Jonathan Colegrove, Lead Pastor
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As pastor of PCC, I like being a gardener. I know pastors are usually thought of as shepherds or teachers. If we're honest with ourselves, all we do is till and tend the soil and see what God grows. Our's is a smallish church called together by God to be multi-generational, multi-economic, multi-ethnic, multi-racial, yet called to be one in Christ. Our's is a garden with many different kinds of plantings that God is growing into a wonderfully diverse cultivation.
I've served churches and para-church ministries in Connecticut for over 30 years. For six years I served as CCCC Area Representative for Southern New England. I also have a long-standing commitment to discipling individuals and mentoring pastors. As you can imagine, I don't spend a lot of time sitting in an office. You'll often find me at a diner or coffee shop challenging people to walk with Jesus.
I came to know Christ personally while studying at the University of Connecticut. I grew up in church. My Mom was the church secretary and my Dad's family founded the church in Greenwich, CT in 1665. One of my great-grandfathers was the first native-born Protestant pastor in Armenia; so 'church' was in my blood. But faith in Christ wasn't a personal experience for me until I was a sophomore in college and I heard a man on the radio say, "God demonstrates his love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). That's when I said, "Hey! He's talking about me." That's when I asked Christ to be Lord of my life.
Education: Yale Divinity School (M.Div.), The Ohio State University (M.M.), and The University of Connecticut (B.S.),
Family: Jon is married to Jama Colegrove, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. They live in Wethersfield, CT and have two grown children and three grandchildren.
Hobbies: Cooking, U.S. Presidential history, piano, singing, travel, and DIY
I've been reading: The Bully Pulpit, by Doris Kearns Goodwin; River of Doubt, by Candice Millard; Imagine Church, by Neil Hudson, The Gathering Storm, by Winston Churchill, All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren, Slow Church, by Chris Smith and John Pattison, Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Most beautiful place on Earth: The Scottish Highlands
Best Meal Ever: My wife's sausage tortellini soup.
I've served churches and para-church ministries in Connecticut for over 30 years. For six years I served as CCCC Area Representative for Southern New England. I also have a long-standing commitment to discipling individuals and mentoring pastors. As you can imagine, I don't spend a lot of time sitting in an office. You'll often find me at a diner or coffee shop challenging people to walk with Jesus.
I came to know Christ personally while studying at the University of Connecticut. I grew up in church. My Mom was the church secretary and my Dad's family founded the church in Greenwich, CT in 1665. One of my great-grandfathers was the first native-born Protestant pastor in Armenia; so 'church' was in my blood. But faith in Christ wasn't a personal experience for me until I was a sophomore in college and I heard a man on the radio say, "God demonstrates his love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). That's when I said, "Hey! He's talking about me." That's when I asked Christ to be Lord of my life.
Education: Yale Divinity School (M.Div.), The Ohio State University (M.M.), and The University of Connecticut (B.S.),
Family: Jon is married to Jama Colegrove, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. They live in Wethersfield, CT and have two grown children and three grandchildren.
Hobbies: Cooking, U.S. Presidential history, piano, singing, travel, and DIY
I've been reading: The Bully Pulpit, by Doris Kearns Goodwin; River of Doubt, by Candice Millard; Imagine Church, by Neil Hudson, The Gathering Storm, by Winston Churchill, All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren, Slow Church, by Chris Smith and John Pattison, Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Most beautiful place on Earth: The Scottish Highlands
Best Meal Ever: My wife's sausage tortellini soup.
