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Pastors are available for conversation, counseling, and prayer.
Give them a call at 830-693-2253, or stop by the church office.

Pastor Casey graduated from the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS) in Austin in 2004 with a Master of Divinity Degree. She now serves as associate pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Marble Falls where she also served as intern during her third year of seminary.

Before attending LSPS, she graduated with honors from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and was elected into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. During her studies at UT she was involved in many campus groups including Lutheran Campus Ministry where she served on the council and coordinated efforts to reach out to incoming freshmen students.

In addition to her duties at St. Peter’s, Pastor Casey also serves the greater church through her involvement with the Commission for Congregational Life and particularly the synod’s School of Mission. She is extremely excited to have been elected as a voting member to the ELCA’s 2007 Churchwide Assembly.

Pastor Casey has special interest in teaching, worship, creative dance, and drama. She enjoys sharing her gift of dance in the congregation by teaching and performing liturgical dance, and she enjoys sharing her gift of drama through storytelling gospel lessons at worship services. Pastor Casey is married to Eric, a molecular biologist with the Department of State Health Services. They were blessed with the birth of their daughter Brecken in March 2009.

Pastor John K. Stern was born and raised in Houston. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Texas Lutheran College in Seguin in 1966 and his Master of Divinity Degree from Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1970.

He is married to Karen, and they have two daughters: Christine, who is married to Carlos and lives in Sonoma Valley in California; and Melissa, who is married to John and lives in Austin. Pastor Stern and Karen enjoy their grandchildren James, Gaby and Alicia Marie who was
born on July 7th.

Pastor Stern's first call was a specialized youth ministry arrangement between Holy Ghost, Bethany and Zion Lutheran churches of Fredericksburg that continued for almost 4 years. He then served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran in Orange, Texas for 10 years where he taught the Bethel Series Bible Study and started the Stephen's Ministry. He served as Senior Pastor of First Lutheran in San Marcos, Texas for 24 years before retiring in March of last year.

Since that time, he served as an Interim Pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran in Yoakum from March 2009 to August 2010. Pastor Stern began serving as Interim Pastor for St. Peter's in August, 2010. He enjoys golfing, traveling, family, outdoor activities, music and playing the guitar. He also enjoys creating Biblical Character Portrayals, Bible Study materials, preaching and teaching. Pastor Stern and Karen live in San Marcos. Karen is a Registered Nurse.

Mayrean is originally from Iowa. Serving St. Peter's since 1996, Mayrean brings many talents to our ministry. Her talents as artist and as organist are often utilized at St. Peter's, in addition to her secretarial skills and pleasant personality. She and husband Dean have three grown daughters, all of whom live in Marble Falls and are members of St. Peter's along with their families.

Steph is a University of North Dakota graduate with a Bachelor Degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis on Public Relations. She has been married to her husband, Jim, for twelve years and has two children, Chase and Zachary.

Steph has been an active member of St. Peter's since April of 2005. Before becoming the Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator she assisted with Vacation Bible School and the annual SuperKids production. She continues to be actively involved with education through the St. Peter’s Lutheran School Board and the Youth and Education Committee.

She and her husband own Everett Chiropractic Health Center where Steph coordinates the billing and insurance for all the patients. She enjoys golfing, boating, cooking, entertaining and being with her family and friends. The Everetts have lived in Marble Falls since 1999 after moving to the area from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Don was born and raised a Lutheran in St. Paul, MN, which is where Don’s extended family continues to reside. He received a Bachelors of Music Education from Wartburg College where he met his wife Faith, and graduated in 1969. The day after graduation, the two were married at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, IA where Faith’s father, Dr. William Weiblen, was serving as a professor.

Don’s career in music began as a band director in various communities of Iowa and Texas, leaving high school teaching in 1988. During this teaching period he completed a Masters degree in music at the University of Nebraska. In 1988 Faith’s work took them to Europe. They spent 3 years in England and 6 years in Germany. During this time Don changed his emphasis from instrumental music to choral music. While in Europe, he took the opportunity to do a lot of singing, some conducting (including church and community choirs) and a good deal of study. Don’s singing allowed him to perform in some of the great venues of Europe with some of the world’s finest orchestras.

Upon returning to the USA in 1997, he began looking for opportunities to work as a music director in a church. In the autumn of 1999 he began to work at a large Lutheran church in Plano, Texas. During this period he also sang with the Dallas Symphony Chorus. Once again, following Faith’s work we moved to New York City. There he became active in the music of Riverside Church. The Trapps moved to Horseshoe Bay in February of 2008. Don’s spare time is taken up with golf, travel, cooking and gardening.