I grew up in the Cleveland Ohio area and in the United Methodist church my parents still attend.  I was a leader in my youth group and sat on the youth board.  As a high schooler, we went on mission trips through Group Workcamps and during college, I worked as a Summer Staff leading mission trips for two summers.   

After graduating with a degree in Middle Childhood Education I decided to follow my passion for missions and youth by continuing with training through Tentmakers Joshua training for youth ministry.  Following that training I spent 3 years as the Youth Director of Wesley UMC in Muscatine Iowa.  While in Iowa I met Chad and got married before moving for his career. I was enjoying staying home with our first child Victoria and expecting our second child, Conrad, when the church in Wisconsin we were attending needed a new youth director, so I stepped in as interim youth director running youth group, creating a youth council, and on the board to create the Safe Sanctuary procedures.   

Now that my children are both in grade school, I am thrilled to be able to go back to my passion of working with youth! 

Fun Facts about Jenny

Favorite Movie:  Armageddon  
Favorite Book:  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 
Favorite Sports Team:  Cleveland Cavaliers  
Favorite Vacation Destination: I don’t like to go back to the same place twice, there are too many amazing places to explore!  

Why work for St. Mark’s UMC? I love that St. Mark’s really lives out their moto of Mission is A Way of Life.    
What most excites you about the future of St. Mark’s UMC? I’m excited about all the energy behind the Growing Young study and the number of people who really want to support the youth programs.  As a parent of elementary aged children,  I’m excited for my kids to grow up in this church and build lifelong friendships.