Pastor Chris, an ordained Elder, has been under appointed ministry since April 2015. Before that he and Jen were active in Fredericksburg United Methodist church. At FUMC Pastor Chris led the Alpha course and Jen founded a Mother of Preschoolers program (MOPs) and she sang in the praise band. Pastor Chris has a BA in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington, where he met Jen, who has the same degree. Pastor Chris has a Masters of Divinity from Samuel DeWit Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union. Prior to full-time ministry Pastor Chris worked in call center management, project management and information technology for Capital One and later Affinion Group which was bought by City Bank. Jen works for the FBI National Academy Associates in Quantico, VA as the Director of Membership. Praise be to God that after we move she is able to work remotely most days and will commute in for board meetings and other student-related activities.

Pastor Chris and Jen have been married for 26 years and have lived in Fredericksburg the entire time. Jen is from Virginia Beach and Pastor Chris is from Long Island NY. They have two sons Aiden (21) and Liam (19). Aiden is active duty Coast Guard as an Operations Specialist and is stationed at Alameda, CA on a National Security Cutter. Liam is enrolled at Germanna Community College for engineering and will be staying at our Fredericksburg home.

Linus (8) our pup enjoys long walks and chasing squirrels.

Pastor Chris and Jen enjoy camping, hiking, adventures in their jeep (named Alice), traveling, and sailing our 25’ Catalina. Pastor Chris enjoys cooking, photography, and BBQ. Jen enjoys gardening and painting.

Pastor Chris’s keystone scriptures are: Micha 6:8, Romans 8:28. Romans 8:38-39, Romans 12, Galatians 5:22-23, John 3:16-17