Rev. Sam Park, Senior Pastor
he Rev. Sam SangMyung Park was born and raised in JeJu, South Korea where he was deeply involved in a church revival movement. “SangMyung” is a middle name given by his parents. Its meaning is “Let there be light.” Even though he doesn’t have any dramatic burning-bush experience like Moses in his calling story, he truly believes that he was born and called to be a pastor sharing the light of God at all times and in all places. Even now, his heart has been warmed strangely for the mission and ministry of God whenever his name is called.
While exploring his calling for ordained ministry, he discovered his faith as powerless and hopeless as dealing with hunger, poverty, and death when the whole country faced the Internal Momentary Fund Crisis in 1998. This eye-opening experience had led him to extend his faith journey with injustice around the marginalized, isolated, and excluded people whom God still loves so much. As soon as realizing a new path of faith, he had promptly joined a “Institute of the Differently Abled Right” refashioning a Christian symbol for the people with disabilities. Here, he discovered that many churches were excluding by pursuing perfect image of divinity. It triggered him to search and find more perfect and inclusive God who loves all, no matter what! Indeed, God used his painful tears in a new spiritual journey to create a balanced faith between personal and social holiness.
Rev. Park earned his Bachelor of Arts at Hansei University, in Seoul and Master of Divinity at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. For one year, he took Clinical Pastoral Education at University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, as part of Theology of Master degree of Chicago Theological Seminary, specializing in Pastoral Care Ministry. Now, Rev. Park is an Ordained Elder in full connection in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2014. For fourteen years, he has served the Community UMC at La Moille and Bethany of Fox Valley UMC at Aurora in sharing passionate joy and creative energy.
Rev. Park believes every experience in his life has formed his faith and guided his spiritual journey through God’s unwavering love and unique call to become an inspirational preacher, visionary leader, and pastoral caregiver to the church and its community. He is also passionate to open church doors to the communities and to share God’s love and hope through the grace of Jesus Christ to ALL.
Holly Vosburgh, Director of Children’s Ministry
Holly Vosburgh has served as our Director of Children’s Ministry since August 2024. Her passions include creating a warm and welcoming environment for children and families, growing the children’s programs, and modeling Christian values of kindness and empathy for the children and youth at Trinity.
Holly was born in a suburb just north of Cincinnati, Ohio where she lived until she turned 18. During that time, Holly attended a classical Christian school, volunteered in her Church’s preschool classrooms, and played lots of sports. After graduating, Holly moved to Nashville, Tennessee to play collegiate volleyball and earn her Bachelor’s of Science with a focus in Early Childhood Education. While attending Trevecca Nazarene University, Holly met Andrew Vosburgh, who she fell in love with! After graduating, She taught first grade in the local district. In 2022, Andrew and Holly got married and moved to Boston for Andrew to attend graduate school, obtaining a Master’s in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. While in Boston, Holly taught Kindergarten Prep at MIT and earned her Master’s in Educational Leadership and Policy from Purdue University.
Currently, Holly and her husband live in Elk Grove Village with their sweet dog, Ellie. Holly teaches Kindergarten Prep at a Bright Horizons Center in Downers Grove and is working on her Doctorate of Education with a focus in Leadership and Innovation, also from Purdue. Holly loves her role at Trinity and feels truly blessed to be a part of the community. Other passions include running, crocheting, and traveling with her family and friends.
Office Administrator
Lise Renne, Office Administrator
Lise enjoys bringing Hoosier hospitality to all she meets in her role as Trinity’s Office Administrator.
With a B.A. from Indiana University, she’s gained a variety of experience in sales, marketing and business development in the cable tv arena, as well as franchise financing. She also owned a couple of franchises herself – a local childcare placement agency, and Kindermusik music studio.
She’s happy to bring those skills to Trinity because it feels like home, having grown up in a church community.
Lise can help you learn more about the many ways you can get involved within groups you’re interested in!
Tyrone H. Mitchell, Sr., Director of Music Ministries
Ty has been conducting church choirs since the age of 12. He also has many years of experience conducting over 250 voice choirs for television, the Medina Temple, Orchestra Hall, and the Civic Opera House.
His passion and zeal for conducting choirs and instrumentalists, as well as his own vocal solo performances, is heartfelt, spiritual and fun. Under his leadership the size of the choir at Trinity has grown, partly due to his creative, interpretive musical style and his strong spiritual faith. The congregation is blessed to the heavens by his music ministry. He received a bachelor’s degree from Roosevelt University where he studied Choral Conducting. Roosevelt was a wonderful institution to embellish and fine-tune his gift of conducting. He has been Director of Music Ministries at Trinity since August, 2007.
Church Organist
Welcome Gail Krzeminski
This Sunday, August 27 we welcome Trinity’s new Playroom staff caregiver, Gail Krzeminski in worship. Gail is a very proud mother of two successful, grown children, and grandmother of two little ones. Gail enjoys being with children, especially young children. Some of her passions are traveling, interior decorating, and she loves shopping the resale stores for treasures. Gail will shadow Jacki and Sylvia in the Playroom until she is ready to take the lead. Please extend a warm Trinity welcome to Gail!
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