Special Project Assistant
Nancy Fager Schimp
Much of the design work at ICEJ USA, including the Word From Jerusalem magazine, books from Embassy Publishers, and other projects, is created by Nancy Fager Schimp, our Special Project Assistant.
Nancy has been with the ICEJ USA since 1991, but her love for Israel began in 1978 when she toured the country with a 10-member singing group for two months. “That summer, I found a calling and a love for the country of Israel and its people,” Nancy shares. Throughout her college years, she longed to return to Israel, and in 1981, that longing became a reality. During that tour, she attended her first ICEJ Feast of Tabernacles celebration, followed by three more trips to the land.
In 1991, an opportunity arose for Nancy to work with the ICEJ in Jerusalem, where she assisted the financial director, Tim King, with the organization’s international branch offices and helped coordinate various receptions and events hosted by the Jerusalem office. After five years, she moved to Washington, DC, to support ICEJ USA’s current president, Susan Michael, in developing the USA Branch—and she has worked for ICEJ USA ever since.
“The Bible comes alive when you visit Israel,” says Nancy. “I see the Jewish people as keepers of God’s Word, and He has brought them back to the land just as He said He would. It is exciting to see God working in modern times.”
Nancy married her husband, a widower with eight children, in 2012 and took on the role of a wife and mom. “I believe the Lord knows the innermost parts of your heart and mind,” she said. “He is faithful in His timing to respond to those desires. I always longed to have grandchildren, and in June of 2024, I became a grandmother to two beautiful baby boys.”
When not spending time with her kids or grandsons, she enjoys sitting on the back of her husband’s touring motorcycle, walking her dog, going out for coffee and shopping with her daughters, playing golf, reading, and Bible study. One of her favorite verses is Psalm 37:4: Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your hearr.”