Pastor

Rev. Wade Lindstrom

Senior Pastor

Rev. Wade Lindstrom has been appointed to St. John’s UMC as of July 1, 2018. Wade felt the call into fulltime ministry in 2004 after a career in Real Estate and as a Sales and Marketing Manager for a company in Austin, Texas. Wade attended Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He served as a Pastor in Lone Oak, Texas and worked at the Conference office of New Church Develpment and Revitalization while attending Perkins. Upon graduation Wade was appointed to North Shore UMC in Canyon Lake, TX and then he went on to serve at First UMC in Pflugerville, TX. Wade is married to Terri Lindstrom, a creative and talented School Librarian. They have a 14-year-old son, Daniel, who will be a freshman in high school this coming year.

Harley Mathews

Pastoral Intern

Harley, along with his wife Amanda, are long-time members of St. John’s UMC. He has recently graduated from Texas A&M with a BA- History and minor in Religious Studies. His plans for Fall 2021 is to attend seminary while pursuing candidacy in the United Methodist tradition. Harley has over 13 years of weekly tactile ministry experience and has been a key leader and regular preacher at the Thy Kingdom Come (TKC) heavy worship service here at St. John’s for many years.

As a primary focus Harley desires to grow St. John’s into its new vision and its overall life work. This means especially reaching out to the neighborhood college students and families. Harley is particularly gifted in creating and hosting spiritual formation events. The method of this includes integrating experiential contemplative work for small groups of members and non-members. He will continue to engage and participate in TKC and other services