Leadership

Meet a few of our leaders...

Sarah Hescheles

Lead Pastor
Sarah has been serving since 2021.

Jim Pickrell

Musician & Organist
Jim has been serving for over 35 years!

Sookie Ostrander

Treasurer
Sookie has been serving since 2021.

Carolyn Crumbacher

Co-Lay Leader
Carolyn has served as co-lay leader since 2023.

Roxanne Zell

Co-Lay Leader
Roxanne has served as co-lay leader since 2021.

Get to know Sarah

Sarah delights in exploring the outdoors (hiking, biking, snowshoeing, skiing, gardening), writing and reading in front of the fire, photographing landscapes and wildlife, dancing, and spending time with friends and family. She and Chris, her husband, have lived in Boyne City since 2014, were married at Boyne Mountain in 2010, and served together on the volunteer Boyne Mountain National Ski Patrol for over 15 years before both retiring in 2022. They wholeheartedly experience each of Michigan’s four seasons!

Sarah is passionate about nurturing healing and wholeness and cultivating life-giving, compassionate, and vibrant Christian communities.

Sarah received her Master of Sacred Theology from Yale Divinity School and Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Master of Divinity from Duke University Divinity School, Bachelor of Science in Architecture from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, completed an ACTP, Professional Coach Training Program, through Coaching4Clergy, and was prepared as a Courage & Renewal facilitator by Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal.

Sarah hopes to never stop learning…especially about Jesus and what it means to be and make disciples of Christ, serve Him, pastor a faith community, and lead in this time and place! Shalom.