Our Leadership
Vox Leadership.
Church leadership has taken a real hit over the past decades. In many churches it carries too much weight – too much power – too much unquestionable authority. None of which is helpful, and none of which has anything to do with trying to follow Jesus. But unfortunately, without leadership of some sort, churches tend not to last very long. So at Vox, we have been working towards a plurality of leadership – lots of people, all showing up with their gifts, to do the work of leading the church together.
Bivocational Pastors.
“Bivocational” is a fancy word, but it means something important – it means that the pastors at Vox are all volunteers, same as everyone else. They work jobs to help pay their bills, but together as a church we have decided that they have the gifts and experience to provide teaching and leadership for us as a community. These are your point people if you ever need to talk to someone:
Heather Morgan.
This is Heather. Along with pastoring at Vox, Heather is working on her PhD in theology. She’s especially interested in the ways our bodies help us connect with God, each other, and ourselves. She’s openly queer, neurodiverse, a power wheelchair user, and one of the people who offers pastoral care to folks in our community. If you’re struggling and need to talk, feel free to reach out – she’s got a comfy, wheelchair-accessible office in town, or is always happy to schedule a phone call or Zoom chat. If you want to dive in a little deeper with what Heather is teaching check out her Substack here: https://heatherreneemorgan.substack.com/
Roy Snow.
This is Roy, and he didn’t grow up in the church, which gives him a unique perspective on Scripture. If someone had the middle name “interesting” you’d find it with Roy. With a Paralegal education and an Addictions and Mental Health degree, you’d think that would be interesting enough, but you’d be wrong. Roy also owns a small business where he fixes High Vacuum Technology for research and development. You’ll often find Roy playing guitar, being generally outdoorsy, oh and cooking, dude can cook. With him you can be assured of a great conversation so shoot him an email, just don’t ask him to reach things on the top shelf.
Leaders Come in All Shapes and Sizes.
Along with our two bivocational pastors, Vox has a number of people that help this community function. We have a group of elder’s that meets together once a month to help lead and direct us, people who run the technology that allows us to host the service and livestream, others who take the lead in making sure we have coffee, tea and snacks on Sunday mornings, folks who help provide care and teaching for our kids, and people who are great at reaching out to check in when things aren’t going so well.
Ultimately at Vox, we believe in relationships and connections over titles; shared ministry over hierarchy; and tangible presence over org charts.
So, if you’d like to get to know Roy, Heather, or anyone else who helps to make Vox who it is, then we’d love for you to visit us and get to know each other.
Teaching Pastors.
We are also very lucky at Vox to host a rather large roster of teaching pastors. We believe having more voices speaking their experience with Jesus is always better than teaching and preaching from a vacuum. Sure, we all have shared experience, but we have Gospels and Epistles from many people for a reason, and it’s this reason why we lean into this aspect of co-created church.