Staff and Clergy

Rector: Kevin Miller

Ministry Area(s): Prayer, Preaching, Vision, Leading Vestry and Clergy.
Background: Editor and vice-president at Christianity Today for 26 years; associate rector at Church of the Resurrection for 5 years; rector at Savior since January 2017.
Family/Pets: Kevin is married to Savior’s Associate Rector, Karen. Their son and daughter are grown.
Quote: “You can accomplish a great deal more by quiet, thoughtful work done as in God’s sight, than by all the busy eagerness and over-activity of your restless nature” (Francois Fenelon, 17th-century spiritual writer).

Ministry Area(s): Leading Staff Meetings, Coaching Staff, Leading Worship, Serving on Vestry.
Background: Karen led the counseling center for Evangelical Child and Family Agency for 9 years; coached church planters for 3 years; and served as executive pastor at Church of the Resurrection for 14 years. She founded and leads a leadership-coaching practice, Strengthen Your Leadership.
Family/Pets: Karen is married to Savior’s Rector, Kevin. Their son and daughter are grown.
Quote: “If you have the gift of leadership, lead diligently” (Paul) and “Apart from me, you can do nothing” (Jesus).

Ministry Area(s): Altar, Acolytes, Pastoral Care, Serving on Vestry
Background: Sandy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked for Outreach for over 20 years. Sandy has been part of Church of the Savior since its beginning .
Quote: “Think and wonder. Wonder and think” (Dr. Seuss).

Ministry Areas: Altar and behind-the-scenes support.
Background: A software engineer for nearly 20 years, Brad joined Church of the Savior in 2017.
Family/Pets: Brad is married to Sarah. They have three daughters: Isabel, Clare and Vivian.
Quote: “Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things pass away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
He who has God,
Finds he lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.”
(Teresa of Ávila)

Ministry Area(s): Family Ministries, Children, Youth
Background: Mary Gonzalez is our Pastor of Family Ministries and has worked at Savior since its beginning in 2004.
Family/Pets: Mary lives in Winfield with her husband, Angel. Their daughter, Mariana, and son, Daniel, are grown.
Quote: “We always have enough time to do the work that God has for us” (Sibyl Towner).

Ministry Area(s): Music, Worship Team, Congregational Music
Background: John conducts the Downers Grove Choral Society and the Naperville Men’s Glee Club. He also teaches college courses in music. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa. Learn more here.
Family/Pets: John (JP) and his wife, Marissa, have four children, Samuel, Ana, Lydia, and Abigail (Lydia’s twin who lives in Heaven).
Quote: “He who sings scares away his woes.” – Miguel de Cervantes

Ministry Area(s): Adult formation: community-building, education, and worship-service teams
Background: Sarah has a background in teaching (English literature and writing). She has been an Anglican since she discovered liturgical worship in college; she joined Savior in 2017.
Family/Pets: Sarah is married to Brad, also a deacon, and they have three daughters: Isabel, Claire and Vivian.
Quote: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well” (Julian of Norwich).

Background: Sydney has lived in Wheaton since the age of 13 and grew up going to an Anglican church. She is a student at COD and resource aide in the public schools.
Family/Pets: 3 children: Ayva, Braylin, and Cayden.
Quote: “God will never, never, never let us down if we have faith and put our trust in Him. He will always look after us. So we must cleave to Jesus. Our whole life must simply be woven into Jesus.” (Mother Theresa)