Jack W. Page Jr. (MDiv/Duke, ’91) is a retired elder in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. He came to ordained ministry as a second career. His wife, Kar...view moreJack W. Page Jr. (MDiv/Duke, ’91) is a retired elder in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. He came to ordained ministry as a second career. His wife, Karen, calls it his “midlife crisis.” Jack served twenty-two years in parish ministry, retiring in 2009. He served as a member of a district committee on ordained ministry, district committee on church building and location (as chair), conference board on religion and race, and conference board of institutions.
Jack began Y’all Come as a retirement adventure soon after Karen admonished him that he needed a project. Jack and Karen have three children, two of which are twins. They have six grandchildren, four of which are twins. They are often reminded of Elisha’s final request to Elijah (2 Kings 2:9). The Pages now participate in the ministries of Wake Forest UMC, Wake Forest, North Carolina.view less