On Sunday, October 3, Grosse Pointe Memorial Church resoundingly voted to call Rev. Dr. Jeff Lincicome as our next Pastor and Head of Staff! It was such a joyful day for us and we are filled with hope for our future together. We look forward to welcoming Pastor Jeff and the Lincicome family when he begins ministry here on January 3, 2022.
Jeff Lincicome was born and raised outside Seattle, Washington in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. He met his wife, Kristi, at University Presbyterian Church while attending the University of Washington. He completed his Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1999 and received his Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from George Fox University in 2007. Jeff has been Senior Pastor of Sammamish Presbyterian Church in Sammamish, WA for the last twelve years. Prior to that he was Associate Pastor of Discipleship for ten years at Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Mequon, WI, where he also served as Senior Pastor in an Interim period. Jeff and Kristi, a Registered Nurse, have four beautiful daughters: Lucy, Clara, Dayle, and Violet.
Update from PNC:
To our wonderful staff and congregation, Thank You! Thank you for the honor of serving you, for your support and prayers throughout our process of discernment, and for the excitement, enthusiasm and positive energy that greeted the Lincicome family last weekend! We are so very grateful. Throughout this year, Pastor Sarah has been leading us to look to the future with anticipation, hope and joy, and that is exactly what we felt from all of you.
In these coming days and months, please pray for Rev. Dr. Jeff Lincicome and his congregation. Eager as we are to begin this new journey, we must remember that Jeff is still pastoring his church and needs to be focused on his ministry there. Although he may reach out to us periodically, we must remain faithful to and respectful of the Presbyterian process by not contacting him or his church by any means. There will be lots of time for that after he begins his ministry here on January 3, 2022! Until then, let’s continue to rejoice, serve, love and grow together in joy.
In gratitude, your PNC: Debbie Bellovich & Dan Grano (Co-Chairs), Don Ditmars, Chelsea Gilbert, Cynthia Ford, Michael Kopasz, Kathy Kurap, Peter Marks, and Martha Speer.
