Rev. Jayne Markin is currently serving as Pastor for LifeSong UMC in Reeds Spring along with Open Doors UMC in Blue Eye.  Prior to this appointment she served as an Associate Pastor at King’s Way UMC in Springfield, a two-point charge in Southeast Missouri where she was the pastor at Bernie UMC and Essex UMC. In December she graduated from Memphis Theological Seminary with her Master of Divinity and will be to pursuing ordination as an Elder for the UMC.

Jayne and Shawn, her husband, have been married for sixteen years.  They have five children: Ashlynn is 15 (Sophomore), Maddie is 14 (8^th grade), Mackenzie is 12 (6^th grade), and Ellie & Owen are 8 (3^rd grade).