Our Minister:

Pastor Jennifer has served our congregation since 2023. She received a Master’s of Divinity at Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry in 2004, and since then has pastored in multiple settings in Washington and Oregon. 

Jennifer is passionate about creating a warm and welcoming setting for spiritual growth for people in many places along life’s journey  Her writing can be found in several publications including The Words of her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle and appears monthly in the United Church of Christ Daily Devotionals, which is seen by 30,000+ readers. She has received grants in support of her ministry and writing from the Lilly Foundation and the Louisville Institute. She is trained in spiritual direction and is a 200 level yoga instructor. 

Descended from pastors and wanderers, before beginning seminary, Pastor Jennifer worked in a theater scene shop, at a folk record label, in a train museum, at a school library, as part of a cooperative grocery store and was (along with one other person), the Old Turtle Peace Tour, which traveled in a VW bug painted like a turtle to 48 states and talked with children about peace.  She loves traveling, and hosting a diverse group of family and friends from her tiny home surrounded by trees in Portland, Oregon.