Pastor Kim Townsend

            Hello! Welcome to The Community United Methodist Church of Chestertown website. I am so glad you have found us! I am Pastor Kimberly Ann Stevens Townsend, and you can call me Pastor Kim. I have been serving this wonderful charge since 2016. Some ask how I got to where I am. Well…God had been poking at me and poking at me but I (thought) I had too many other things going on. That was until the day that He pushed me and I dove in feet first to my ministry. Looking back…this is EXACTLY where I was meant to be. 

A little about me…I am a native to the Adirondack Mountains. I was born and raised here and I am proud to say that I still live here. I actually live in my great-grandparent’s home with my husband, Scott, and our cat, Stripers. We are not far from where I grew up or my parents. Living where we do we are smack dab in the middle of tourism. I have seasonal jobs which take me to a campground during the summer and a mountain during the winter. Oddly enough I do not camp and I do not ski.

It isn’t all about work with us though. We do take time to enjoy ourselves. We have been known to hit the waters with our canoe. We enjoy our hobby raising honeybees. Currently we have two hives but at one point we were up to six. 

There is a verse that I live by and that is Philippians 4:13  I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Without God I wouldn’t be where I am today. Without God I wouldn’t be able to go out and share the love that I know. I absolutely love being able to share what God has done in my life. It has taken a bit to get here but it has been a great journey. The journey isn’t over, and I cannot wait to see where God takes me in the years to come!