Pastor Nicki

“ I feel so blessed to be a part of building a new church in the Edgewater area. We hope to build a church where everyone is welcome and God s love can be felt and seen. We enjoy being together in uplifting worship and praise of God and we take seriously our life in Jesus name as we gather in growing and serving. We strive to make a difference in our community and world where many are in need.  says Pastor Nicki. Plans are underway this year for Joy Reigns Lutheran Church to be organized as a full congregation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Pastor Nicki has much experience as an ordained pastor in the ELCA. She has served as youth pastor, a mission developer twice and the synod youth advisor. Currently she serves as head of the Church Planting Team in the DE-MD Synod. She enjoys working in teams and learning from others. She has many years experience hosting international students and working with them regionally. She has worked to develop soup kitchens in Bethesda and Prince Frederick and enjoys time spent on work projects through Habitat for Humanity or summer mission trips to Appalachia. Often we find God most intimately when we are in new places, caring and loving in Jesus' name. 

I am most blessed by my family and their support of what I have been called to do.  Her husband, Dave, plays bass on the praise team and is the support for whatever is happening at the church. He can often be found working on math equations and weather models at the church office. Her sons, Kevin and Drew, are both married with kids and serve as a math and music teacher in Montgomery and St. Mary's Counties. Kevin also coaches and Drew does small group ministry in South Point Church. We are a close family and their families bring much happiness to my life. 

Pastor Nicki was officially called as a mission developer for Joy Reigns Lutheran Church (ELCA) in February, 2005. We have this past year been offered space to lease from Parkwood UMC, 35 Mayo Road, next to Gold's Gym in Edgewater. We have four large classrooms and a nice worship space to use all week long. Thank you, God! Thank you Parkwood UMC! Joy Reigns is blessed by a very talented Praise Team, a living, breathing expression of God's JOY! We are blessed by members who deeply desire to serve those in need. Weekly we enjoy powerful music and monthly we serve in building Habitat homes. We dream of adding a second worship service this year. Traditional? Praise and Worship? We do not know. We have a June 21st VBS planned and active youth and children's programs regularly scheduled. We invite you to visit and check us out! Please join with us as we pray:

Thank you, God, for all you are doing in our midst. May we never cease to be amazed at your involvement in our world and may we always delight in your love for us and your forgiveness and call to new life. Help us center our lives in you that how we live will give you all our honor and praise!!!