Staff Showcase

Barb Christian • November 18, 2024

Staff Showcase: Barb Christian, Preschool Director

I have deep roots here at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church as my great-great-grandparents donated land on the corner of Lahmeyer and Trier roads to build the very first St. Peter’s Church. I became a part of the St. Peter’s family when I was baptized in November of 1968. Growing up, I remember following the service in the red hymnal beside my grandma and being confirmed at the end of my eighth-grade year. I participated in the young adult choir, helped with VBS, and taught Sunday school.


I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher like my older sister. After college, I was blessed to teach with her at St. John’s Lutheran School in Kendallville, IN. I spent 8 years teaching second grade there. It was in Kendallville that I met my husband, Mark. Together we have been blessed with three wonderful daughters, Grace, Laura, and Anna. I took a year off from teaching when we had Grace, but stepped back into the world of education just a year later by teaching preschool both at Our Hope Lutheran in Huntertown, IN and back “home” at St. Peter’s. I have been teaching at St. Peter’s ever since. I taught both 3s and 4s through the years and then accepted the position of preschool director in the fall of 2019.


As the preschool director, I am blessed to get to know the students and their families, and to share the love of Jesus with them. I love that I get to know them at the beginning of their school experience and to watch them grow up. I am blessed to be surrounded by people who share my love of Jesus and work well together as a family.


When I am not working as the preschool director, I enjoy spending time with my family, summer, hanging out at the pool, traveling, and helping my brother and his wife with their ice cream business. I am very blessed in so many aspects of my life, and am thankful to God for all that He gives me and for leading me to the ministry of St. Peter’s. 

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