Staff
The church office is staffed Tuesday and Thursday, from 10:00am – 3:30pm.
Please stop by during office hours or call 309-245-2914 and leave a detailed message. Or use the web form to contact the church office via email.
Please stop by during office hours or call 309-245-2914 and leave a detailed message. Or use the web form to contact the church office via email.
Rev. Dr. Linda Philabaun
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Doctor Philabaun was born in Peoria, Illinois and attended Peoria High School. She spent summers on her grandparent’s farm in Portland, Indiana during her youth. She pursued a career with Thoroughbred Equine for 18 years. During that time she handled horses at Churchill Downs and Keenland in Kentucky as well as Arlington Park and Windward Farm in Diamond Lake, Illinois. She was a surgical assistant to the Churchill Downs veterinarian, and worked with a breeding and feeding program designed to produce winners.
She received her call to ministry during her equine experience. She returned to Peoria and the church which had nurtured her from her youth. She went on to attend the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary where she realized her call to the specialized ministry of pastoral care. She completed two residency programs at Northwest Community Hospital as an oncology chaplain and worked for Vitas Hospice in the Greater Chicago area. She was ordained in 1998. She served as the Parish Associate at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Round Lake, Illinois then answered a call to four churches in Indiana over the next 16 years. She served the Presbytery of Whitewater Valley as Co-chair of the Committee on Preparation for Ministry, President of the Board of Directors, on the Coordinating Council, the Personnel Committee and participated in the Small Church Network. Linda completed her Doctorate in 2007. She returned to Illinois in 2014 and currently serves the Farmington Presbyterian Church as an Interim. Linda’s hobbies include downhill skiing, reading, nature walks, and of course, horses. She shares her home with two cats, Spook and Stinky. Linda’s passion and enthusiasm is evident and contagious as she answers God’s call daily in ministry and love. |
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Barb Brown
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