MEET OUR STAFF
CO-SENIOR PASTOR → stephanie mathis
Pastor Stephanie Ahn Mathis was born on the East Coast by South Korean immigrants and raised in Texas. She has served in urban settings, colleges, non-profits, overseas, teaching spiritual formation and social change, multiethnic ministries, and advocacy. She is passionate about communicating the wholeness of God's good story to promote shalom (wholeness, totality), healing, repair, and liberation for all people, in systems, and Creation. She deeply cares about racial and gender justice reflected as a prophetic witness in our broken world. She loves listening to people's stories and finding ways to make longer tables to include more people to reflect the many-colored kin-dom of God. She adores her children and husband, quiet mornings with Jesus, and is a loud laugher.
Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) degree in Biblical Justice + Social Ethics from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a degree English/Pre-Law with a focus in African-American Literature from University of Texas; Ordained in Word and Service (specialization in spiritual formation and biblical justice) from the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Email: stephanie[@]westhillscovenant.org
CO-SENIOR PASTOR → mark mathis
Pastor Mark Mathis is a native Oregonian. He has a wide range of experience including drug and alcohol treatment, youth, urban, pastoral, outdoor, and church revitalization ministries. He is passionate about deeply studying the Bible and bringing its truth to a congregation.
He enjoys cycling, rock climbing, hiking, song writing, and spending time with his wife Stephanie and their two sons, Noah and Eliot.
Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; degree in Literature and Leadership Sequence from Claremont McKenna; Ordained in Word and Sacrament from the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Email: mark[@]westhillscovenant.org
pastor of youth + children → jerren wadsworth
Jerren Wadsworth felt called to youth ministry when she was a junior in high school and has been pursuing that call ever since. She has been working in youth ministry for 11 years (5 of which are with West Hills).
Jerren is passionate about helping students feel loved, connected and safe at youth group. She is also a HUGE Bible nerd (she owns 3 Bible board games!) and desires to teach the Bible in interesting and relevant ways.
Jerren is Middle Eastern (her father immigrated from Iran) and she enjoys making and eating Persian food (mostly eating). Jerren is also a mother of two young children that bring lots of joy, laughter and messes into her and her husband’s life.
Degrees in Bible & Theology and Youth Ministry from Multnomah University.
Email: jerren[@]westhillscovenant.org
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR → ashley collins
Ashley Collins has lived most of her life in the great sunny California but believes she was destined to live within the rainy wonders of Oregon. She has a heart for those who have been ostracized and neglected and is passionate about making people feel seen and heard through her written work. When she isn’t writing or reading, she is thrifting, collecting obsolete items, and watching bad movies.
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a focus in Fiction; Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Creative Writing; currently working on Master of Arts in Library Science
Email: officeadmin[@]westhillscovenant.org
youth + children INTERN → Blythe Wolverton
Blythe Wolverton was born and raised here in Portland. She is passionate about serving and loving people well and creating safe spaces for people to be themselves. She is the middle child of 5 in her family and loves them a lot.
She attended Westside Christian High School and participated in choir and theater. She still loves to engage in theater, singing, and dance as much as she can.
After high school, she spent a year in Cannon Beach at Ecola Bible College.