Community
Patricia Jelen
Patricia Jelen, C3 (Communication, Connection and Culture) Director, 920.593.3490
hometown: Suamico, WI
family info: Married to Patrick for 14 years, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 68 chickens
How did you come to Community?
I was invited by friends to Dessert Theatre 8 years ago. Once I became a Christian and began looking for a church this was the first place I walked into and I have never left.
What is your role at Community?
I work with staff and volunteers on communication venues, meal programs, Front Line Ministries, visual arts, stage sets, interior design, making something out of nothing whenever I can and whatever else Troy says is mine.
What is the best part about your role?
The volunteers.
Fun Stuff
If you were a color, what color would you be? Why?
Red. I have been told I’m firey and spirited.
What do you count as the greatest invention of the last 100 years?
Either the Etcha-Sketch or open heart surgery.
What is your favorite place on the earth?
Home or Australia. Both are amazing havens.
What makes you laugh?
Almost everything.
What makes you cry?
High heels, the movie Pearl Harbor, and seeing people get baptised.
If you could be on any reality TV show, what would it be?
Wife Swap. I’d love to trade places with a debutante socialite who has never worked a day in her life and hear about her adventures with welding and chickens and bailing hay. I might look even better to my sweetie after that experience.