Join us at Windsor Presbyterian Church to find a place to grow, serve and belong!

      I love our congregation! We aren’t very big, but we love big and we serve big. We are a unique mix of people—all over the map politically, economically, socially, and even theologically—but we love God and respect, accept, and include each person who finds their way into our flawed and imperfect community. 

It is heartbreakingly beautiful.

     This church is a place where you can be you and be loved for exactly who you are. It has long been known as a gracious space for healing and transformation (body, mind, and spirit). If you are here, you are part of something special—you are important, 

you matter, and you belong.

     I am so grateful to pastor a congregation where God’s word, an ethic of putting faith into loving action, and prayer guide all we do. Leadership is shared because we know we follow Jesus best when all are included and we are doing it together. 

Sometimes this gets messy, but it is always worth it.

     It brings me great joy that outreach and service are central to the congregation’s identity and practice. I am constantly amazed at their willingness to ask hard questions about how to practice their faith in a complex world. Perhaps the best part of my job is getting to lead worship each week. You just never know how God will show up! Like our church, our worship service is rarely polished or perfect. It is, however, always wholehearted, authentic (to a fault), and at times, breathtakingly holy, a little foretaste of heaven.

     I graduated from Trinity University, majoring in Sociology and Biology, with minors in Anthropology and Religion. After working in food service, youth ministry, and environmental remediation, I heard God’s call and went to Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. I served churches in Texas and Virginia before being called to Windsor Presbyterian Church in Iowa. 

      I have come to truly love Windsor here at the corner of 63rd and University. Just 12 years ago I came to Windsor seeking a way that I might serve God. I have found ways for me to serve God that I might never have explored. I feel heard here as if what I think matters, including my musical and writing ideas. The church has given me a gift to serve and I only pray that God will help me to treat the gift reverently and serve Windsor Presbyterian well.

     There is a true spiritual sense here, and I think many if not all of us are enfolded into it. We aren’t big, but as Pastor Shamaine says, we are doing big church stuff. There is love here that can be felt, and you don’t have to reach out far to touch it.

     Come to Windsor Presbyterian Church! Feel the love and join us as we work and pray together to come ever closer to God. 

      My hope is that my organ playing, a mix of music from both classical composers and more contemporary ones, prompts the listener to actively engage in worship, and that you find it meaningful. I hope you will come join us to worship! 

I look forward to meeting you!

      We value community and want to be a congregation that joyfully lifts our voices together in praise. I am passionate about worship that is dynamic, diverse, excellent, meaningful and authentic. My greatest hope is that I can help empower others to glorify God and joyfully worship through music and the arts. I hope that you will join us in the wonderful expression of worship at Windsor Presbyterian Church.

     I also have the delight of sharing the wonderful ministries and outreach to the public by shepherding the communications of Windsor in print, web and social media. 

     I graduated from Coe College with a BA in both music and religion, and minor in psychology, and have continued my education in trainings in early childhood music, church music, piano and communications.