Staff
PASTOR: Marc Schlegel-Preheim
The strategy of Jesus is not centered in taking the right stand on issues, but rather in standing in the right place—with the outcast and those relegated to the margins. ~Father Gregory Boyle
Pastoring is a gift of relationship with people across the lifespan. I have come to greatly value the opportunity for deep relationship with those whom I am in community with. I enjoy the challenge of relating to all ages - to bring a scriptural story or concept of Jesus alive whatever our age and stage of life.
My previous vocational experience includes working as a chaplain for Iowa City Hospice, pastoring at Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship (Boise, Idaho), and helping run Corpus Christi House, a drop-in shelter for Boise's homeless citizens.
I hope to help nurture this community as a vessel of God's healing and hope - that we might come to fully realize our own belovedness and allow this to guide our interactions with one another, our community, and our world. At First Mennonite we recognize that we don't know everything about the God of the Universe, but we do know something of God's boundary-breaking love, peace, reconciliation, and justice. We seek to support community organizations in their efforts to help things be a bit more on earth as it is in heaven.
Some of the people who are currently influencing my thoughts on faith and life include: Barbara Brown Taylor, Otis Moss III, Greg Boyle, Kate Bowler, Walter Brueggemann, Peter Enns, and Herbert McCabe.
I have the privilege of being married and having two elementary-aged children who keep shaping me daily.
The strategy of Jesus is not centered in taking the right stand on issues, but rather in standing in the right place—with the outcast and those relegated to the margins. ~Father Gregory Boyle
Pastoring is a gift of relationship with people across the lifespan. I have come to greatly value the opportunity for deep relationship with those whom I am in community with. I enjoy the challenge of relating to all ages - to bring a scriptural story or concept of Jesus alive whatever our age and stage of life.
My previous vocational experience includes working as a chaplain for Iowa City Hospice, pastoring at Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship (Boise, Idaho), and helping run Corpus Christi House, a drop-in shelter for Boise's homeless citizens.
I hope to help nurture this community as a vessel of God's healing and hope - that we might come to fully realize our own belovedness and allow this to guide our interactions with one another, our community, and our world. At First Mennonite we recognize that we don't know everything about the God of the Universe, but we do know something of God's boundary-breaking love, peace, reconciliation, and justice. We seek to support community organizations in their efforts to help things be a bit more on earth as it is in heaven.
Some of the people who are currently influencing my thoughts on faith and life include: Barbara Brown Taylor, Otis Moss III, Greg Boyle, Kate Bowler, Walter Brueggemann, Peter Enns, and Herbert McCabe.
I have the privilege of being married and having two elementary-aged children who keep shaping me daily.
MINISTRY & FELLOWSHIP COORDINATOR: Gretta Rempel Fisher
MINISTERS : All members of the congregation
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Mary Forney