Meet The Pastor
Pastor Jeremy Squires
Pastor Jeremy was appointed as Lead Pastor of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in 2013. Prior to his appointment at Good Shepherd. He served Pleasant View UMC, as Associate Pastor of Bethlehem UMC in Franklin , Pastor of Inviting Ministries at Brentwood UMC, St. Paul UMC in Manchester and while attending seminary Statham UMC just outside of Athens, GA.
Growing Up
Born in Ann Arbor, MI (GO BLUE!) and grew up the son of a Navy nurse in Philadelphia and Portsmouth Va. At the age of 9, the Squires family left the Navy and settled down in Murfreesboro, TN. Squires graduated from Riverdale High School in 1987. He earned his college degree, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with minors in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Middle Tennessee State University in 1995. During his time at MTSU, having not grown up in church, he joined the Wesley Foundation and received Jesus Christ into his life. Then feeling the call to the ministry, he attended Candler School of Theology at Emory University and graduated in 1999 with a Masters of Divinity.
My Family and Some of My Hobbies
The Squires family includes his wife Susan and his daughter Hannah in high school. His interests include movies, history, computers, super heroes and science fiction, especially Star Trek. Pastor Jeremy also loves anything to do with Advent, Christmas and Epiphany.