![]() Being a pastor and doing his share of funerals in ministry, he said that he wanted the hobby section of his obituary left blank, except to say that he loved having tea-parties, letting his girls paint his fingernails and teaching them all about any sport, but took joy in watching Seahawk's games and hollering at the screen with his girls! He will be remembered fondly for his dry sense of humor, quick wit and his crazy sock collection. After arriving with all “his girls” in tow, he promptly got to work teaching them all about living in a small Midwest town. After serving two years in Ontario, they accepted a call to English Lutheran Church in Hazen, North Dakota. While serving the people of the Treasure Valley Justin and Melissa welcomed their daughter Cecily. ![]() After six years of service in Spokane, Washington Pastor Justin and “his girls” accepted a call to St. He was next overjoyed to learn in 2016 that he was going to be a father again, a son Laurel Robert Johnson was stillborn on April 13, 2016. ![]() In 2014 his second daughter Camille was born. The congregation welcomed him and Melissa, and soon their first daughter Audrey in 2011. Justin found out he was going to be a new dad, just one week prior to leaving Bellingham. While away from the beauty of the ocean and the church that became family, Spokane held many new challenges and adventures. He completed four years of faithful ministry and discerned a call to Prince of Peace Lutheran in Spokane, Washington. As a born and raised North Dakota kid who was used to flat land and lots of wind, he fell in love with the ocean and felt so blessed that he was called to that place. Justin and Melissa accepted a call to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Bellingham, Washington. He received his Master of Divinity in May 2006 and was ordained into parish ministry at his home church in Edmore, ND. This started their adventure and love of the Pacific Northwest. They ventured to the Pacific Northwest for a year of internship in Mount Vernon, Washington. They loaded all their wedding gifts into one pickup load and headed to Luther Seminary in St. He proposed to Melissa at the end of a very long Sunday staff-meeting, which took SO MUCH confidence to do! She excitedly agreed, and they were married at Park River Bible Camp on June 1, 2002. He graduated from Concordia College in 2002. He returned to Concordia the following September and began to feel a change of calling from writing lesson plans and laughing with elementary students to the calling of using every bit of that major to discern a call to parish ministry. He decided to be a counselor at Park River Bible Camp, near Park River, ND. He received a scholarship to play football, he jokingly would say that he “practiced football,” as he didn’t see much playing time. He attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where he was one of a few male elementary education majors. Justin graduated from Edmore Public School in 1998. ![]() Justin affirmed his faith at Concordia Lutheran Church in Edmore, ND on May 13, 1995. ![]() In 1987 he moved with his parents, big sister and brother to Edmore, ND. Justin’s family moved from Benedict to Aneta, ND in 1982, because his dad accepted a new call to the church in town. He was first welcomed as a beloved child of God through baptism on Januat Concordia Lutheran in Benedict, ND. Justin was born in Minot, ND on November 26, 1979, the middle child of three children of Rev. Out of respect for Pastor Justin’s beliefs and his family, masks are strongly recommended. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM, Wednesday Septemat English Lutheran Church, with a prayer service beginning at 7:00 PM. A private family burial will take place in Park River, ND. Services will be held at 11:00 A.M on Friday September 10, 2021, at Zion Lutheran Church in Beulah, ND, with Bishop Craig Schweitzer officiating and Rev. Johnson, 41, died of a heart attack on Septemin Hazen, ND. ![]()
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