Our Clergy

The Reverend Jered Weber-Johnson

was called to St. John’s to be the Rector in the spring of 2011 – and as he describes it, coming to St. John’s was like “coming home.” As the priest in charge of the parish, Jered oversees the operations of the church, the staff, the finances, and fundraising, as well as the spiritual life and care of the congregation. Jered also preaches regularly, teaches, celebrates the Eucharist and presides at other worship along with our associate rector, does regular pastoral care, and chairs vestry, the lay governing board of the parish.

While Jered relishes all the opportunities that leading a congregation like St. John’s presents – setting a vision, connecting members to their own individual callings, and cultivating the mission of the church – his deepest passion is walking with people as they discover the depth of God’s love for them in their relationship with Jesus Christ, and helping them unlock how they can share that love and relationship with a hurting world. You might want to connect with Jered to talk about life transitions (weddings, funerals, baptisms, confirmations), to discuss your vocation or sense of calling, to confess or to receive pastoral counseling.

Before moving to Minnesota, Jered served at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, which is located close to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Previously, Jered also served at St. Paul’s Chapel at Ground Zero and Trinity Wall Street in New York City. While in New York he received his Master of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary. Jered and his wife Erin were sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia in western Washington, to serve as missionaries with the Episcopal Church’s Young Adult Service Corp in northern Taiwan.

Jered was born in Bemidji, Minnesota and moved when he was six to Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska where he would grow up and graduate from high school. Jered received his bachelor’s degree from Greenville College (Greenville, Illinois) where he studied Communication and Religion, ran track and cross-country, and (more importantly) met and married the love of his life, Erin Weber-Johnson. They have two very energetic and quickly growing boys.

The Reverend Dr. Craig Lemming

is delighted to serve at St. John’s as the Associate Rector. Craig provides oversight of St. John’s Liturgical, Faith Formation, and Pastoral Care ministries, and shares in the responsibilities of preaching, teaching, as well as officiating and celebrating at our various liturgies. He serves on the Episcopal Church in Minnesota’s diocesan Racial Justice and Healing Formation Team.

Craig served as the founding Director, Chaplain, and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Circle of the Beloved – an intentional community for justice-seeking young adults committed to spiritual discernment and cultivating kinship across all lines of difference as decolonial, antiracist followers of Jesus. Craig earned his Doctor of Ministry degree at Trinity College, University of Toronto for his thesis on “Antiracist, Decolonial, Spiritual Practices that Create Kinship Across Lines of Difference.” Craig also holds a Master of Divinity degree from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and a Master of Music degree from Indiana University.

Craig was born and raised in Zimbabwe, attended St. George’s College in Harare and graduated from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Prior to serving at St. John’s, Craig completed his Chaplaincy training at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and served as the Transitional Deacon and Curate of St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Linden Hills, Minneapolis. Craig loves Christian centering prayer and practices audio divina with scripture and music as a spiritual discipline. He is fascinated by Decoloniality, Intersectionality, Art Films, Zimbabwe, and Orthodox Iconography; and looks forward to fulfilling his dream of visiting Florence, Italy and the island of Zanzibar someday. Craig’s essay “Voice and Verse: Breathing and Belonging Together” was published in Pathways to Belonging published by Wipf & Stock in 2025.

The Reverend Judy DesHarnais

is St. John’s Deacon and has principal oversight of our Faith In Action ministries.

She was a member of Messiah Episcopal Church in St. Paul for 24 years, and served there as a Deacon since her ordination in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota in 2013.

Karen refugees from Burma have been part of that congregation since 2007, and Deacon Judy’s principal call was to serve with the Karen. She also participated in the church’s partnership with a parish in Haiti; Judy and her husband John have hosted multiple visits from the partner priests from Haiti and she has made five short trips to Haiti to strengthen the parish partnership. She is the Global Mission Advocate for the diocese of Minnesota.

She is a retired Civil Engineer having served in the Peace Corps in Benin, West Africa for two years and with the Army Corps of Engineers for over 30 years. Judy is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity degree from the General Theological Seminary in New York as a part of their distance learning program.

Judy and her husband have two grown and married daughters, and two granddaughters.

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