Administrative Assistant to the Bishop

122 West Franklin Avenue Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Email: bishopsoffice@dkmnareaumc.org

Rev. Hope Hutchison, an ordained deacon in the Minnesota Conference, is serving as the Executive Administrative Assistant to the Bishop. She replaces Janet Beard, who left for another job.

Rev. Hutchison previously served at Richfield United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for five years, working with the children’s, youth, family, and outreach ministries. She also served at Northeast United Methodist Church in Minneapolis.

After completing her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies, Hutchison attended Methodist Theological School in Ohio for her Master of Divinity.

“Dr. Tim Eberhart advised my thesis and helped me to apply the skills I learned in environmental justice in different justice arenas. It helped me prepare for a broader ministry,” said Pastor Hope.

The intersection of faith formation and transforming the world is a passion of Pastor Hope’s ministry. Defining ways to do faith formation that helps and enables justice work and doing justice work in ways that lead us to know and better define our faith beliefs and ethics is central to her ministry.

Organization and administrative skills are among her skill sets.