Jessica Burges

Jessica Burgess
Director of Youth Ministries

(806) 763-4607 ext. 253

jburges@fumc.com

Jessica Burges is the Director of Youth Ministries. She and her family became members of First United Methodist in the Spring of 2021. 

She was born and raised in Amarillo, and attended Texas Tech where she earned a degree in Family and Consumer Sciences, along with a teaching certification. 

While attending Tech, she meet her husband, Matt, who earned his degree in Civil Engineering. Upon graduating, the couple moved back to her husband’s home town of San Antonio where they married, started their careers (teaching and engineering), and had their two daughters, Lila and Lainey. They returned to Lubbock in the Spring of 2019 and welcomed their son, Cody, shortly thereafter. 

Jessica taught two years of high school for Northside ISD in San Antonio. She served and was an active leader in both MOPS ministry and the Women’s Ministry at her church in SA. The past four years she has taught at LittleRidge Day School here in Lubbock.