Pastor TeresaThe Rev. Teresa K. Mithen was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a graduate of Crossroads School (high school), Yale College (B.A., History), the University of Chicago (M.P.P.), and the General Theological Seminary (M.Div.) She has worked for Dwight Hall: the Center for Public Service and Social Justice at Yale, Interfaith Worker Justice, the Office of Institutional Advancement and Alumni/ae Relations at General Theological Seminary, and St. James' Church. Pastor Teresa is a life-long Episcopalian, from a family of Baptist missionaries. During the past twelve years, she has served the Episcopal Church on the diocesan, provincial, national levels. She is currently serving as a member of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri's Commission on Ministry, Task Force for the Hungry, and Resolutions Committee, as well as the priest in charge of Episcopal Campus Ministry at St. Louis University. In civic life, Pastor Teresa is the Faith Committee Co-Chair for St. Louis Area Jobs with Justice. Pastor Teresa is an Associate of the Order of St. Helena. Pastor Teresa was very pleased to return to St. Louis in June 2004 in order to accept the call to be the 21st rector of St. John's. She has served as pastor of St. John's for four wonderful years so far and she looks forward to many more years of fruitful ministry at St. John's. To this end, Pastor Teresa began work on a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) in Congregational Development at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in July 2007. Pastor Teresa lives with three cats in Tower Grove Heights; she enjoys walking, gardening, reading historical novels, crocheting, drinking good coffee, playing the piano (badly), and travelling. |
Pastor Teresa and Co.
Pastor Teresa at the end of a long, but successful, Clean-up Day October, 2004
Frankie and Johnnie born September, 2004 
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