastor

Pastor O’Brien graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice and Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, OH) with a Master of Divinity degree. He has been serving St. John since 2009. (He previously served at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Crestview Hills, Kentucky and St. John’s Lutheran Church in Miamisburg, Ohio.)

He and his wife Megan (who is the Vice President at Luther Home of Mercy) have two sons Aidan and Shane. The O’Briens enjoy spending time together as a family (whenever they can find it), especially traveling to new locations and seeing God’s beautiful creation.

In addition to his responsibilities at St. John, Pastor O’Brien is also involved in the Genoa Ministerial Association, he is one of the North Central Conference Triad coordinators, he is the Dean of the North Central Conference, he has served on the Northwestern Ohio Synod Council, the Southern Ohio Synod Worship and Music team, the Mission Strategy Team for Congregational Services, also in the Southern Ohio Synod, and variety of other committees and boards.

In his free time, Pastor O’Brien enjoys reading Science Fiction (inspired by a love of Star Wars), biking, swimming, hiking, and walking the dog.

You can contact Pastor O’Brien by email here.

LisaAnne Gregg, Office Administrator

LisaAnne has returned to St. John as our Office Administrator. She is responsible for the day to day office operations of the church. She is retired from a long career in Public Service and currently serves as the Pastor at Elliston Zion United Methodist Church. She also serves as the Coordinator for the LIGHT Neighborhood Food Pantry in Elliston. She has been married to Gary for over 35 years and resides with him and their fur-baby, a huge German Shepherd named Karma.

You may contact LisaAnne by email office@stjohnwilliston.org

Beckie Goldstein, Sunday Organist

Tami Tailford, Saturday Accompanist

Tami is a life-long member of St. John. She started playing the piano for Sunday School when she was 9 years old. Tami has been part of the Saturday music team since its creation and is always ready to welcome new voices into the group.

Paul Fredericksen, Custodian

Who We Are

Location

We are located in beautiful downtown Williston, Ohio, on the corner of Main St. and Toledo St. (aka. State Route 579). There is ample parking at the rear of the church building. A map can be found here.

Worship Times

Saturday 5:00p (Contemporary)

Sunday 9:45a (Traditional)

Confirmation - Sunday at 8:30a

Sunday school on the first Sunday of each month

(NO Sunday school or Confirmation Classes - June through Labor Day)

First-time guests can click here to learn what to expect.

About Us

Our mission is to be a Lutheran congregation which welcomes all people to create and nurture life changing relationships based on the love of God in Jesus Christ, so that we may grow in faith, serve God, and serve our neighbor. More information can be found here.