About Pastor Valarie
Valarie Englert has served churches in the HTC and the legacy North Texas Conference since 2000, both as an associate pastor and lead pastor. Her ministry is characterized by meeting challenges when and where they present themselves, whether those challenges originate in the current climate of “being church”, or in the week-in-week-out activities of life in community.
Valarie’s leadership style is visionary and collaborative. She excels at team-building with an eye toward moving the congregation toward its collective vision. Her leadership is also characterized by what she values: compassion, mercy, mutuality, racial justice, full inclusion, and equity. These values also inform her preaching and worship presence.
Valarie is a mom and grandma, an animal lover, garden and nature lover, and avid reader. Music is one of her greatest joys, whether it is singing in the congregation on a Sunday morning, or jammin’ to rock-n-roll (maybe just a little too loud).
