Robert Ramirez Facilities Manager Envelope (503) 228-3195 x205. Robert Ramirez is a Portland native and comes with more than a decade of experience working within the maintenance industry and building management. He previously spent 9 years here at FUMC, starting as a part-time custodian, and now is back as Facility Read more…
Allison Cottrell Chancel Choir Conductor To inquire on music programs at First Church please contact Carol Young Allison is a born and raised Oregonian, hailing from the coastal town of Coos Bay where she and her younger brother grew up surrounded by a large extended family that remains there to this Read more…
Jonas Nordwall Organist & Artistic Director of Music To inquire on music programs at First Church please contact Carol Young Jonas begins his 49th year as the organist for Portland’s First United Methodist Church. He is an internationally renowned virtuoso organist equally skilled in both traditional classical and modern/popular schools of Read more…
Carol Young Executive Director of Music Envelope (503) 228-3195 x235 Carol has worked as a church musician, professional singer and high school choral director for all of her adult life. After many years at First Church serving as Assistant Chancel Choir Conductor, Soloist and Alto Section Leader, she now coordinates Read more…
Megan Jones Director of Children, Family & Community Ministries she/her/hers Envelope (503) 228-3195 x227 Megan has been on staff at First Church since January 2013. She is originally from Waynesville, North Carolina. Megan holds a Master of Social Work from Baylor University, and a Master of Divinity from George W. Read more…
Matt Edey They/Them/Theirs Administrative Assistant Envelope (503) 228-3195 x221 Matt grew up on a ranch in rural Arizona a quarter mile from the Colorado River, and moved to Portland in early 2014. He brings the values of First Church into his work by maintaining an inclusive and hospitable environment in Read more…
Rev. Andy Oliver Minister of Pastoral Care Envelope (503) 228-3195 x233 Rev. Andy is a graduate of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta Georgia. After serving as a prison Chaplain in Virginia, Andy served several churches throughout Washington. Andy and his family live in Vancouver WA. The Minister Read more…
Rev. Ethan Gregory Associate Pastor he/him/his egregory@fumcpdx.org (503) 228-3195 x224 Ethan is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with a minor in Business Administration , and received his Master of Divinity (summa cum laude) from the Perkins School of Theology at SMU. Read more…