{"id":80,"date":"2026-04-01T06:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:38:17","slug":"the-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/about\/the-pastor","title":{"rendered":"Our Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor Ashl\u00e9e Vitz is a pastor, educator, and artist who is passionate about connecting faith with everyday life. She believes that the church is at its best when it creates space for people to experience God\u2019s love authentically, ask honest questions, and grow together in community.
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\nAshl\u00e9e has been teaching in public schools since 2012, specializing in language education. She holds multiple degrees, including a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Performance, a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary French Education, a Master of Arts in Teaching a Second Language, and a Master of Education in K\u201312 Administration.<\/p>\n

Alongside her work in education, Ashl\u00e9e has spent her life in the performing arts as an actor, singer, and director. She sees storytelling as a powerful way to explore truth, build empathy, and reflect the image of God in one another.<\/p>\n

She is also a co-founder and treasurer of Amplify the Arts, a nonprofit organization committed to bringing accessible, high-quality live performances to rural Indiana communities.<\/p>\n

Ashl\u00e9e lives in Brazil, Indiana with her husband, Bryan, and their daughter. Her ministry is centered on hope, resurrection, and the belief that God is continually creating something new\u2014in our lives, our communities, and our world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pastor Ashl\u00e9e Vitz is a pastor, educator, and artist who is passionate about connecting faith with everyday life. She believes that the church is at its best when it creates space for people to experience God\u2019s love authentically, ask honest questions, and grow together in community. Ashl\u00e9e has been teaching in public schools since 2012, . . . → Read More: Our Pastor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_has_post_settings":{"highlight_sharing":"default","image_sharing":"default","headline_sharing":"default"},"footnotes":""},"hashtags":[122],"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","hashtags-leadership","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10220,"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/10220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clintonfirst.org\/fumc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}