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Biography for Holy Cross Episcopal Church, July 2010
Personal
Pastor Jenny L. Pratt lives
in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma where she moved to join her husband Horace, in August 2007. She married her college sweetheart
and best friend February 18, 2007 after being a single parent for 14 years. They had not seen each other in over
30 years. After losing his wife of 25 years to Lupus two years earlier, Horace reconnected, by finding Jenny in
the College Alumni Directory. Horace is a Senior Facilities Engineer and has been with Whirlpool for 22 years,
with the last 13 years at the Tulsa Division. Before Whirlpool, Horace served 11 years in the Air Defense Artillery
and Millitary Intelligence.
Pastor Jenny has two daughters, Sydney, twenty-two, and Kaylee, twenty. Sydney is an English Major at the University
of Houston, and Kaylee is Majoring in Anthropology, and currently finishing basic coursework at Tulsa Community
College.
The rest of the household consists of a Doberman (Luke), a Golden Retriever (Copper), two cats (Angel & Willie),
and two Conure birds (Bud & Little Bird). Pastor Jenny has a sister ten years older and a brother three years
younger who live in north Georgia with their families and a sister six years younger living in south Texas with
her family. Pastor Jenny’s mother and father are deceased. Horace’s father is deceased. His mother, Sybil, lives
in Tulsa, and his older sister (only sibling) along with her family live in north Georgia.
In her lifetime, Pastor Jenny has lived in 17 cities
and 13 states.
Pastoral Ministry
Pastor Jenny is a full time Chaplain at St. John Hospital in Tulsa. Since moving to Oklahoma, she has served in
Interim Positions . She has been serving as part-time Interim Priest at Holy Cross since July 2010. Her Interim
positions before Holy Cross were at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Sapulpa, OK; Grace Episcopal Church in Muskogee,
OK; and Christ the King Lutheran Church in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Prior to moving to Oklahoma, Pastor Jenny served as Senior Pastor of Salem Lutheran in Port Lavaca, Texas, and
Associate Pastor at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Ft. Worth, Texas.
First Career
Prior to Seminary, her first career includes 16 years of experience in business-to-business marketing and communications,
including 12 years in the plastics/petrochemical industry and four years in the advertising industry. Her last
position in the business world was Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Huntsman Chemical Corporation. She
received her Bachelor of Arts degree from North Georgia College in Dahlonega and her Masters of Divinity from The
Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. She was ordained September 12, 1999.
Pastoral Gifts and Passion
Pastor Jenny describes her top five leadership skills in the areas of Administration, Sharing Leadership, Worship
Leadership, Stewardship and Ministering in Crisis.
When speaking of her core convictions she says, “I believe each of us has a purpose in life and responsibility
to live it out to the best of our ability seeking to discern God’s leading in that purpose. Christian theology
shapes our lives in a way that we become a receptacle for the gift of faith and faith development. I believe there
are many false doctrines in Christianity that skew theology and make doctrine life-taking rather than reflecting
the life-giving nature of the gospel. My sense of call comes from a passion to share the gospel of Jesus Christ,
to help others put on the armor of Christ, and to build community and outreach.”
Should you require pastoral care, please contact the Church at 918-272-1035.
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