Rev. Jen Nagel
Pastor
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Jen has served as Salem’s pastoral leader since July 2003. She combines urban ministry experience, a love for working with congregations in the midst of transformation and change, and a deep care for the people of Salem and the neighborhood. Her work includes the usual pastoral duties (preaching, teaching, worship leadership, pastoral care) as well as walking with Salem in this time of transformation, development and partnership: a challenging balancing act and yet one that gives Jen energy. Jen is trained in intentional interim ministry and transformational ministry. She holds an M.Div. from University of Chicago-Divinity School, completed work at Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago and Concordia College, Moorhead Minnesota. She’s served at Central Lutheran Church and Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, in Africa, Chicago, Michigan, and outdoor ministry settings. On January 19, 2008, Jen was ordained and installed at Salem.
 

John Rader
Church Administrator
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John joined Salem’s staff in 2008 as the part-time Church Administrator. He is a graduate of Southwest High School and Augsburg College with a degree in Business Administration. John is currently pursuing an accounting certificate (eventually the CPA designation) at the U of M, Carlson School of Management. John’s gifts include organization and energy to support a congregation going through significant and exciting transitions.

Tom Pieper
Jazz Music Man
spiritj(at)msn(dot)com

Tom serves Salem as a part-time music coordinator and upright bass player for our non-traditional service. He has worked as a full time free-lance musician for many years and continues to do so. He teaches middle school orchestra at Wayzata Central and East middle schools, and is a faculty member for bass and electric bass at MacPhail Center for Music. He continues to perform in SpiritJazz, a jazz band that he founded with his wife, Karen.

Since Tom is well-connected In the Twin Cities jazz scene, Salem benefits each week as Tom brings in guest musicians. You can look up the upcoming musicians  online at www.tcmusic.net

Betsy Keno
Pianist and Organist
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At Salem’s traditional services, Betsy Keno has enjoyed the challenge of maintaining a fresh musical perspective that supports a meaningful and approachable traditional liturgy.

Betsy has been a pianist-accompanist and church musician, also teacher of piano, music fundamentals, and piano pedagogy and arrived at Salem in 2008.

Her educational background includes a BA in Fine Arts at Whitworth College, Spokane, WA, Master of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Dalcroze Certificate at Longy School in Cambridge, MA.
 

Mark Zahlin
IT Specialist/Assistant Administrator
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Mark Zahlin graduated from The Art Institutes International Minnesota (AIM) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Interactive Media Design on March 27, 2010.  He is currently  a  freelance developer of websites and other interactive media applications for a variety of clients.