The PNC (Pastor Nominating Committee) is delighted to welcome Jennifer Frayer-Griggs as the new pastor at Open Door! We have spent the last fifteen months in discernment, listening to the needs, desires, and growing edges of our community, reading profiles and conducting interviews with candidates, watching a lot of sermons, and praying. In that time Jenn stood out to us for her gifts of contemplation, collaboration and curiosity. We believe she will meet us and love us where we are, inspire and challenge us with her preaching and presence, and listen with us for where God is leading our community.
Jenn’s first gathering with us will be at the Church Retreat, October 3-5. Find out more and register for the church retreat here.
We look forward to the community getting to know Jenn. We welcome your questions and conversation about the process. You can approach us individually or email us at pnc@pghopendoor.org.
- Open Door PNC
(Stephanie Bell, Lauren Burdette, Ryan Duchene, Heather Jennings, Kylie Prymus, and Lance Wolfe)
Jenn’s Bio
Growing up, Jenn adored Madeleine L'Engle, making ant farms out of baby food jars and sandbox sand, and stealing raspberries through the fence of her neighbor's backyard. Now, she grows her own raspberries in her own yard, with varying degrees of success, and could happily spend an afternoon following an ant down the sidewalk. When she's not doing that, she's hanging out with her two sons, Jonah and Levi, her husband, Dan, two cats, and a ridiculous dog, whom they named after Eliza Hamilton. She thinks that one way or another, everything points to God. In college, she thought she could make a living as a poet and writer, but her parents are grateful that she took the call to ministry instead. She has degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing, has earned an MDiv from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and is a certified spiritual director through the Pneuma Institute. She is currently working on a Doctor of Ministry in Creative Writing and Public Theology, and she still loves writing and Madeleine L'Engle. You're welcome to come up and pinch her to remind her that this call to be the pastor at Open Door is really real.
