John has served as pastor at Covenant since 1995. He is a graduate of the College of Wooster (1979), Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University (1982), and Union Presbyterian Seminary (1993). He is active in the presbytery and community and currently serves on the boards of the Staunton Augusta Church Relief Association, Augusta Health, and the Shenandoah Presbytery Corporation. His wife Karen is a retired elementary school librarian. They have two grown children and one granddaughter.