OUR CLERGY
The Rev. Gina Jenkins
School Chaplain
In 2002 the Rt. Rev. Henry Louttit, Bishop of Georgia, appointed her to be the Director and Coordinator of Diocesan Youth Programs for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. Upon her husband’s graduation from seminary she moved to Slidell, LA with her family in 2011. She volunteered for 4 years as the youth leader at Christ Episcopal Church, Slidell, while working one of those years as parish administrator at St. Michael’s in Mandeville, LA and the other 3 years as religion teacher and lay chaplain at Christ Episcopal School, Covington, LA. During this time she entered the formal discernment process for ordination.
In the fall of 2015, she began seminary at the University of the South’s School of Theology. She served as student body president and orientation coordinator. She graduated in 2018 with a Master of Divinity degree. She was ordained to the priesthood in June of 2018 and began working as the School Chaplain and Religious Studies Teacher at St. Paul’s Episcopal School. From 2017 through the present, she has served as the Camp Director of Activities at the SUMMA Theological Debate Camp (for high school age students) at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN
Gina has been married to The Rev. Harry Oliver Jenkins for 30 years and together they have two adult children (Ash and Oli), and two dogs (Scooter and Tess). She enjoys kayaking through the bayous of south Louisiana, fostering dogs, and exploring new places with her husband.
- Gina was raised on Long Island in New York. She received an Associate's Degree in Preschool Education from the State University of NY at Farmingdale, New York and a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary and Secondary Education from the State University of New York at Cortland, NY. She moved to Savannah, GA where she taught school for 10 years, then opened a day care center in her home for 3 years all while leading the youth program at St. Francis of the Islands Episcopal Church on Wilmington Island, GA
In 2002 the Rt. Rev. Henry Louttit, Bishop of Georgia, appointed her to be the Director and Coordinator of Diocesan Youth Programs for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. Upon her husband’s graduation from seminary she moved to Slidell, LA with her family in 2011. She volunteered for 4 years as the youth leader at Christ Episcopal Church, Slidell, while working one of those years as parish administrator at St. Michael’s in Mandeville, LA and the other 3 years as religion teacher and lay chaplain at Christ Episcopal School, Covington, LA. During this time she entered the formal discernment process for ordination.
In the fall of 2015, she began seminary at the University of the South’s School of Theology. She served as student body president and orientation coordinator. She graduated in 2018 with a Master of Divinity degree. She was ordained to the priesthood in June of 2018 and began working as the School Chaplain and Religious Studies Teacher at St. Paul’s Episcopal School. From 2017 through the present, she has served as the Camp Director of Activities at the SUMMA Theological Debate Camp (for high school age students) at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN
Gina has been married to The Rev. Harry Oliver Jenkins for 30 years and together they have two adult children (Ash and Oli), and two dogs (Scooter and Tess). She enjoys kayaking through the bayous of south Louisiana, fostering dogs, and exploring new places with her husband.