Jenna Gillespie

I grew up in a house where we loved Jesus and each other. We moved a lot with my dad being in the military and we would always try to be involved in a church each time we moved. When I was 11, we lived on an Air Force Base in Lakenheath, England and my dad was leading worship; just him and his guitar. There was this moment where I was struck with this thought, “I want to do that.” To worship God like that, to have an intimate moment where I’m able to express my love for God in a way where my own words fall short. It was a moment that truly transformed the way I saw my own relationship with God, it could be deep and intimate and REAL. Over the next couple years I began searching for my own way to live for Christ while also struggling with adolescence, and God grabbed a hold of me at Middle School Winter Camp when I was 13 and that was it; that was my moment where I decided I would live for Christ regardless of the thoughts or actions of anyone else. My love for ministry, specifically leading worship began when I was 15 and I have never looked back. I am a girl in love with her Savior, a mom of 2 girls, a major nerd (I can quote Lord of the Rings like a champ) and I love to laugh more than anything else.