Ministry Team

Pastor Karen Helsel

INTERIM PASTOR

Karen Helsel is a native of the Pacific Northwest, growing up in Port Angeles she attended Warner Pacific University and graduated from Anderson University. She and her late husband, Marvin, served in pastoral ministry as well as on the mission field in Thailand.

Karen loves to read, laugh, and talk to her kids and grandkids, Her passion is to teach the scriptures, share how to return to JOY from tough emotions, and help people discover their true heart characteristics. She enjoys sitting by Puget Sound or on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles, listening to birds, ships, and crashing waves.

Her goal, as interim, is to continue to grow in emotional and spiritual maturity, and to help others do the same.