Pastor Jeanette Conver
Pastor Jeannette, her husband Lynn, and their family moved to Washington state in 1990 to work on Bible translation for a refugee group from Laos living in Seattle. Not too long after that, Jeannette was invited to serve in lay ministry leadership at Kent Covenant Church, Kent, WA, and was subsequently added to their pastoral staff in
During this time, she received her call to serve God’s church as pastor.
She completed her Masters of Divinity at North Park Theological Seminary as a distance student while continuing in pastoral staff ministry at Kent Covenant Church. She was ordained and subsequently accepted a call to pastor Covenant Community Church in Essex Junction, Vt. in July 2017.
Jeannette loves preaching, leading and caring for God’s church in all its diversity, beauty, and mess. She comes alive when conversing with people about almost anything. She enjoys people, singing and playing music, Thai food, talking about books and movies, hanging with her grandchildren in Burien, and exploring new places. She and Lynn are captivated by the beauty of the North Cascades and the North Sound.
Jeannette and Lynn have a son and daughter-in-law and two awesome grandchildren in Burien, a son in Utah, and twin daughters in Thailand. They do their best to stay connected on Zoom. Speaking of travel, they love visiting other countries for ministry (and sometimes vacation). They have lived or spent time in Thailand, Laos, Nepal, India, China, Philippines, Greece, Kenya, France, and Guatemala.
Michal is happy to be back here at Lynden United Methodist Church. She grew up in Lynden in this very church; from Sunday school in the basement, to potluck picnics, singing in the choir and bringing her own kiddos when they were small. This is a return to the church office for her as well and she is grateful for the chance to be here again as your Administrative Assistant and Bookkeeper. You will not find a kinder more supportive group of people than amongst Methodists.
Michal grew up in Lynden, spent the past 15 years living in BC and is living once again in Lynden with her 2 teens. She loves being back in Lynden where it is ok to forget to lock your doors, safe to go for an evening walk and easy to find a friendly face. On weekends you will likely find her working in her yard or just sitting in the backyard reading a good mystery novel. She loves sitting on a driftwood log out at Birch Bay, sitting around a fire with friends, and going for walks with her kids.
Michal Wiseman
