Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

Pastor Jill Ross is a retired ELCA pastor who continues to serve the church as a Bridge/Interim pastor. Before coming to Shepherd of the Hills, Vacaville she served at Christ the Good Shepherd in San Jose.

Pastor Jill has served the ELCA since 1994, first as a theologian and educator at the Lutheran Center in Mexico City, where she also was the Director, then as a Mission Developer for seven years in the Yakima Valley. From there she worked as a Hospice Chaplain and as a congregational pastor in Washington state. In 2021, Jill returned to her hometown of Napa to retire. She is also a visual artist and spiritual director and runs a project from her home studio called “Making Wholeness from the Broken Bits.” Her medium is mostly glass mosaic.