Meet the Staff

Pastor Daniel Hilty

Daniel delights in Christ’s ability to bring people together across dividing lines, and believes strongly in the importance of play in the life of faith. His wife Kristen is a social worker and counselor specializing in gerontology who has served as the director of an ecumenical non-profit focusing on poverty-related ministry. Their son Elijah is a software developer in Columbia, and their daughter Maggie is studying computer engineering at Mizzou.

Pastor S. Jewell S. McGhee

Email: jewell@moumc.org

S. Jewell S. McGhee has been serving part time in St. Louis at various churches for the last few years. Most recently she has been the Pastor of Technology and Intergenerational Ministry at Maplewood United Methodist Church. They received their MDiv from Eden Theological Seminary and their BA in Ancient Languages from Wheaton College.

Pastor Jewell has worked for the last decade as a professional community artist using large scale art installations to build bridges for communities to bring growth and healing.

Pastor Jewell and their husband, Mark, have four children: George, Rae, Amelia and Blaise. Jewell’s favorite Bible verse is Isaiah 45:3, “I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.”