Nicole Farley, pastor

Nicole is a 2007 graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and a 1994 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design.

As a second-career seminarian, Nicole worked most of her career for a catalog company, LTD Commodities.  She first sensed a call to something bigger in the church while serving on a Long Range Planning Committee at her home church, Wildwood Presbyterian Church, in Grayslake, IL.  She began working with the senior high youth group in 2001 and answered the call to seminary in 2003.  After graduating seminary, Nicole served at Winnetka Presbyterian Church in Winnetka, IL as their Director of Youth Ministries, working closely with the junior and senior high students and their families, as well as members of all ages.