Rev. Jeff Kapp is a Lebanon County native. He graduated from Annville Cleona High School and received his undergraduate degree from Clarion University of PA. He then attended University of Illinois, Chicago for graduate school in the biological sciences. From 2001 to 2013, Pastor Jeff worked in consulting, training, and management for low income housing. In 2012, he began to pursue a calling to professional ministry. Beginning in 2013, he has served Lebanon area churches in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church including Avon Zion UMC, Ebenezer UMC, and Bethany UMC before being appointed to Kochenderfer Church in 2021. He earned a Master of Divinity with a concentration in Marriage and Family Counseling from Evangelical Seminary in 2021 and as of 2022, he has received Provisional Elder status in the UMC, a step toward ordination as a Full Elder. Additionally, he is pursuing a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kairos University and licensure as an MFT. Pastor Jeff has a daughter, Hayleigh Kapp. He is married to Laurabeth Shearer Kapp, the daughter of Rev. Rod Shearer, who is himself a former pastor of Kochenderfer Church. Pastor Jeff is step-dad to Laurabeth’s son, Deacon Shearer. The family lives in Myerstown with their two dogs and three cats.