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John Heskett

Leadership Board Member: 2023-2024

John and his wife Jeanie have been members of MUMC since 2000 following their move to St. Louis from Jefferson City.  John has been active at Manchester serving in Children’s Sunday School, Adult Faith Formations, Mission Team, Social Justice Team, MO-Hab Bike Ministry, and the Mozambique Initiative  Ministry at both our church and the Missouri Conference levels. 

John Heskett is retired.  His career included service as a special education professional at the local, state, and national levels, school district administrator, and as adjunct faculty at universities.  In retirement, he serves on several boards of not-for-profit organizations addressing social justice and children’s issues.

John is the Manager of Retirement Benefits for SSM Health, and has worked primarily in retirement plan administration for his entire adult life. 

John is also a board member for LifeWiseSTL, an outstanding non-profit organization that is well-supported by Manchester UMC. 

They have two “children”, Ellen and Brad, who are in their mid-20s and live in the St. Louis area. They have been very blessed and are privileged to support this great church in any way we can!

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Pastor's Note

Have you ever felt like this?

by Rev. Andy Blacksher, Executive Pastor Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two other disciples were together.  Simon Peter told them, “I’m going fishing.” They said, “We’ll go with you.” They set out in a boat, but throughout the night they caught nothing.   

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