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Living Hope has a Head Pastor and an Associate Pastor. The church is led by our Elders with the help of the Board of Administration.
The church is in great hands!
Living Hope is also run by its members. We pay a few of them, but most are Volunteers - Elders, Deacons, and People Using Their God-Given Gifts.
At Living Hope, our pastoral team is comprised of a head pastor and an associate pastor. Meet Jason Pankau, our head pastor,
and Lisa Madison, our Associate Pastor.
Jason Pankau serves as the Head Pastor here at Living Hope. Jason is our newest addition to staff, joining us in early 2024. He and his wife are excited to be moving back to Connecticut after serving in ministry in the inner-city of Chicago.
Lisa Madison has been on staff since 2008. Lisa has served in various roles including youth and administration. She now leads everything involving young families, young adults, and outreach to the community
Life Groups Coordinator
Lorraine has a lifetime of investing and loving children vocationally as well as through ministries like Community Bible Study, MOPS, VBS, and Sunday School programs throughout Greenwich. Her heart beats for the lost, and so it is fitting that she coordinates the place where people get connected to Christ through relationships with one another: Life Groups!
ReGenerate/Soul Care Ministry
Originally from Finland, Anitta has been a long-standing member of the Greenwich community with experience in multiple churches in children's ministry, choir, dance, and musical production, VBS, set design. More currently, she has developed and taught adult soul-care curriculum called ReGenerate. She will complete her doctoral work on lamenting in 2025 and is eager to live into the gifts God has given her to bless our community.
Ministry Coordinator
Jen comes to Living Hope with a background in children and family ministry. Professionally trained as a school social worker and administrator, she has relished the thought of serving a church once trained by her father so many years ago. She enjoys connecting people with opportunities to discover their calling, coordinating, and administrating all the various ministries at Living Hope.
Office Volunteer
A former chief of staff to a prominent family in the area, MB is a dedicated, compassionate, and personable administrator. She is passionate about following God and living into her gifting, which encapsulates her previous experiences in caregiving and helping students with their college applications. MB leads the Community Support Ministry Team.
Youth Leader
Jordan grew up attending Living Hope's youth group. Now wanting to invest in today's teens like he was invested in, Jordan gently and humbly works with youth to become followers of Jesus. He runs two youth gatherings a week, and works full time at the Water Club.
Worship Leader
Angelo has had a long and illustrious career writing, arranging, and producing music of all genres for advertising campaigns, children's television, and musical theatre, but what he loves most is ushering people into the throne room of God. He has served Living Hope in this capacity since 1991 while raising his family and graduating summa cum laude in Audio and Music Production.
Elders are prominent in the New Testament as on-going leaders of local churches. Together with our Pastors, the Elders listen for God's leading, chart the course, and set the priorities for the church accordingly.
From Left: Todd Klair, Patricia Ceraso, Lorain Lovejoy, Laurens van de Rotte, Sue Curry, Rick Lutz (not pictured), and Eric Kemerer (not pictured).