Madison Shockley
Minister
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The Rev. Madison T. Shockley II is the pastor of the Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad, CA. He brings to Pilgrim Church a wealth of experience from his work in the religious, political, non-profit, and media environments. Madison was called to Pilgrim Church in 2004.

Along with performing his pastoral duties with Pilgrim, Madison serves on the Board of Trustees of the Union Theological Seminary and the board of directors of  Compassion and Choices. He also writes commentary for various online and print outlets. To read some of Madison’s articles, click here.

He holds the Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City and has done advanced graduate work at Claremont Graduate University in New Testament Studies. He is married to Gayle P. Shockley née Welch, and they are the parents of four adult children.

Nikki Haskell
Church Administrator
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Nikki Haskell joined Pilgrim’s staff in May of 2016, during a great time of need for our church and has been a great addition! She has been in love with Pilgrim and its members since the first day she walked into its Sanctuary with her wife, Te. Nikki cherishes being a part of a community that stands for those who cannot stand for themselves and she is proud to serve a church that is passionate about social justice and is always willing to give anyone a seat at the table.

Jen Goins
Director, Pilgrim Children’s Center
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Hello! My name is Jen, and I am so excited to be the new Director at Pilgrim. My son has attended preschool and Kindergarten here, and as he moves on to 1st Grade, I’m happy to keep my connection with this wonderful community! I was an Assistant Director and Director for two high quality preschools in Colorado before moving to California about three years ago.

For the last few years, I have been working with children and families through a First 5 grant-funded program providing parent education and behavior support for children in Central and East San Diego County, and I hope to bring some of this experience to our families here as well.

Jaime Romo
Minister, healing & healthy environmentsDr. Romo is a Commissioned Minister in the United Church of Christ for Healing and Healthy Environments. He earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of San Diego and has taken an active role in developing and implementing Safe Church Policies and Healing Community practices in churches since 2009, leading trainings for parents, volunteers and employees. Jaime also facilitates Traumatic Incident Reduction sessions for anyone who would like to greatly reduce or resolve the negative symptoms from adverse life experiences. He also loves bringing music with the Band of Pilgrims.
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Teri Annti
Choir Director and Assistant Preschool Director
Teri is first and foremost a very proud mother of four daughters ranging from 5 to 30 years old! She has been fostering since she was 26 and her 5 year old Sincerity is adopted out of foster care. Although child development, children’s ministry, and advocacy have been her main focus in life, music has been her source of income since she was 16. Her career started in Las Vegas and brought her back to San Diego as a church choir director, piano, voice and songwriting instructor, and a worship leader. In addition to music, she spent ten years as the family and women’s retreat coordinator, guest services manager and drama director at the Pine Valley Bible Conference Center. Most recently she has begun to homeschool her youngest and continue with foster care in addition to leading worship, teaching and speaking whenever invited. Teri joined the staff at Pilgrim in December 2019 as the Choir Director and Assistant Preschool Director.