Meet Grace

Committed to making the world a more compassionate place, Grace is an empathetic and dynamic pastor.

She graduated from Luther Seminary in 2012 with a Masters of Arts in Congregation and Community Care. Her thesis is titled, “Restoring Shalom: Welcoming People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Faith Communities.” She graduated with a MDiv from Luther Seminary in 2020. Grace is a Spiritual Director and she is the Supervisory Chaplain for Seamen’s Church Institute, Paducah. Grace is passionate about destigmatizing addiction and recovery at the congregation level. You can access the Addiction and Recovery Curriculum for Congregation Use that she developed with Glenn Mason. 

Grace lives in Paducah, KY with her dog and assorted outdoor cats. When not working on renovating her house, chasing chickens, or tending her garden, you can find Grace (The Revelator) at the rink with her roller derby team.

CV: The Rev. Grace Pardun