Our Senior Pastor Pastor John J. Koch  John joined the Pastoral team as Senior Pastor in July of 2005. Pastor John has a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Barbara have been serving churches in the Greater New Jersey Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1974. They have three children, Christy, John, and Joy.  Pastor John’s guiding biblical passage for ministry is John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in me and I in him, will bear much fruit for apart from me you can do nothing".

Our Associate Pastor Pastor Paul Amey Paul was born March 3rd, 1950 to the Rev. E. Jay, and Mrs. Ruth (Parker) Amey, and is the oldest of their four children, having a younger sister and two brothers. Paul graduated from Pemberton Township H.S., Asbury College, and entered the ministry in 1972, while attending Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served the Newfield UMC., and then the Winslow Circuit before becoming Associate Pastor at St. John's UMC. in Hazlet under Norman Riley, for 14 years. His next 11 years in ministry were on the New Egypt - Cookstown circuit, and for the past 7 years Pastor Amey has been at the West Grove UMC., in Neptune. Paul and his wife Linda have been married for 34 years, and have a daughter, Bethany, a graduate of Eastern University, and a son, Jonathan, completing his freshman year in college. Their 5-year-old beagle, Casey, is also an integral part of their family.  Pastor Amey enjoys reading, classical music, hymns and gospel music, astronomy, and origami. His wife Linda does scrapbooking, quilting, and is known to tackle sudoku puzzles during her lunch break at work.  Pastor Amey looks forward to serving Christ with the people of St. John's. His desire is to be faithful, encouraging others in their walk with Christ, and furthering God's kingdom through the building up of God's people.

Student Ministries Director Joshua Mularski joined the team in April 2006. Josh comes to us from Rillton, PA in Pittsburgh area with wife Kate. Josh had been a youth pastor for the past five years in the church where he grew up. Prior to that he had been an inner city outreach volunteer for two years and a youth volunteer for three years. He also had experience at a large Bible School as a teacher for high school students and as an instructor teaching college level youth ministry courses. During his most recent position, he led a weekly program for 70-100 students. Josh developed this program himself. Josh has been involved with mission trips as a leader.  Josh received his minister's license from Greater Works Bible School after completing their three year course and a year of full time ministry work. Josh and wife Kate have a strong love relationship with Our Lord.

Director of Children's Ministries Sandy Gregory joined our staff on July 1, 2004. Before coming to St. John’s, Sandy held the position of Director of Children’s Ministry at Hope UMC in Voorhees. Before that, Sandy held the position of Director of Christian Education at St. Luke’s UMC in Yorktown, Virginia, which involved oversight of all areas of Christian education. Sandy is a certified Stephen’s Minister, has gone through an intensive (34 week!) Disciple Bible Study, and has attended courses at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. As Sandy explains, "I love God and I love to serve him through ministries". Sandy grew up Catholic but became a member of a UMC church 10 years ago. Of St. John’s, Sandy says, "I feel God’s spirit here in a powerful way". She feels the people are loving, encouraging, and willing to help. "When I took the job I knew I would be happy, as I would be serving God, but I just didn’t know how much I would love serving him here! Sandy and husband Bob live in Williamstown with their two children, Dylan, 19, and Mandie, 17. She enjoys arts, gardening, reading, music, and race walking (which probably comes in handy when dealing with all the little ones at St. John’s!).

Worship Ministries William Yerkes is our Worship Leader. Bill graduated from Rowan University May 1996 with a degree in K-12 Vocal Music Education. He accepted Jesus as his Savior on September 22, 1978 and has been worshipping Him through music ever since. He teaches at West Deptford High School and lives in Brooklawn with his wife Tina and three children, Emily, Madelyn, and Andrew. John Kulikowski is our Worship Leader Assistant. John has been serving in worship ministries since 1995 and he served part-time on Young Life staff for 7 years He has been with Commerce Bancorp for 18 years where he is currently the Learning Management Officer.  He lives in Glassboro with his wife, Gina, and daughters, Mary, Lizzie, and Ashley."

Our Nursery School Director Sharon Winter joined the pastoral team in 1997 as Children's Pastor. She is a graduate of Rowan University with a degree in Elementary Education with a specialty in Kindergarten-Primary Education. She has been the Director of a Christian nursery school (10 years) and has taught in the Camden School District (9 years). She and husband John have four children: Tachelle, Jordan, Jenessa, and Evan. They live in Sewell.