Lynn is a native 'desert rat', born, raised and educated in Las Vegas. She graduated from UNLV in 1989 with a BA in Education. Prior to restarting her college education, she pursued her call to ministry through Certification in Youth Ministry and Christian Education. Doors opened for her to continue her education as a Diaconal Minister. In 1996 the UnitedMethodistChurch instituted a new order of ministry, the Order of Deacons. Lynn pursued additional studies and was ordained a permanent deacon at annual conference in June, 1998. Lynn’s seminary education is eclectic, traveling to Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, CA; to Garrett-Evangelical School of Theology in Evanston, IL, with most of her course work at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, TX..
Along the way she worked with the General Board of Higher Education, developing certification in Youth Ministry for the UMC and worked with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America to develop their regional certification program. She served as the Western Jurisdiction Youth Coordinator for 4 years, as the North District Youth Coordinator for 8 years and as the Las Vegas Cluster Youth Coordinator for 11 years.
Lynn and her husband Ron have been married 38 years. They have two daughters, and 4 grandchildren, ranging in age from 20-6 years old
Lynn served Trinity UMC as Director of Youth Ministry (7 years), HolySpiritLutheranChurch as Minister of Youth, Education and Program Development, (7 years) and 1st Glendale UMC, as Associate Pastor, (8 years).
Lynn enjoys travel, working in the garden, cooking gourmet meals and reading. It is Lynn’s goal to visit every state in the union. She and her husband share their love of travel with others and have led several groups abroad to Israel/Egypt, Germany/Switzerland/Austria/England, Greece/Turkey, a cruise on the lower Mississippi on a paddleboat. They will lead a trip to study Paul’s 4th journey to Greece/Rome in November, 2008.
Meet our new Kindergarten Teacher!
Praise God! We have recently hired a wonderful kindergarten teacher and her name is Amy Bodin. Amy has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Taylor University. She taught first grade at the Heritage Christian Academy in Northfield, Illinois for nine years. Amy returned to the classroom this year as a kindergarten teacher with the Clark County School District.
Amy has been married to Jon Bodin for nearly 20 years. Jon is a pastor in a local area church. They have three children: Kaitlyn, a freshman in high school; and sons Connor, in 7th grade and Jaron, in 3rd grade. They have lived in Nevada for 7 years.
We feel so blessed that Amy will be joining our school family this fall. She has the combination of education, experience and strong faith for which we were hoping and praying.
