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Welcome to
Organist Welcome Youngju “Julie” An We are excited to announce and
welcome Youngju An or as she says, “You can call me Julie” as our new
organist. Julie comes to us with an
extensive background and credentials for the position. She finished the
bachelor of music degree in piano performance in South Korea, received a
master’s degree in piano performance at Minnesota State University, Mankato and is
presently studying organ at University of Minnesota. She also studied
theology for worship and Gospel at Luther Seminary, St. Paul in 2009. She has a wide
variety of church experiences as an accompanist, conductor, and teacher. Her
sparking personality and faith will make her a wonderful addition to our
staff. We look forward to welcoming
her on April 7.
Ray Peterson, Senior Pastor
His wife Sandy is Chairman of the
Nursing Program at Bethel University in St. Paul Minnesota. They have two children: Christopher, who is the pastor at
Providence Presbyterian in Southaven, Mississippi. Chris is married to Alisa and they have two
children, son, Liam Cyrus, and daughter Jane Morgan. Their daughter Beth lives in Seattle and
is a water resources engineer. To that end he is presently serving as a
volunteer chaplain with the St. Louis Park Police Department and has also
served on the Blake Corridor Task Force with the Hopkins Chief of Police and
several community agencies in trying to change the environment of the
neighborhood. Judy Francis, Associate Pastor In the spring of 2001, Judy
was called to be the Associate Pastor at Prince of Peace, and was ordained on
Pastor Judy and her husband
Stephen have two children, a daughter Jackie, who has two children, Katie
& Michael, and son Erick, his wife, Jenny and son William James, daughter
Sarah Ann and son Benjamin Hathaway. Judy Francis - Associate Pastor - jfrancis@popslp.org Erick Lichte, Choir Director We are blessed to have Erick Lichte as our new choir director. Erick comes to us with extensive musical
background and experience. In
the last ten years, Erick has carved out a distinct niche in the vocal music
world and concert life in America. As a founding member, singer and Artistic
Director of the male vocal ensemble Cantus, he created and sustained one of
the two full-time vocal ensembles in the nation. From
2000-2009, Erick’s programming and artistic direction was heard in over 60
concerts a year in such venues as Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Merkin
Hall, San Francisco Performances, Oregon Bach Festival, UCLA and Spivey Hall,
to name a few. His work has also been heard by hundreds of thousands of
people through national and international broadcasts of hour-long Christmas
programs distributed through American Public Media. He has collaborated with artists such as
Bobby McFerrin, the Boston Pops, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, James
Sewell Ballet and poet Robert Bly, to name a few. His work with Cantus garnered him the 2009
Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, the highest honor for the
professional choral organization Chorus America. Erick himself is an active arranger and composer
whose music has been heard across the United States, especially as a
co-creator and arranger of All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. As a record producer, Erick has been at the
helm of eight highly acclaimed Cantus recordings as well as a forthcoming
album of Schumann and Brahms works by Canadian pianist Robert Silvermann. He is currently on faculty of Augsburg College
and is the Artistic Director of the Great River Chorale, an auditioned 50
voice ensemble based in St. Cloud, Minnesota. We are excited about having him
on our staff.
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