Episode 56: Mission work is not about your satisfaction ​

Published: July 26, 2019, 4:55 p.m.

The Rev. Marcella Gillis is the Assistant Rector for Youth & Family Ministry at Christ & Holy Trinity in Westport, CT. She received her bachelors in International Development from American University, and her masters from Yale Divinity School. She was ordained in June 2017 at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.   Marcella has served in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua, working with local schoolteachers and youth groups. She has also worked as the Director of Youth and Family Ministries at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, where she taught Confirmation and coordinated service trips and outreach projects for children and youth. Marcella is passionate about mission trips and work with youth, among other things. She curretntly lives in Westport with her wife Meg.    Welcome Marcella!    Read more: http://www.coffeehour.org/episode-56.html