Jeff McMichael - Beginning a Journey & Seeing the World in a Different Way

Jeff McMichael, minister at Freedom Cumberland Presbyterian Church and regional representative for Our United Outreach shares how his parents were crucial in his faith formation and being open to God allows us to see the world in a different way.
Reverend Jeff McMicheal was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky on July 29, 1961 into a wonderful family as the youngest of three kids. He is a life-long Cumberland Presbyterian and his father was an elder in the Harrodsburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  His mother, a Sunday School teacher and part-time pianist.  Jeff attended his first Vacation Bible School when I was two-weeks old.  Any time the church doors were open, he was in attendance with his family.  Jeff accepted Jesus Christ in 1970 when he was 9 years old and was baptized by Rev. Roy Moore.  Some of Jeff's fondest memories were of church camps and presbyterial 5th Sunday Youth Rallies.   
After graduation from high school, Jeff attended the University of Kentucky.  While in college, Jeff said that he wandered away from my faith.  It was not until I met his wife and began to have children did he return to the church.   He has been married to his wife Tammie, a pediatric registered nurse, for almost 38 years and they have 3 grown children.  
The oldest son, Jonathan, lives in Dallas, Texas. He works and teaches at SMU. His wife is neo-natal physician at Dallas Children’s Hospital.  
Ashley is the second eldest and lives in her grandparent's old home in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.  She is in social work for an insurance company.  Her husband is a firefighter.  They have two children, Charli Grace (13) and Quin (8 months). 
The youngest of the three children is Brandon who lives in Owensboro, Kentucky.  He is a civil engineer for a pipeline company.  His wife works in a real-estate title office.  They have three children, Sophia (4),  Blake (3), and Stella (1).  
Jeff is presently the full-time pastor of Freedom Cumberland Presbyterian in Breckinridge County, Kentucky and has been serving this congregation for 9 years. Prior to this full-time pastorate, He was a bi-vocational minister serving at Ephesus, Short Creek and Mt. Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian churches.  His other vocation was being a pharmacy district manager for pharmacy chain for over 20 years. 
Jeff also serves as a Regional Representative for Our United Outreach (OUO) for the Synod of the Midwest.  This area includes Covenant, Cumberland, and North-Central Presbyteries.  Jeff also serves as a part-time staff as the Mission's Coordinator for Cumberland Presbytery.  
Jeff is also the Co-Chair for Cumberland presbytery’s General Assembly Planning Committee which will host the next General Assembly scheduled at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky. His hobbies include reading and playing with his dogs.

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Jeff McMichael - Beginning a Journey & Seeing the World in a Different Way
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