Laura Rockwell-Beville

A lifelong United Methodist, Rev. Beville holds a BA degree in Deaf Studies from California State University Northridge (2001) and her Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology. Rev. Beville has served various ministry settings in the Oregon Idaho Annual Conference since 2001, first as a Licensed Local Pastor (2001-2003), a probationary member (2003-2006), and then ordained a full member in 2006. In 2009 Rev. Beville married her partner, Marshall, and together they have two children.

Rev. Beville is an enthusiastic pastor committed to helping people experience God’s love and redemptive grace. “Ministry is an opportunity to express God’s radical hospitality by mending the world’s brokenness, and to celebrate with each other life’s relationships. That
means not just tolerating a diverse group of persons and persuasions, but also expecting our own lives to be blessed and enriched by the presence of others not like ourselves.