Youth Ministry Institute

Brandy McDonald is the Director of Children’s Ministries at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Manhattan, Kansas. Children’s ministry has been a lifelong passion for Brandy- she likes to joke that she’s been in children’s ministry since birth because as soon as she aged out in 7th grade she started volunteering and has been involved ever since. Brandy has a passion for making church a place where children feel loved, welcomed, and valued for exactly the person God created them to be. Brandy holds a BS in Family Studies and Human Services from Kansas State University. She and her husband, Shaun, have three teenagers who try their best to keep them busy.