Sarah Comer (She/Her)
Sarah Comer (she/her) brings years of nonprofit and religious education experience to the Urban Abbey team! Sarah grew up in Lincoln where she attended UNL and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics and Religious Studies. After college, she worked at a small United Methodist church in southeastern Kansas as their youth director. Originally following the UMC Elder path, Sarah started at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO in 2011. Ultimately changing degree program and career plans, Sarah received her Master of Arts in Social Justice and Ethics in 2013, and moved back to Nebraska to work in nonprofits and give back to her community.
Sarah spent 7+ years working in various roles at the Food Bank of Lincoln and the Food Bank for the Heartland - including positions in food stamp outreach, partner support and management, contracts and grant management, government compliance, staff + partner education, quality analysis, data analysis, and more. Wanting a change back to ministry, Sarah joined the Urban Abbey team in the summer of 2021. Her focus is campus and young adult ministry, but she also helps with kid ministry, youth ministry, and adult ministry. Her favorite part about working at the Abbey is the ability to blend progressive United Methodist ministry and social justice work in exciting and innovative ways.
Outside of the Abbey, Sarah enjoys spending time with her boyfriend, taking well planned road trips (she is an enneagram 6 after all), reading the latest romantasy novel, cuddling with her sweet cat Hazel, and making recipes from the Great British Bake Off.