The Rev. Jackie Lynn, DEACON
Jackie is passionate about the teachings of Jesus and the baptismal covenant 'to strive for peace and justice among all people'. She is originally from Atlanta, GA however, migrated to Chicago to organize. She attended Maryville College in Tennessee with a year study in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. She has a master's degree in Planning and Public Policy from the University of Illinois - Chicago and is a trained facilitator, organizer and mediator.
Jackie is the Ministries Coordinator at St. James. She serves on the Peace and Justice Committee of the Diocese and is a national board member of the Association of Episcopal Deacons. Jackie also serves as the Executive Director of the National Episcopal Peace Fellowship. EPF is a 65 year old membership organizations whose mission is to encourage Episcopalians to strive for peace and reconciliation among all people. Jackie has been an organizer all of her adult life and has worked in the urban communities of Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, and Chicago, IL.
She gardens in the summer and cross country skis (when we have snow) with her life partner Leslie Young. They have four adult children (Sara, Karl, Eliza and Matthew) and five grandchildren.
