Mary Nilsen

Mary Nilsen, who has been a member of Redeemer since 2016, started as our children and family ministry coordinator on January 1, 2018. She brings over fifteen years of children’s and family ministry experience to Church of the Redeemer, having directed programs in several churches around the Diocese.

Mary is a lifelong Episcopalian. She grew up in the Diocese of Chicago where, at the age of 10, she persuaded the Bishop of Chicago to allow girls to be acolytes. She then served as the first female acolyte in her childhood church.

Mary and her husband, Eivind Nilsen, met and married at St. Paul’s, Seattle, and live in Lake Stevens. They have two adult children who are both married, and two grandchildren.

“I believe in children, and what they are capable of in terms of learning about and understanding our faith, and in experiencing and fully participating in the liturgy,” Mary said.

Mary focuses on implementing the Godly Play and Building Faith Brick by Brick curriculums at Redeemer, building a community of learners, and engaging children more fully in the liturgy.

You may contact Mary Nilsen at churchschool@redeemer-kenmore.org.

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6210 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. We are a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.