Meet the Staff

Nate grew up in Marshfield and after living in Iowa for a decade, moved back in 2019 with his wife, Liz, and their three children, Charlie, Lucy, and Eddie. 

Nate has a bachelor's degree in Bible and Theology and a master's degree in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Non-Profit Management. He spent time as a worship and youth pastor and has worked several other customer service-oriented jobs, where he honed his gifts of working with people.

God called him to be a ministry leader when he was in high school, and he's never looked back. He loves inspiring vision and motivating people to live at their God-designed best.

Nate loves smoking meat like pulled pork, bacon, and brisket. He is also a WIAA basketball official. You can't miss his 6'8" form up and down the courts of community high schools and colleges. He's also an aquarium guy, cultivating fish habitats in 90+ gallon tanks.

Jan was born and raised in SE Minnesota, attended Bible College in University Park, Iowa, and was called into the ministry during her senior year of college.  Ordained in 1995 by The Wesleyan Church, she served as Assistant Pastor at Oak Hills Wesleyan Church in Rochester, MN for 5 years, Lead Pastor at Albert Lea Wesleyan Church, Albert Lea, MN for 2 years, and Lead Pastor at Lighthouse Community Church in Zumbrota, MN for 24 ½ years before moving to Marshfield, Wisconsin in 2021.

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Hired in the summer of 2023 as the Associate Pastor - Pastoral Care at Zion Community Church she transferred her ministerial credentials to the Global Methodist Church in February of 2024.

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Jan maintains a passion for preaching the gospel as well as equipping believers to be passionate followers of Jesus Christ.  She loves building relationships with people.

An avid reader, she also enjoys time spent at her “Happy Place” - Hamus Park, drinking coffee, and following the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers, Minnesota Twins, and Milwaukee Brewers.

Loralei has been at Zion and in children’s ministry for over 20 years.  She has enjoyed and been privileged to participate in many children's journeys of faith .  What she loves about children’s ministry; the curiosity, joy, excitement  that children have as they learn about God’s love AND, all of the relationships she has had over the years!

Loralei lives in Marshfield with her husband, Jason and their three children Connor, Cameron, and Cooper. She also works at Auburndale Elementary School as a first grade teacher!

In her spare time, Loralei enjoys spending time with her family, reading, baking, and traveling!

Children’s ministry has been a blessing in Loralei’s life, and she cannot wait to continue to grow in her faith and help children grow too!

Mary Jane has been church secretary since the beginning of 2017. After Mary Jane and her husband sold their dairy cows in 2014, she was looking for a part-time job and the secretary position Zion became available.

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Mary Jane has been a member of Zion for 57 years. She has three son's and five grandchildren. Three of her grandchildren attend church at Zion.

She enjoys her work at Zion and likes to help out any place where she is needed.

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Mary Jane enjoys mowing lawn and spending time with family and especially with her grandchildren.

Joe and Jackie have been music ministers for over 45 years, singing and playing guitar at church services, weddings, baptisms, funerals and other events. When their ministry began, their pastor suggested that music leaders were not performers or the entertainers for Sunday morning services. Rather, the role of leading music is to move the congregation through song, to a deeper place spiritually that brings them closer to our Savior. Their music is kept simple by design and filled with emotion.

Joe & Jackie are originally from southwest Wisconsin and have been in Marshfield since 2017.  Jackie is a Nurse Practitioner and Joe has spent many years in the hearth and fireplace industry. They have two daughters and a son and love spending time with their grandson and 5 granddaughters.