Angie Witmer

Angie Witmer is currently the Minister for Youth and Young Adults at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ (www.plymouthchurch.com) in Des Moines, Iowa. She started with Plymouth in the spring of 2000 and since that time has learned a few things, including: kids grow up way too fast and really need a faith community to love them; kids grow up way too fast and their parents really need a faith community to help them; there is a lot of pain in the world and there is a lot of good in the world, too; and people genuinely crave relationship with one another and with God.

Because of these and other tidbits of wisdom she has picked up over the years, Angie is passionate about creating community and building relationships with people in many different ministry settings, including: Saturday evening worship at Plymouth UCC, Plymouth's Head to the Heart confirmation program for 7th and 8th graders and their families, high school ministries (including study groups, just-for-fun events and service projects) and Faith Stepping Stones, a birth-to-graduation process that enables parents and children to grow closer to each other and to God by sharing their lives with one another every day.

Besides her work at Plymouth, Angie also works with the wonderful folks at Faith Inkubators (www.faithink.com) in Stillwater, Minnesota as a workshop leader, trainer and system changer. She is also working toward certification as a brain-based educator/presenter through Jensen Learning Corporation.

Angie has been married to Paul Witmer since May 2001. Paul is the Interim Minister at Covenant Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Urbandale, Iowa. Angie's daughter Bailey is a great teenager who loves to play volleyball, shop and make her mom laugh. Angie's bonus-kids (Paul's kids) are pretty cool teenagers, too. Ben is an amazing artist and Hannah is the family thespian. Angie's family (Paul, the kids, Buddy the wonder dog and all of their cats) is great: they are a never-ending source of love, support, pride and sermon illustrations (sorry, kids).