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FN:Rev. Dr. Lisa Martin
TITLE:Senior Pastor
URL;TYPE=WORK:http://www.stjohnucc.org/
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CATEGORIES:United Church of Christ
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ORG:St. John United Church of Christ
NOTE:The Rev. Dr. Lisa Martin comes to us with 20 years of ministry experience, and a lifetime in the United Church of Christ. After two decades serving the church, Pastor Lisa remains excited by her vocation and optimistic about the future of the Church. And she is really excited for the opportunities for ministry at St. John. She has her Doctor of Ministry degree from Lancaster Theological Seminary where her final doctoral project was “Creating Visual Art as a Congregational Practice.” This has led her to develop a Liturgical Arts team that creates art for worship, to utilize spiritual practices through the arts for adults, youth and children, and form a weekly creative expression program with the homeless community. She has her Masters of Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary, where she also met and married her husband, Rev. Jim Hilker. She graduated from American University with a double major in International Studies and Economics and where she spent a semester in Rome, Italy studying Church History and Art. She also spent a summer studying Spanish at the Instituto Antigueño in Guatemala. Pastor Lisa and her husband, Pastor Jim have served together for 15 years at Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ in Pottstown, PA. Highlights of their ministry include developing a multi-faceted homeless ministry -  establishing a stay-at-home Mission Week that attracts youth from across the community -  creating a worship service that holds together liturgical traditions with more modern elements of worship -  leading the congregation from a place of conflict and through a congregational revitalization program -  and initiating the workshop rotation model for Sunday School. Pastor Lisa has served on numerous Conference and Association Committees and with the Pottstown Ministerium. She is an advisor to the Ministries at Main Street Homeless Shelter, a member of the Committee of the Nameless (a collaboration of county social service agencies), and a director on the board of Art Fusion 19464, the local art school and gallery. She also has been a contributing curriculum writer for rotation.org. Before Trinity, Pastor Lisa served bi-vocationally at St. Peter UCC in Hookdale, IL, and at Council for Extended Care of Mentally Retarded Citizens in St. Louis. She and Jim have been married for 21 years. They have three children: Emma (16), Brendan (14), and Amanda (12). A dog, Cookie, and a chinchilla, Pepe, complete the family. They plan to settle in the city of St. Charles, and are looking forward to the many opportunities that St. Charles offers. Her father currently resides in Sarasota, FL, but her family of origin hails from the Chicago area, where various cousins still live. Pastor Lisa is an avid reader, finds creative outlets in watercolor painting, writing and music, and enjoys gardening, cooking and long walks.
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