Pastor Will Jewson
608-752-7961
asburypastor@charter.net

Pastor Will Jewson was appointed to be the pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Janesville, WI on July 1, 2014.  He holds a Masters of Divinity degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and a BA from Hope College.  He comes with a wide variety of experience including Youth Director, Visitation and Care, Worship Leader, teaching adults and children as well as playing trumpet in a number of church bands and ringing bells in the hand bell choir.

This is a second career for Pastor Will after having completed 25 years in the retail world, most recently as a Director of Purchasing.

He has a deep love of music both in the church and in the community.  He has served as President of the Fond du Lac Music Parent’s Association as well as the Fond du Lac Children’s Chorale and was a member of several Booster organizations.  In 2013, he was awarded the “Community Service Award” for his long-time work with music in the schools and communities.

Connecting the life transforming stories of the Bible to the day-to-day lives of individuals is central to his ministry.  He believes that our faith must shape and inform our day-to-day lives and our daily decisions.  It is his mission to help everyone he can in developing their spiritual lives so that they might also experience this type of life changing faith.

Pastor Will’s wife, Diana, has developed and directed hand bell choirs in their church as well as another church and the local High School.  She has earned a Master’s Degree in Church Music from Concordia University.  Pastor Will and Diana have two grown children, Jimmy, who holds a Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts – Roosevelt University, and Paul, who has recently completed his Undergraduate Degree as a Music Major (Double Bass Performance) at UW – Lacrosse.

Pastor Will and Diana enjoy fine dining, going for walks, traveling, the Green Bay Packers, the Milwaukee Brewers and their miniature Dachshund named Lottie.