Jim Brehler Email and Phone Number

I provide pastoral care for 147 member congregation of the United Church of Christ including preaching, worship planning, visioning, long term planning, office staff management, visitations, crisis counseling, pre-marital counseling, teaching, fund raising, and many other assorted ministerial tasks. I am also the President of the Jefferson Area Ministerial Association, Vice-Moderator of the Western Reserve Association (WRA) of the Ohio Conference of the United Church of Christ, Dean of the Grand River Program District of the WRA, a member of the Congregational Growth and Vitality Ministry Team of the WRA, a member of the Joint Personnel Committee of the WRA/EOA, a certified Stephen Minister and Stephen Leader, and Advising Board Member for Embody Community of Faith new church start.

I was part of a team of people responsible for new church starts and congregational vitality for United Church of Christ congregations in the Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ. I was on the Board of Directors of the Joint Ministry Team serving in the same capacity for congregations in the Detroit Metropolitan Association and the Eastern Association of the Michigan Conference.

I managed cross-functional engineering teams for the design, development, and production of steering wheels, driver air bags, passenger air bags, side air bags and rollover airbags for domestic and foreign automotive companies. My experience included a two year assignment with TRW Repa, a German division of TRW Automotive in Alfdorf, Germany.