Our staff

 

Rev. Renae V. Koehler Pastor	Kris Scanlon Office Manager	Bill Woito Financial Secretary
Joy Maag Organist	Russ Workman Choir Director

                                   

Meet Reverend Renae Koehler

 

Reverend Renae Koehler grew up on a farm in Southeast Nebraska.  She received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Rev. Koehler attended seminary at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.  In 1993, she received her Master’s of Divinity degree from Emory, Candler School of Theology and was ordained into Christian Ministry.  Since then, Rev. Koehler has served churches in the United Church of Christ.  Rev. Koehler is currently working on her Doctoral Degree in Ministry at Chicago Theological Seminary with a focus on Ritual Studies. 

 

Rev. Koehler has been involved in the arts, theatre, dance, youth, and mission throughout her career.  She has done mission work and gathered knowledge from her travels to India, Ghana, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, and The Netherlands.  Rev. Koehler is married to Steve Martin, they have two sons and live on a farm near Firth, NE.  She enjoys having the congregation to her farm a couple times a year for picnics, hay rides and fellowship. 

 

Her personality is warm and friendly, she is open minded and fun, her worship services are life-altering. You have to meet her!

 

 

 

 

Vine History

 

Organized in 1890 as the Vine Street Congregational Church at 25th and Vine Streets, the congregation moved into its new building at 1800 Twin Ridge Road in 1958.  Vine Church is part of the United Church of Christ, a  two million member denomination formed in 1957 through a merger of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. 

The UCC is proud of its open and inclusive spirit.  The membership of Vine church represents diverse theological and social beliefs within mainstream Protestant tradition. 

 

 

 

 

United Church of Christ   Our denomination is called “The United Church of Christ,” which is a progressive, cutting edge, love-centered denomination.  The United Church of Christ is a denomination of “firsts”... we were the first denomination to ordain a woman into ministry, the first denomination to lobby for freedom of African Americans from slavery (see the Amistad History,) and the first to ordain an openly gay minister.  You can learn all about the United Church of Christ denomination by visiting www.ucc.org.