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Pastor Joshua Wynn
pastorwynn@monroestumc.com | 419.473.1167 x211
Joshua Wynn grew up in a small town in Kentucky and decided to follow Christ at age 16. Feeling God had placed a calling on his life, he attended a small Bible college in Mayfield, Kentucky, where he earned a bachelor’s of science in psychology and counseling. After college, a pastor friend encouraged Joshua to attend Asbury Theological Seminary, where he graduated with a Master’s of Divinity.
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In 2011, Joshua started working at Embrace United Methodist Church as an urban missionary under senior pastor Rosario Picardo. While at Embrace, he worked with homeless and marginalized folks at a Monday night service called The Gathering.
Under Joshua’s leadership, The Gathering service grew from fifteen people to over 100. Through the ministry at Embrace UMC, Joshua felt a calling to pursue ordination through the United Methodist Church. In 2014, he became a supply pastor in Dayton, Ohio, and is now a full Elder in the United Methodist Church. He has been serving the West Ohio Conference since.
Associate Pastor Ruth Solo
Ruth Solo felt a call to become a pastor when she was 15, but it took years for her to act on that call. Ruth began attending Monroe Street Church in 1978. With her youngest a senior in high school, Ruth was ready to leave her job in social services and attend seminary. She started pastoring during seminary and served several churches over the next 23 years.
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After retiring in 2019, Ruth and her husband, Rich, returned to Monroe Street Church. Ruth began helping and volunteering. She was acting interim director at the Monroe Street Neighborhood Center in 2022 for four months when asked to consider being a part-time pastor at Monroe Street. After prayer and discussion with Rich, she said yes. “It is an honor to be asked to serve as a pastor at the church that sent me into ministry so many years ago.”
Kristina Davis, Director of Music
Kristina Davis has been singing from a very early age and began piano study in second grade. By the time she was in seventh grade, Kris and her sister were singing and playing duets in church. So began a lifelong journey serving the church through music.
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During high school, she sang with the Chapel Choir at Monroe Street UMC under the direction of Mary Anderson. She graduated in1980 from The University of Toledo, where she earned a Bachelor of Music Degree, with a major in voice and a minor in piano. While at UT, she studied voice with Barbara Rondelli, piano with Frances Renzi, and harpsichord with Susan Kinkaid. Concurrently, she studied the organ with Richard Palmquist at Monroe Street Church. While studying organ, Kris became the Assistant in Music at MSUMC, where she served in various roles until 2006. She has directed vocal and handbell choirs of all ages, taught private piano and voice students, and has been a substitute pianist for area churches.
In 1996, she began a vocal and handbell music program that included global music when she became Director of Music for Toledo Campus Ministry, continuing through 2012 when she cut back on her musical responsibilities to care for family needs. Kris continues to sing with and direct For Unity, a five-voice treble ensemble born out of TCM.
Kris returned to Monroe Street Church in 2018 as a substitute accompanist. In 2019, she became the Interim organist/accompanist, then the Organist/accompanist, and in the fall of 2020, she became Director of Music. Kris says that though it was unexpected and not part of her plan, she is delighted to have returned to MSC. She thanks you all for the warm reception. It feels as though the Spirit has brought her home.
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