Service Times
Sundays at 9 am
and 11 am
Jerry McCann
Senior Pastor
pastorjerry@hillcrestjamestown.com
Pastor Jerry McCann
Senior Pastor
What do you do at Hillcrest?
I am the primary preaching pastor and am part of a team which leads the church in its vision, direction and administration. This includes overseeing and directing the efforts of our ministry team, who serve as a catalyst for energizing and encouraging the church’s ministries.
How long have you been at Hillcrest?
I’ve been at Hillcrest since 1999.
Family Information:
I’ve been married to my lovely wife Dell for over 34 years, and we have two sons: Liam who is enrolled in Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, and Ryan, a graduate of the music conservatory at Wheaton College and who lives and works in the Chicago, IL area.
Education:
I hold a B.S. in Education from the University of Maine, a year of graduate school credit in counseling from the University of Maine, and (23 years later) a Masters of Divinity degree (MDiv) from Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul, MN (where I served as a teaching assistant for the Preaching Department for two years).
Fun Stuff:
Favorite color: Blue, because it is the color of my wife’s eyes.
Favorite Food: I’m basically a meat and potatoes kind of guy, but love to eat clams and scallops when we get away to Maine.
Hobbies: I read, refinish old furniture, visit historical sites and vacation in Maine.
Tell us about a few influential (or favorite) books you’ve read:
Beyond the Bible, Desiring God by John Piper (actually almost everything he’s written), Follow Me by Jan David Hettinga, The Unity of the Bible by Daniel P. Fuller, and Dallas Willard’s books are good too. I also enjoy reading historical fiction, and action adventure novels.
Spiritual Stuff:
Tell us a little bit about your spiritual journey:
My mother insisted on her sons being in church on Sundays. Consequently, I can’t remember a time when I didn’t believe in Jesus. The Gospel was simply presented to me as: this is the way things are. Baptized at the age of 10, I led the church youth group where I was merciless in my questioning of our pastor about all things spiritual, and served as chaplain of my high school Key Club. After marrying, Dell and I became active in different churches as we moved around the country where my business career took us. I often taught adult Sunday School classes, led a youth group that met in our home at one church we were part of, and in smaller churches, found myself filling in for the pastor at the pulpit when he was absent. Throughout all our experiences, people kept asking, when was I going to go into ministry? “When God calls me and I can’t do anything else,” was my constant response. Finally, while working in Chicago, God did call me, and I had people in the churches I’d served in over the years affirm my call. I enrolled in seminary in June of 1992, and began to pastor my first church, five months later.
What did you do before you started working at Hillcrest?
I was in sales and marketing with major food companies for over 20 years (for such products/companies as Kraft, Dial Soap, Armour Hot Dogs, Banquet Frozen Foods, Popsrite Popcorn, 3 Minute Brand Oats, and the American Dairy Association). Just prior to God’s calling me to Hillcrest, I was pastor at Country Roads Church in Stacey, MN for 7 years and President of the Minnesota General Conference, Mid East District Ministerial Group.
Mark Hinman
Worship & Music Pastor
pastormark@hillcrestjamestown.com
Where did you grow up? Randolph
How did you become a part of Hillcrest? I started attending Hillcrest in 1990, about a year before Danielle and I were married.
Favorite books? Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Intimacy with the Almighty by Chuck Swindoll
What’s on your iPod? A whole lot of podcasts, plus a tons of contemporary Christian music (I am a big Lincoln Brewster fan at the moment).
Favorite vacation spot? The Outer Banks, North Carolina
Favorite foods? Surf & Turf
Favorite pastime(s)? Hanging out with my wife and 4 girls, playing piano, restoring our 100-yr-old home, reading, skiing and working out.
Favorite movie quote? (Pharoah in The Ten Commandments) “So let it be written. So let it be done.”
Favorite TV show? 24 (although it’s starting to get a little old)
Who is a mentor to you? Although he died more than 100 years ago, Andrew Murray continues to speak deep things into my walk with Christ.
What is one unique fact about you? I started playing for church 3 times every weekend when I was 13.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Malawi. The Lord has used trips to Africa to break my heart and change my life.
Justin Joyner
Youth Pastor
pastorjustin@hillcrestjamestown.com
Serving as Associate Pastor of Youth and Outreach, Pastor Joyner is a May 2006 graduate of
During his years at
As part of his senior year at
Originally from
Pastor Justin lives in Jamestown with his wife, Tiffany.
Sarah Anderson
Associate Pastor of Family Ministry - Children
pastorsarah@hillcrestjamestown.com
Jeanine Pickard
Preschool Director
jeaninepickard@hillcrestjamestown.com
Wendy Roof
Church Office Manager
wendyroof@hillcrestjamestown.com












