John will be retiring as Overseer in April 2010. He has assured everyone that he and his wife, Boots, will still be very involved in the church. We would like to thank him for his tireless dedication to God, our community and to our church family.


Bible Verses

 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. Romans 7:15-20

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,  Romans 8:1

Bio
John Barnett was born on May 29^th, 1947 in Daviess County, Kentucky. John moved to St. Louis in 1959 He and his wife Boots were married October 9^th, 1965. John became a member of Cedar Hill Lutheran in 1991. While attending Cedar Hill Lutheran Church, He had a call from God to be His servant. In September 1992 he became the church Overseer. He took many classes then in theology and church relations under his friend and his great mentor, Pastor David Bilgreen, who spent many hours, days, months, and years teaching him, along with many outside classes and seminars over the years. God has blessed him with the greatest wife, Boots, a wonderful son Rodney and his wife, Andrea, their children, Brock Joseph and Brianna Mae. A wonderful daughter, Sherri, and her husband, Neil, and their three sons, Shawn Thomas, Dustin Anthony, and John Ethan, and the greatest church family at Cedar Hill Lutheran Church.