Reverend Bob Schaefer

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Pastor Bob Schaefer

Reverend Bob Schaefer served St. John’s Lutheran Church from October 2006 through September 2009. Bob has since resigned from his position as pastor and moved to Pennsylvania with his wife.

He was born at Camp LeJeune, NC, and raised in Pipestone and Hutchinson, MN, where his parents, brother, and most of his family still live. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1994, and attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, earning his BA in religion in 1998.

Pastor Schaefer earned his M.Div. (master of divinity) from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, in 2003. While in St. Paul, he was assigned to Saint Mark Evangelical Lutheran Churchfor contextual education, supervised by Rev. Walt Wietzke. He completed his internship at Fir-Conway Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon, WA, from 2000-2001, under the supervision of Rev. Martin Taylor.

On March 16, 2003, Pastor Schaefer was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Following his ordination, he served as the pastor of First Lutheran Church of Litchville, ND, and Spring Creek Lutheran Church of Hastings, ND, until fall of 2006.

Pastor Schaefer is a self-proclaimed “geek,” with a love for all things shiny and gadgety. He enjoys photography and graphic design (he is the designer both of this site and the current church logo). He is also passionate about music – both making and listening to it. In his spare time, he maintains his personal web site.

Pastor Schaefer is married to Gretchen, and as he states, she is “ the most wonderful woman in the world.”  She received her Ph.D.  in communication at Purdue University. She has accepted a position teaching rhetoric at the University of Pennsylania which led to Bob’s resignation as pastor of St. John’s.