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Our Pastors
John D. Malzahn, Senior Pastor
Pastor John has had the privilege of serving God's people at Holy Trinity for over 20 years. Ordained in 1976 after receiving his Master of Divinity degree from from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, Pastor John has served four distinctly different communities of faith in Minnesota and Indiana before his ministry at Holy Trinity.
His wife, Elaine, also actively serves Holy Trinity, currently as convener of the Outreach Ministry. John and Elaine have two children--Martin, a pastor serving as a Religious Live Advisor at Columbia University in New York, and Elisabeth, a marketing director for a publishing company in Loveland, Colorado.
Pastor John has had the privilege of serving God's people at Holy Trinity for over 20 years. Ordained in 1976 after receiving his Master of Divinity degree from from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, Pastor John has served four distinctly different communities of faith in Minnesota and Indiana before his ministry at Holy Trinity.
His wife, Elaine, also actively serves Holy Trinity, currently as convener of the Outreach Ministry. John and Elaine have two children--Martin, a pastor serving as a Religious Live Advisor at Columbia University in New York, and Elisabeth, a marketing director for a publishing company in Loveland, Colorado.
Tracy Paschke-Johannes, Associate Pastor
Pastor Tracy accepted God's call to serve Holy Trinity in 2008 and was ordained as an ELCA pastor here in August 2009. In addition to ministry at Holy Trinity, she has served as a chaplain for St. Vincent Hospice and the Minneapolis VA Hospital. With over 10 years of high school and college competitive speaking experience, Pastor Tracy also coached the speech team at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, while she attended Luther Seminary.
She and her husband Jeff, who also serves the church by singing in the choir and designing the church's website and other church documents, have two children--Shahra, born in 2005, and Samuel, born in 2008. Pastor Tracy is an avid social-networker, and you can follow her blog at http://pastortracypj.blogspot.com/.
Pastor Tracy accepted God's call to serve Holy Trinity in 2008 and was ordained as an ELCA pastor here in August 2009. In addition to ministry at Holy Trinity, she has served as a chaplain for St. Vincent Hospice and the Minneapolis VA Hospital. With over 10 years of high school and college competitive speaking experience, Pastor Tracy also coached the speech team at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, while she attended Luther Seminary.
She and her husband Jeff, who also serves the church by singing in the choir and designing the church's website and other church documents, have two children--Shahra, born in 2005, and Samuel, born in 2008. Pastor Tracy is an avid social-networker, and you can follow her blog at http://pastortracypj.blogspot.com/.
