Staff & Volunteer Leaders

Pastor Gianna Brown

Dearborn United Methodist Church wants to give a warm welcome to our new pastor, Gianna Brown! We look forward to joining in worship with Gianna and having her part of our Church family!

Below is a quick bio provided by Gianna:

"Hello! My name is Gianna Brown, and I am deeply honored to serve as the Head Pastor of the Methodist Church of Dearborn, Missouri. I am 28 years old and have been active in ministry for the past ten years, with five years of experience in various leadership roles. My calling has led me to serve as a missionary in Australia, the Philippines, Mexico, Kenya, and Uganda, where I’ve had the privilege of preaching the gospel around the world. In addition to pastoral ministry, I am a part-time Christian writer focused on reaching the lost and helping new believers—and those exploring faith—understand Scripture in a clear, meaningful way. I also work full-time as an English teacher at Truman High School and plan to pursue a Master of Divinity degree in the near future. I am joyfully married to my husband, Kedryn Whittington. In my free time, I enjoy studying religion, archaeology, history, and science, along with cooking and gardening. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to lead and serve this church, and I look forward to becoming a member of your family!"

God bless, Gianna Brown

You can contact Pastor Gianna at pastor@dearbornumc.org.

Zachary Schank

Zachary Schank is the Treasurer, Technical Director, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dearborn United Methodist Church. He set up and maintains the church website. Zachary has been a full member of DUMC since 2009 but has been an active member since 2000 at age 3. He graduated from Missouri Western State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology on May 2nd 2020. He has been to Belize, Costa Rica, and Arizona on class trips to study the culture and natural environment of those countries and US state. Zachary enjoys a good mystery by his favorite authors Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He also enjoys spending time with family and playing board games with friends.

You can contact Zachary through email at treasurer@dearbornumc.org

Susie and Millie

Susan Lober

Susan Lober has lived within fifty miles of Dearborn for most of her life. Known as “Susie” to her family, she moved to Dearborn with her parents in 1968 and graduated from the North Platte R-1 school district in 1971. Her parents remained in Dearborn as Susan completed her higher education at Missouri Western State University earning her a B.S. degree in Recreation Administration. She began her working career by serving within not-for-profit organizations in the St Joseph area. Susan made a permanent move back to Dearborn in 2003 and has been an active member of the Dearborn UMC since that time. She has served the church as Pastor-Parish Chair, Lay Leader, Lay Member to Annual Conference, Newsletter Editor, and currently as Council Chair. Susan lives in the family home in Dearborn with her “leap of faith” Labrador, Ms. Millie. Having a love of sewing, Susan participates every year in the Church’s ministry of sewing baby rag quilts for Children’s Mercy Hospital.