Jeff Reed
Senior Pastor

Work Experience Prior to Hillside

• Worship & Arts Pastor, Hillside Covenant Church
• Program Director, Westside United Methodist Church, Portland, OR
• Worship Pastor, Cornerstone Community Church, Gresham, OR
• Spanish Teacher, Monrovia, CA
• Assistant to the Chaplains, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

Education

• B.A. English, Westmont College
• M.Div. Western Seminary

Family

Wife: Susan; Children: Ren & Forrest; Randi Lynn; Dog: Buddy; Cats: Whitman, Angel

Likes

• Doughnuts & day-old-low-chip chocolate chip cookies with ice cold milk
• Big fields of green grass
• Racquetball and cycling
• Poetry of Linda Pastan
• Music of Diana Krall
• Morning doves
• The wind

Dislikes

• Lima beans
• Long red lights
• Ordering at the fast food drive-through window
• Phone solicitors
• The smell of cat litter
• Low-gallon water heaters

Favorite Food

• Mexican

Favorite Verses

• Psalm 138:3
• Ephesians 3:14-19

Favorite Movies

• The Princess Bride
• The Matrix
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Favorite Vacation Spots

• The Northwest

When and where did you accept Christ as your Savior?

I grew up into Christ as naturally as I grew into adulthood. My parents tell that my first (of many) “come into my heart” prayers happened at age 4.

My most vivid historical event memory

• The explosion of Mt. St. Helens