Grant Showalter-Swanson
(he/him)

Deacon

Grant and his husband Connor have been members at Urban Village Church since 2015. As an ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church, UVC is Grant's Charge Conference. At Garrett Seminary in Evanston, IL, Grant is both a PhD: Theology and New Testament candidate, as well as the Assistant Director of Admissions and Recruitment. Born in Omaha, NE, Grant holds a BA in English from North Central College, a MA in English from Middlebury College, and a Master of Divinity from Garrett. Between degrees, Grant taught sixth grade elementary on the Rosebud Reservation, worked as an education ranger in Yellowstone, and taught eighth grade Reading/Language Arts at the Chicago Jesuit Academy. Grant and Connor live in Chicago with their cat-children, Maple and Little Floof.