Minister Amanda Holdridge

Amanda Holdridge serves as a Local Ministerial Candidate at New Hope. She became a LMC in May of 2014 to more formally pursue ministry interests at New Hope and in the city of Rochester. Amanda has lived and worked in Rochester since 2011. She has worked in leadership in ministry since the age of 13, first for almost ten years through the United Methodist Church as a lay minister in the Cornerstone District and then through Campus Ambassadors, a campus outreach ministry, on SUNY Brockport campus for six years, and has served in various capacities at New Hope since moving to Rochester in 2009. 

Amanda has a Bachelor's Degree in English from SUNY Brockport and studied Missions and International Health at Elim Bible Institute. She is currently employed as a clinical technician for University of Rochester Orthopedics. She has a passion for preaching and missions, having spent time in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua serving in ministry, as well as in Mississippi, Louisiana and New York. Amanda has recently purchased a house for the purpose of starting a community house in the Beechwood neighborhood of Rochester, and the Beacon Community House will be reaching the community as of February 2016. She looks forward to growing into this current role in ministry and exploring her passion for the people and city of Rochester.