Rachel is our Associate Pastor and has been on staff at Orenco since 2007. Rachel is also a certified Spiritual Director. She says one of the first times she sensed a call to ministry was as she looked at all of the opportunities in her home church and wondered how she could do all of them! While she loves the variety and challenges that come with being a pastor, her first love is youth ministry, and she still enjoys a good game of sardines on occasion. She loves to preach, mentor younger leaders, and listen to those who are grieving and in the harder seasons of life. Rachel also serves as a PRN Chaplain at Hillsboro Medical Center, making rounds at Tuality Hospital about once a week. Rachel is most excited about the Soteria Children's Initiative at Orenco, launched during the pandemic. She has a heart for kids and teens and believes the church is called to minister to families.

Rachel and her husband Brian met at the University of Portland, where Rachel studied Psychology and Theology. She went on to earn her Master of Divinity degree at George Fox Evangelical Seminary (Portland Seminary). They have three children, Grace, Samuel, Rebekah, and are a US Army National Guard family. Rachel enjoys camping and the outdoors, running and staying active, researching tiny houses, studying scripture, and any cup of coffee. 

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Jake has been tickling the ivories and strumming the tunes at our church since the summer of 2014 when he and his wife, Julie, moved to Portland from Tucson, Arizona. Jake graduated from Northern Arizona University with a B.S. in education and a minor in music. While in school, he discovered his passion for teaching and music. He believes that God has led him here for a purpose that is being fulfilled by leading the music.

During his free time, Jake enjoys going to the movies, playing basketball, hanging around the house, and being with family. He is a daddy to two (soon to be three) kids and hopes to start a little family band someday.

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Kayreen is our new Children's Ministry Director, joining our church staff in June, 2020, and will continue to work in our preschool, the Orenco Christian Preschool.  She's had an incredible journey working with children from infants to after-school age.  Kayreen has worked in ministry for many years and it continues to be her great passion.  Her fondest memory is being a youth student working on the bus ministry and helping in the two year old's room as an assistant. She has been a volunteer, an assistant, a Sunday school teacher, a preschool teacher, an Early Childhood Coordinator, and has owned and operated her own preschool/daycare.  Each position provided her with valuable hands-on experience and knowledge and a deeper love of the ministry.  

Kayreen's faith is deep and her love for Jesus is great.  She started at Orenco Presbyterian Church as a volunteer at our VBX - Vacation Bible Xperience - in 2018 as the Bible story teller.  She loved it so much she asked if she could come back and, of course, we said "absolutely!"  In December, 2019 Kayreen became a member of the church.  Her favorite things to do are cooking, gardening, and card making.  In addition to spending time with family and friends, Kayreen loves to take walks and cuddle with her dog, IzzaBella.  

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Jennifer has been attending Orenco Presbyterian Church since she was a child but started serving at Orenco regularly in 2015; she first worked as a volunteer in youth ministries and then became a pastoral assistant in the winter of 2017. She began serving as our Youth Director in the fall of 2018.

Jennifer has always had a passion for working with youth and has many years of experience mentoring and guiding teens. Jennifer graduated Western Oregon University with a B.S. in psychology with an emphasis in adolescent growth and development, and a minor in the teaching of mathematics.  Later she completed her Master of Education at George Fox University with endorsements in Mathematics and English as a Second Language. After finishing her education, Jennifer taught in both the private and public school setting for seven years, working mostly with middle and high school aged students. During her teaching years, Jennifer saw a need for mentorship in young women, so she began a group called Girls of Grace which is a teen ministry for teen girls.  Due to this ministry, Jennifer discovered she had a deep desire to want to lead teens towards Jesus, so in 2015 she began working with Impact—Orenco’s Youth Group—in addition to continuing Girls of Grace.

Jennifer is married to her husband John and they have three kids: Joshua, Evelyn, and Quinton, who is still an infant. In her free time, she loves to go for long walks with her family, watch old 80’s movies, and go camping in the great northwest.  If Jennifer could be anywhere at any moment she would be hiking in the wilderness near the Mackenzie River. 

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Haven Gilbert first attended Orenco Presbyterian during the summer of 2001 at the age of five when she attended Vacation Bible School. She first began her work in the church by becoming the nursery attendant shortly after graduating High School in 2014. Haven began her new position as the Outreach Coordinator for Orenco church in 2020.

Haven has always had a passion for helping others along with teaching and caring for children. She began her career as a nanny seven years ago caring for two children and still cares for them to this day. When Haven is not at the church she can be found at a local sporting event cheering in the crowd or at home with her dog. 

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