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In June 2004, before coming to Woodstock, Reverend
Jim Young served as the senior pastor at the Tinley Park UMC from 1998 to 2004. Prior to that, he was an associate pastor
at the Palatine First UMC from 1990 to 1998. He worked with several ministries of the Church of the Savior in Washington D.C.
from 1988 to 1989, and he was pastro at Trinity UMC in Carpentersville from 1982 to 1987. Pastor Jim was born and raised in Freeport, where he grew up attending the Freeport First UMC. He graduated from University of Illinois-Urbana in 1970, with a degree in American History. He is a graduate of Chicago Theological Seminary in 1981, and ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1984. Pastor Jim has chaired the Spiritual Formation Task force of the Northern Illinois Conference and has been active on other conference committees. He said he is especially fond of leading retreats and spiritual formation workshops. His wife Linda, worked for Huron Consulting in downtown Chicago, where she was employed as a full time Administrative Assistantand she recently retired. She was previously employed by the Arthur Andersen firm for 24 years. The Young's recently celebrated their 4 year anniversary with the church on July 1, 2008. |
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