St. Peter's is a friendly, diverse, integrated and family-oriented church. Young, old, single, or married; all are welcomed for worship, prayer, bible study and fellowship.

Pastor Weist was born in Livonia, Michigan and raised in Canton, Ohio. He arrived to St. Peter’s in December of 2007 and brings a passion for; preaching, teaching, counceling, youth ministries and outreach. He received his Bachelor Degree in Adminstration from Michigan State University, Master's Degree in Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and is close to completing his Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife, Carter, and their three children enjoy traveling, swimming, hiking, horseback riding and spending time with family. Email Pastor

Vicar Marc Cohen (a seminary intern) will be working with us and Building Hope in the City through July 2009. Marc and his wife Cheryl are both 28 years old. He is attending Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO. He and his wife are very passionate about Missions having served as a missionary for Panama for one year. Marc's emphasis will be on missions, church planting, and tutoring, with the goal of helping to plant a new cross-cultural worship worship service.

Hi this is Mark! My family and I have been attending St. Peter’s since 1984. Together with my wife, Evelyn, we have three children and live in Shaker Heights. The St. Peter’s church family is special to us in that they are a very supportive caring community of Christians. I have personally experienced this care numerous times and had the priviledge of extending that care to others in need. Serving as an Elder to help others develop their ministries is a joy to me. I look forward to meeting you and sharing many great ways that God is embracing us with the love of Jesus Christ!

Otfried Niedermaier was born and raised in Germany. He and his wife, Helen Sheehan have been members of St. Peter’s since 1990. They have two daughters. It has been a privilege to call St. Peter’s family and to serve in various positions, currently as congregation president. Besides a busy work schedule, family time and other responsibility, Otfried tries to exercise regularly, alone or with others.

Chad Lauritsen, singer/keyboardist, started playing the piano at age fourteen. With the encouragement of Mr. Herb Kaiman, his high school music teacher, he developed a love for music that led him to choose it as his major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His major instrument was voice, studying with Dr. Margaret Kennedy. Never forgetting his love for the keyboard, he studied pipe organ with Drs. Claire Bushong and Quentin Faulkner. Chad graduated from UNL in 1996 with a BA in liberal arts. He with his wife, Kim, moved to Cleveland in 2002 and have been members at St. Peter’s since 2003. Serving from time to time as a substitute keyboardist, he became the full-time church keyboardist in 2006.

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Ms. Marie Chess is the Administrative Assistant, serving the church since 2007. She earned her B.S. Degree in Education from Kent State University. She has two daughters and three grandchildren. She enjoys cooking, gardening and photography. Email Marie