Our Staff
Reverend Nancy Gillard
Pastor
About
We are very blessed to have Reverend Nancy Gillard as our pastor. Rev. Gillard joined us with more than 30 years experience as a Presbyterian minister of word and sacrament. She has experience in the pulpit serving urban, suburban and rural congregations. Ministry experiences in local congregations include youth, interim/transitional pastor, pastor head of staff and solo ministry. Additional service to the church includes presbytery committees, synod activities and delegate to the 1999 and 2010 General Assemblies.
In addition to the ministries with churches she has served as a hospital chaplain, hospice bereavement and volunteer coordinator, case management with Division of Family Services and at the Community Counseling Center in Cape Gerardeau.
Rev. Gillard earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism, public relations and marketing from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX and a master of divinity degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.
Rev. Gillard has been married to her husband, Grant, for 32 years. They met in seminary and have both served in the Presbyterian Church all those years. Grant recently resigned from First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MO after serving there as pastor for 25 years.
The Gillards have 3 grown children: Barbara, is 30 years old and is in mortgage banking in Kansas City, MO. Austin, is 28 years old and is in engineering in Kansas City, MO. Clair, is 25 years old and is in cosmetology in Phoenix, AZ.
Beekeeping started as a hobby with the Gillards and has grown to a small business. Pastor’s Corner
