Jen, her husband Shawn, and their girls started attending GracePointe in 2014. Their desire was to be a part of a church in their community where they could worship Jesus together, build relationships with other believers and their girls could build friendships that would carry over to their schools.
Jen has always enjoyed working with kids with years of volunteering in churches with children’s and youth ministry, and through her work as a pediatric dental assistant for 15 years. Jen brought that joy of working with children to the GracePointe Team first in September of 2016 as an assistant teacher in Little Lights Preschool and then in July 2019 when she became co-director of the Children’s Ministry team.
She loves engaging with kids on Sunday and Wednesday sharing her love for Jesus with them and seeing them grow in their faith. Jen plans our events throughout the year such as Family Fun Nights, Trunk or Treat, and Kids Camp. These events are a wonderful opportunity to work with GP families, volunteers, and the community. She sees these events as opportunities to welcome GP families to get to know one another, make a memory with their kids, and as an opportunity to invite the Milwaukie Community to GracePointe. All with the intent to glorify God by making disciples who love God and love people like Jesus.