Meet our Pastors

PASTOR HENRY SCHULTE

Senior Pastor

Henry Schulte was born in Central Texas near Waco in the Crawford community. The fourth child of Henry and Martha Schulte. He graduated from Crawford High School in 1954 and married his high school sweetheart, Frances Brown, in 1955. They have two children, David Wayne Schulte, Senior pastor Zion Lutheran Church, Helotes, Texas and Dana Kay Schulte Broddrick of Cedar Park, Texas.

His first call was to the parish of the St. Paul Lutheran Churches of Shelby and Fayetteville, Texas. In 1968 he accepted the call to Highland Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio, Texas and served there for ten years. He was then called to serve as the Assistant to the Bishop of The Southern District of The American Lutheran Church. In 1983 he accepted the call to serve as Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Kerrville, Texas. He served there for 7 years before being elected Bishop of The Southwestern Texas Synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In 1994 Pastor Schulte accepted the call to serve as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Boerne and continues to serve the 900 member congregation as senior pastor.

Frances Schulte was born in Gatesville, Texas and grew up in McGregor, Texas graduating from McGregor High School. She earned her certification as a Lab and X-Ray Tech and worked for doctors in McGregor and Seguin. She has also worked as a secretary and as an assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs at Capital University. Here seven years of service as a special education aide proved to be most rewarding.

Since 1983 Frances has been "intentionally unemployed" and has remained a full time partner to Pastor/Bishop/Pastor Henry. She loves Boerne and enjoys being a part of such a great community and community of faith.

PASTOR JEFFERY CARPENTER

Associate Pastor

Pastor Jeff and Nanette Carpenter Joshua, Jeffery and Jacob

Jeff Carpenter was born in a United States Army hospital in Panama. When his father’s term of service concluded the family returned to the states. His family moved frequently and so he attended grade schools, middle schools, and high schools in various states. Toward the end of his senior year, Jeff saw Nanette walking with friends between classes. After discovering that she had not yet been asked to the Senior Prom, he risked asking Nanette for the date. She agreed to the Prom Date and seven years later, after they had both earned BA Degrees from the University of Arizona, she agreed to become his wife.

After they were married, Jeff announced to Nanette that a call serve the Lord as a pastor had been on his mind and in his heart for some time. The announcement was more than a surprise. Still, the vows were kept. Love prevailed and two years later they moved from Tucson Arizona to Austin Texas. There she worked for Austin Travis County MHMR while he worked to earn a Masters of Divinity Degree from the Lutheran Seminary Program of the Southwest. Shortly after settling into the Austin Seminary Life the Lord blessed them with a son, Jeffery Carpenter.

With four years of seminary completed, he accepted his first call to serve as pastor. The call was to a Two-Point Parish, Olsburg Lutheran Church & Walsburg Lutheran Church, in North East Kansas. He was ordained in Kansas on June 21, 1997. Shortly after settling into the Kansas Flint Hills the Lord blessed them with a second son, Joshua Carpenter.

In 2000, a call came from Bethany Lutheran Church Fredericksburg Texas. He accepted the call to serve Bethany as pastor and the family moved from the hills of Kansas to the Hill Country of Texas. Shortly after settling into the Texas Hill Country, the Lord blessed them with a third son, Jacob Carpenter.

In 2006, a call came from us, St. John Lutheran Church, Boerne Texas. He accepted the call to serve us a pastor. This time the family only moved 45 miles and remained within the Texas Hill Country. No news of a fourth son.

Nanette works for the State of Texas. Pastor Jeff will serve as a pastor within St. John's one pastoral office in a shared ministry. As one of our pastors, he will have responsibilities in all areas of ministry such as preaching, presiding, pastoral care, official acts and pastoral leadership. His mission & ministry emphasis with be in St. John’s Children-Youth-Adult Faith Formation.

As we thank God for bringing the Carpenters to St. John, we pray for their family and for St. John Lutheran Church that we may continue to expand God’s Kingdom, grow in faith and serve to the glory of God.

PASTOR MARIOLA BERGQUIST

Visitation Pastor

Mariola Z. Bergquist has been Visitation Pastor at St. John Lutheran Church since September 2001.

Born January 24, 1950 in Ciezyn, Poland as the only child of Jan and Irena Zmija. She attended primary and secondary schools in Ciezyn. During 1977 - 1981 Mariola attended the University of Cracow, one of the oldest universities in Europe, and graduated with a degree in education and Polish literature.

In 1981 Mariola went on to study theology at the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw, Poland while working at the Master of Divinity degree and was given a grant from the Lutheran World Federation and American Lutheran Church Women (ALCW) to continue her theological studies at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. In 1987 she was married to George A. Bergquist of San Antonio, Texas. They moved to Austin, Texas where George continued his studies and Mariola completed a year of internship at St. John Lutheran Church in Austin. During that time they made frequent visits to Boerne to visit George's grandmother.

Mariola was ordained on December 16, 1990 by Bishop Henry Schulte and installed as a pastor of a dual parish, Prince of Peace and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Taylor, Texas.

Before coming to St. John in Boerne, Pastor Bergquist served in Taylor from 1990 - 1999. On September 1, 1997 a daughter, Anna Marie was born. The family moved to Boerne in 1999 where she currently serves as Associate Pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, with primary responsibilities being the Visitation Ministry.