Rev. Rick King
Pastor
Rev. Rick joined us in November 2017. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1989 and was ordained Jan. 28, 1990. Over the past 27 years, he has served congregations in Winona, Minnesota, Longmont, Colorado, and elsewhere. Rick and his wife, Linda, have three teen-age sons. Rick can be reached at revrick@falconheightsucc.org.
Joel Johnson
Music Director
Joel and Karen Johnson have served Falcon Heights Church with their music ministry for more than 50 years. Joel was a music educator and choral director in the Roseville Area Schools for 32 years; he also served for 50 years as conductor of the Symphonic Chorus at the New Hampshire Music Festival, where he is now conductor emeritus.
Karen Johnson
Organist
Karen Johnson is an active organist and accompanist who taught music in the public schools for 30 years, 21 of them in the Roseville district. She and Joel shared a half century of music at the New Hampshire Music Festival, where she served as librarian and staff keyboardist and was a featured soloist in the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony.
Shannon Kaiser
Office Manager
Shannon is a musician who has also worked in customer support and software quality assurance. She performs with the Twin Cities Brass Band and the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra. She is in the office Monday-Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sara Nedeau
Sunday Nursery Attendant
Sara Nedeau provides loving nursery care to little ones 5 and under while their parents are in church on Sundays. Her own mother ran a day care and Sara grew up around kids and likes them. She also volunteers at her daughter’s school.
Kristi Frid
President, Calendar Management Services
Kristi Frid and her crew have cleaned our church since 2016. A West St. Paul native, Kristi has been cleaning for 20 years and thoroughly enjoys it. Her company cleans churches, offices and houses.
Edith Bohardt
Seminary Intern
Edith is in her third year at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. She studied music education (she plays flute and clarinet) before a pastor suggested she consider the ministry. After graduation, she hopes to serve a UCC congregation in the area of children and family ministry.
