Kristin Jackson was installed as Living Water’s Equipping Pastor in September, 2011. Kristin has lived in Rogers Park since 1994, and has been a member of Living Water since it began. She loves this neighborhood and feels called to participate in God’s good news of reconciliation here. Kristin earned an M.Div from North Park Theological Seminary and an M.Ed from Loyola University, and she worked for many years as a teacher before becoming a pastor. Kristin and her husband, Julian, have two school aged sons, Liam and Elijah.
Drew Strait has been on staff at Living Water for the past two and half years. Drew enjoys teaching, overseeing cell groups and a variety of missional activities in our neighborhood. Drew feels passionately called to the corner of Pratt and Ashland to bear witness to the Kingdom of God. He is currently working on his PhD. in New Testament and is an adjunct faculty member at North Park University and North Park Theological Seminary. Drew and his wife, Dana, have a baby girl named Lucy.
Samrach Nuth is an ordained pastor in the Mennonite Church USA and has provided important pastoral leadership for the Cambodian Christian community of North Chicago for several years. Samrach leads a worship service in Khmer every Sunday morning at Living Water’s Meeting House.
Amos Shakya serves to share gospel and love the Bhutanese/Nepalese in Roger Park Chicago area through evangelism, Bible studies offered in English and Nepalese, home visitations and invitations, and offering access to community and social services.
Virgil Vogt and his wife Joan have lived in Evanston for nearly fifty years and have been members of Reba Place Fellowship and Reba Place Church for all of this time. His parents were missionaries in India, and he lived there until he was 12 years old. Upon moving to the United States he attended a Mennonite high school, Mennonite colleges and a Mennonite seminary. He served on the Reba leadership team and at the Illinois Mennonite Conference before receiving the call to be part of the interim leadership team at Living Water Community Church.
Katherine Vincent Lamb began working as the Office Manager and Youth Outreach Coordinator at Living Water Community Church in early 2009 and has been involved in life at LWCC since she relocated to Rogers Park from Ohio in 2006. Katherine is one of the supervisors of the Living Works After-School Program and helps coordinates a number of activities for youth in the church and neighborhood. She and her husband Stephen live within walking distance of the church.
Christopher Collier is an undergrad student at Northeastern Illinois University with a major in education. He is a Church Community Worker through Mennonite Central Committee. He is deeply involved at LWCC in youth ministry. He works with Living Works after school program as well. He is devoted to positively changing the lives of the youth in the neighborhood.
Emily Venn was hired as Coordinator of the Youth Ministry at Living Water in September 2011. She also co-leads Living Water’s Senior High Girls’ Group and Junior High Girls’ Group every other week. Emily has been living in Rogers Park for 5 and half years and has been attending Living Water Community Church throughout that time. She had been volunteering with Living Water’s Youth Ministry for a year prior to being hired for her current position with the youth.