Aeryn Seto Johnson is the Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Santa Rosa. She is a recipient of the Hooper/Keefe Preaching Award from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she earned the M.Div degree. Previously, she served in ministry roles at churches including First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley and Oakland City Church, and as a chaplain at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Oakland.
Aeryn is the wife and covenant partner of Shan, and the mother of high school aged twins. Before leaving her position at J.P. Morgan to complete ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), she spent 23 years as a leader in the global corporate finance industry.
Past Sermons
2025
Relentless Healing (for First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)
Silver Saints (for First Presbyterian Church of Napa)
2024
What To Expect When You’re Not Expecting (for Miriam’s Song Church)
God In Search of Us (for First Presbyterian Church of Oakland)
Secret, Sacred Longing (for Miriam’s Song Church)
2023
Bitter and Blessed (for Miriam’s Song Church)
Who We Are And Whose We Are (for First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)
Sought, Seen, Selected (for Miriam’s Song Church)
Eden 2.0 (for Oak Life Church)
Dream Bigger (for First Presbyterian Church of Newark)
2022
Could It Be True? (for First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)
The Fish Taco Gospel (for St. John’s Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)
Found in Christ (for Oakland City Church)