After retiring from a community health and non-profit management career, Rev. Brenda Rogers Hoffman was ordained a deacon in 2013. She grew up in Kentucky and lived in Houston, TX, for graduate school. Brenda married John and moved to Minnesota forty-three years ago. They have three adult children: Matt (Lori), Sarah (Karl), and Bob; one granddaughter, Brooke, and Sophia the cat. She enjoys gardening, golf, quilting, cooking, and follows Golden Gophers and UK Wildcats basketball.