Jennifer Schanely
Jennifer was blessed to grow up in a Christian home in Appleton, Wisconsin. She remembers hearing the gospel at a young age, and her parents tell her of how she responded and asked Jesus to be her Savior. Jennifer grew in her faith in middle school and high school and desired to go to a school that would allow her to study both the Bible and music, so she attended Moody Bible Institute. Jennifer met her husband Travis there while he was studying missionary aviation. She graduated with a BA in Church music, and Jennifer and Travis married in 2000.
Jennifer and Travis served with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua, New Guinea from 2005-2008 where Travis flew as a missionary pilot and Jennifer served in the missionary kids’ school as a registrar and also assisted in the high school choir by accompanying. Their daughter Alyssa was born in Australia during their time there. As their term was ending, they both felt the Lord calling them back to the States to be a witness to people in their own culture. In 2009 Jennifer & Travis moved to Virginia where Travis worked as a pilot, and their daughter Kaitlyn was born.
In 2016 Travis and Jennifer moved to Pennsylvania and chose Ebenezer Bible Fellowship church as their church home. Jennifer got involved serving on the worship team, and at Awana. Travis and Jennifer became members in 2017, and in 2018 Jennifer joined the church staff.
Jennifer feels like the Lord has been calling her towards children’s ministry for a while. As a teen, Jennifer loved teaching 5 day clubs (backyard Bible clubs for kids in their neighborhoods), and then later she volunteered at VBS, taught Sunday school, led children in worship in children’s church, and taught piano lessons to children. She has always had a heart for children and is excited to share the love of Jesus with children and their families. Children are a blessing from the Lord! We hope that your kids will feel welcomed and loved at Ebenezer while being changed by the transforming power of the Gospel!