Evie Telfer
Residential Living Pastor and Director of Pastoral Ministries
Evie Telfer serves as the Residential Living Pastor and Director of Pastoral Ministries at Messiah Lifeways. Educated at Vanderbilt University (BA), Asbury Seminary (MDiv) and Loyola University in Maryland (MS), she served for 22 years as the Student Ministries Pastor at Messiah University before joining the Messiah Lifeways team in 2019. Evie was raised in the Episcopal Church, came to personal faith through Young Life, served as a missionary in Kenya for Youth with a Mission, and was licensed as a pastor in the Brethren in Christ Church in 2013. Evie also earned her license as a professional counselor in 2017. She enjoys trips out West to visit family, gardening, hiking, and caring for her horse, Woozer.
Rev. Jacqueline Cook (“Jac”)
Village Center Chaplain
Rev. Jacqueline Cook serves as the Village Center Chaplain. She is an ordained minister with the Federation of Christian Ministries (FCM) and endorsed through FCM for institutional chaplaincy. She completed her Clinical Pastoral Education residency at Penrose-Saint Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs and is board certified with the Association of Professional Chaplains. Jacqueline earned her BA degree in Religious Studies at Regent University and her MDiv at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Northwest regional campus in Seattle, WA. She brings a wide range of experience to the Messiah Lifeways team ranging from church administration; young adult ministry; and hospital, hospice, and long-term care chaplaincy. Jacqueline is particularly passionate about providing spiritual and emotional support to those who live and work in long-term care settings. In her free time, she dabbles in amateur photography and enjoys time in nature with her husband, Christian, and their dachshund, Rigby.
Brenda Leibundgut
Administrative Assistant
Brenda Leibundgut has been the part-time Administrative Assistant for Pastoral Ministries since March 2020 and is currently helping the Messiah Village Church with their administrative needs. She also serves as the
part-time Coordinator for The Pathways Institute. Additionally, she volunteers as the Director of Women’s Ministry at Community Christian Fellowship in Carlisle. Brenda spent more than 20 years teaching in Christian education, serving a few years as principal. She is passionate about supporting and encouraging others. Brenda loves to travel, especially to the beach.
She is married to her husband, Jim, and is the mother of two grown children.