Rev. Jesse KearnsJesse is the Senior Pastor at FCC Chico. He came to Chico in December of 2007 after serving nine years as the Associate Regional Minister for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Virginia. Pastor Jesse has a passion for camps and outdoor ministry. In his thirty-plus years of experience in outdoor ministry, he once calculated that he spent around two years and two months of his life at a camp facility. He developed healthy clergy boundary training programs for both the Virginia and Northern California-Nevada regions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He has been Board President of the Shalom Free Clinic, and has been both President and Vice President of the Chico Area Interfaith Council. He is a host of the Faith and Common Grounds at our local public radio station, KZFR. Pastor Jesse enjoys kayaking, caving, hiking, and anything that gets him outdoors. His wife Mary is also an ordained Disciples pastor as well as an ACP certified chaplain.
Pastor Jesse studied at Emmanuel School of Religion in Johnson City, Tennessee where he received his M.Div. He is an alumni of Northwest Christian College where he received his B.A. in religious education. |
Administrative Assistant Briony GniechwitzBriony has worked at First Christian Church Chico as Administrative Assistant since June 2008. Her family moved to the Chico area in late 1996 to be closer to her grandfather. She received her B.S. at CSU, Chico and ran her own retail yarn shop for three years. She lives in Oroville, in the house her grandparents built with her husband. Her hobbies include voracious reading (roughly 100 books a year), various crafts, and gaming.
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Church Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday (Fridays Administrative Assistant works from home) 8am-12noon; 1pm-2:30pm Worship Services are on Sunday mornings in the Sanctuary at 10:00 am. Masks are not required but are recommended. We are continuing services online via Zoom and Facebook live, with YouTube videos going up the next business day.
Sunday Worship Times: 10 am for live videos 10:00 am in the sanctuary |
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