Ministerial Staff
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Mike Omundson was born and raised in Estherville, Iowa. Following his high school graduation from Estherville, Mike served four years in the U.S. Navy as a dental technician, stationed in California, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Diego Garcia, and Guam. He graduated from the University of Iowa and Dallas Theological Seminary. Mike married Cheryl Davis in 1978. They have four adult children. Eric has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Iowa and is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, currently serving at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. Eric and his wife, Laura, have the most beautiful granddaughter in the world: Eva. Mark has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa, is an engineer for Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois, and is a Captain in the Iowa Army National Guard. Andrew is a graduate from the University of Iowa, with a degree in finance and works at Prairie Meadows in Altoona. Kristi is a senior at the University of Iowa, majoring in Sociology.
Mike was ordained into the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1988. Mike has led congregations in Dighton and Augusta, Kansas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Bondurant, Iowa; and he is currently serving as Senior Pastor of the First Christian Church, Oskaloosa. Mike has been active at the district and regional levels of the Christian Church.
Since seminary, Pastor Omundson has furthered his education, including taking history and polity classes at Phillips Graduate Seminary, and philosophy and theology classes at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City. In the Des Moines area, he has completed two years in Clinical Pastoral Education training and served on call status as chaplain at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, and Blank Children’s Hospital. Michael has also completed a two-year program as a Pastoral Care Specialist at the Des Moines Pastoral Care Counseling Center.
Mike has many interests including biking, hiking, camping, reading, listening to music, watching movies, cheering his alma mater, and spending time with his family.
Pastor Andrea Brownlee, Associate Pastor
Andrea Brownlee was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of a minister and her family moved around several times before making Moundsville, West Virginia their home. In 2004 she earned her Bachelors of Art in Religious Studies from Mount Union College; Alliance, Ohio and in 2007 earned her Master of Divinity from Lexington Theological Seminary; Lexington, Kentucky. Andrea was ordained into Christian ministry through the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) June 30, 2010.
In her free time she enjoys reading, spending time with family and friends, cooking, being in nature, playing piano, and singing. Andrea has a dog named Bartholomew, who loves spending time on the walking trail in Oskaloosa! She has been bungee jumping in New Zealand and plans to go back some day and do it again!
She joined the ministerial staff of First Christian Church, Oskaloosa in August of 2010 with energy and excitement! Andrea realizes that her faith journey is one that is on going and ever changing and like many others; she often struggles with making faith and life connect. In this busy and chaotic world, she feels God calling her to help others find the balance where faith and life exists in harmony! Part of Andrea’s task at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is to develop new ministries to reach individuals and families with hectic schedules and very little “down time”. New events and opportunities are developing that compliment many of the existing opportunities at First Christian Church and Pastor Andrea hopes you will come check us out and grow in your faith! We want to journey along side you, helping you grow, strengthen, and actively use your faith everyday!