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We love because He first loved us.

- 1 John 4:19

Everybody has a story—where we’ve come from, where we are at, and where we might be headed. We believe the gospel can heal, renew, strengthen, and bless us by drawing our stories up into God’s greater story.

The story of Saint James has been one of receiving God’s gifts, sharing life together, loving our neighbors, spreading the gospel, and making disciples on the corner of Annapolis and Cherokee since 1928.

Meet our Staff

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Rev. Dr. Thomas Aadland

LEAD PASTOR

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Rev. Jordan Voges

ASSOCIATE PASTOR

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Rev. Dr. Bob Gehrke
PASTOR OF SENIOR MINISTRY

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Dr. Martin Dicke
ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR

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Tam Bandelin
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

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Communications Team
MEMBERS:
Diane Munson
Alyson Voges

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AV Team

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Saint James Church Board
MEMBERS:
Carl Hasbargen, President
Dave Grimm, Vice-President
Sharon Reichenbach, Secretary
Todd Readinger, Treasurer
John Kirchner, Financial Secretary
Mariann Peterschick, Auditor
Dick Miller, Elder Co-Chair
Scott Butenhoff
Dave Gunderson
Dwight Larson
Mark Reichenbach

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A father is gently holding the hand of a young girl while walking down the side aisles of the pews.
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An elderly woman in a black floral top and white pants greets the pastor in a white robe with green collar, holding his hand and smiling, while another man stands nearby at the entrance of a building.
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An elderly woman with gray hair, sitting at a table with children, holding her hand up with fingers labeled B I B L E, smiling as she teaches a Bible lesson to children, including a girl with a bow in her hair and a boy in a striped sweater.
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Our Synod

Saint James is a member of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), a fellowship of more than 6,000 congregations in the United States upholding the historic faith of the Christian Church.

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