Jake and Melissa have been married for 6 years. Together they blog at www.holymessofmarriage.com about marriage and relationships. Their desire is that through very honest and transparent stories from their own marriage and relationship, they can provide hope, encouragement and lessons learned about navigating relationships, dating and marriage. They also write regularly for Relevant Magazine Online (www.relevantmagazine.com) and have hopes to publish their thoughts and writings about marriage.
Jake has been working in youth ministry for ten years and is a Licensed Minister. Currently, he is the Youth Pastor at Grace Community Church in New Canaan, CT. He also serves as the US Representative for We Love Our Youth Worker. In his spare time, he works with REACH Youth New England doing Regional Training, Communications and Web Design. Jake has been published in Youth Worker Journal, NNYM.com and Relevant Magazine both in print and online. (@jakekircher, www.jakekircher.com)
Melissa is currently a self-employed artist in the fields of painting, photo-processing, graphic design and writing. Her visual artwork can be seen on her website www.melissakircher.com. Melissa is also a youth ministry volunteer at her church focusing on mentoring high school girls. She is also married to a full time youth pastor. Melissa has been published in Relevant Magazine, both print and online, with articles about relationships and art.
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