Meet Our Staff

In the heart of San Diego's Mission Valley community, we are a congregation that welcomes all people. Whether you're looking for grief support groups or ministries, giving opportunities or current events in our community, First United Methodist Church San Diego has something for you.

Get to know our FUMCSD staff! Scroll down to learn about our diverse and knowledgeable team, including our pastors, spiritual growth leaders, and staff from our music ministry, administration, communications, facilities, Children's Growing Center, and Dream School of the Arts teams.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments. Our FUMCSD staff looks forward to hearing from you!

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Rev. Trudy Robinson

Rev. Trudy Robinson

Lead Pastoroffice: 619-297-4366 ext. 139

Rev. Trudy has been in the ministry for over 25 years, serving in congregations in Westminster, Loveland, and Littleton, Colorado, and Cheyenne, Wyoming prior to coming to San Diego, California. As an ordained United Methodist elder, she brings a message of grace, hope, and love, an orientation of openness toward all kinds of diversity, and an invitation to John Wesley’s faith that believed, “There is no holiness apart from social holiness.

Rev. Trudy has been the Lead Pastor of the First United Methodist Church of San Diego since January 2020. Yep, she arrived just a few weeks prior to the pandemic shutting everything down. Yet, neither she, nor the church leadership, waited for things to get back to normal. Rather, we took our cues from what was happening around us and envisioned a new kind of church for a new era in the 21st century: a church that provides options for inspiration, flexibility for busy schedules, and opportunities for you to be involved in making the world a better place, no matter where you live.

When she is not at the church, she can be found snuggling her pets, listening to music, or FaceTiming her grandchildren. She’s happiest when she has a date to visit them on her calendar.