Rev. Daven Oskvig

Rev. Daven Oskvig spent his early years in Texas, Missouri, and New York, graduating from Pittsford Mendon High School near Rochester, NY. He is a graduate of Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA, studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, graduated from Boston University School of Theology going on to pursue PhD studies in Sociology at UB. He was ordained elder in the United Methodist Church in June of 2006. Prior to his appointment at Christ Church, he served congregations in Niagara Falls, Lancaster, Elma, and Kenmore.

Rev. Oskvig’s family includes his wife, Lianne, and their daughter, Amelia. Lianne is an elementary school teacher in Lancaster. Rev. Oskvig is an adjunct professor at Canisius College and an avid trail runner, the longer the better! You may have seen him on his runs through the neighborhoods of Amherst. Rev. Oskvig enjoys serving with the staff and congregation at Christ Church, a community center for faith and service.

What is your life verse?

“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”

-Galatians 3:28

Where is your hometown?

Tough one … since I grew up in several different places, it’s hard to identify one as my ‘hometown.’  I’ve always called Iowa my home as it was where my parents came from, where we often spent part of our summers, and where family remains. So I would probably say that towns of Williams and Kanawha, Iowa.