Jenny Arneson

Lead Pastor

Rev. Jenny Arneson has been the appointed Lead Pastor of the Sun Prairie United Methodist Church since July of 2015.  Jenny’s first pastoral appointment was to the River Falls UMC, where she served eight years. She also served as senior pastor of the Onalaska UMC for eight years. Before her call to ministry, Jenny served as head women’s cross country and track & field coach and Assistant Sports Information Director at UW-Eau Claire.

Jenny currently serves as co-chair of the Wisconsin General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegation. She was an alternate delegate to General Conference in 2012, 2016 and 2019. She is also a clergy member of the North Central Jurisdictional Episcopacy Committee and the Northern Illinois/Wisconsin Episcopacy Committee. 

In addition, Jenny serves on the General Conference on Finance & Administration (GCFA) Committee on Personnel Policies and served for 10 years as the chair of the Wisconsin Conference Personnel Committee.

She earned her Masters of Divinity degree from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in 1999, her Masters in Administration from the University of Iowa in 1990 and her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from UW-Eau Claire in 1984.

One of the joys of serving as Lead Pastor on the staff of SPUMC is sharing in ministry to lead others to know God’s love and grace in their lives. Also, in the spirit of John Wesley, our founder of Methodism, Jenny loves sharing ministry to do all the good we can, by all the means we can, in all the ways we can, in all the places we can, at all the times we can, to all the people we can, as long as ever we can.