Meet our Pastor

Rev. Deborah Nees

As a retired elder of the United Methodist Church, Rev. Deborah Nees has been a member of the Christ Woodland congregation since its merger in 2016. She became our pastor in 2022 after the untimely passing of Rev. Stephanie Lee.

Rev. Deb, or just Deb, as she likes to be called, was born in Durham, North Carolina, where her father, the late Rev. Forrest Nees, was completing his theological studies at Duke University. She was trained and worked three years as a nurse before entering the Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio, where she received her Master of Divinity degree. She served for several years as pastor of Twin Falls United Methodist Church in Monroe Falls before retiring in 2014.

Deb has twin sons, David and Joshua, a daughter-in-law, Angela, and a granddaughter, Lucia.