Peter E. Jones, Sr. is the Co-Founder and Lead Pastor of The Journey of Hudson Valley located in Harriman NY, an interdenominational church dedicated to connecting people to God, community and each other.

Prior to the founding of The Journey, Pastor Peter had extensive leadership experience with more than 25 years of teaching and building God’s kingdom as a Co-Founder and Pastor of Covenant Community Church of Michigan and as Senior Pastor at Full Gospel Fellowship in New Jersey.

Certified as a speaker, trainer, and executive coach from Columbia University, he honed this expertise in positions with Diamler Chrysler and Mercedes Benz, where he traveled internationally and for more than 26 years, established executive experience in building organizations and developing high-performing leaders in the Marketplace. Through his leadership development company, Power to Become, LLC, Pastor Peter continues to serve as a leadership consultant and executive coach to senior leaders in several major industries with clients like PepsiCo, New York Life, Prudential, Johnson and Johnson, Schreiber Foods and others.

Despite his success in business, the passion of Pastor Peter is ministry. Ordained in 1998 by the Assemblies of God and the Churches of God in Christ, his gifting for declaration has embraced God’s anointing and made him an abled preacher and teacher whose messages are enjoyed by the masses.

Scholastically, he holds a Bachelor’s of Science from Marist College, a Masters of Educational Leadership from Central Michigan University, and is currently a Doctor of Leadership Candidate at Northcentral University. 

Pastor Peter’s life mission is to encourage men and women to maximize their full potential by unleashing their God-given gifts and talents.  He is assisted in life and ministry by his wife of 30 years, Pastor Maria Jones. Together they have three adult children, Brianna, Alexis and Peter Jr.

Maria Iacovino Jones is the Co-Founder and Co-Pastor of The Journey Church. Along with her husband, Pastor Peter, she has the heartbeat and spirit that melds this multicultural, interdenominational gathering to God, community and one another.

Clearly gifted in human relations, Pastor Maria birthed her communication and public relations skills in her pre-ministry work with American Airlines, and within the Monroe Woodbury Central school district.

An artist of note, she studied internationally in Radicofani, a village in southern Tuscany, Italy. Her paintings are signed simply by her maiden name, Iacovino, and they reflect her heritage, as well as her teachings.

Pastor Maria was consecrated to the ministry at Covenant Community Church of Michigan in 1998, where she served as a board member and developed various ministry programs. Her work was extended at Full Gospel Fellowship, New Jersey, and The Journey Church, where she obtained her Ministerial credentials and Ordination in 2008. She also serves on the board of governors of Great Heritage Ministries, a public charity in Michigan.

Pastor Maria has been certified as speaker, trainer, and facilitator through the John Maxwell Leadership Team. She activates her more than 23 years’ experience of inspiring, developing and managing people, be it through large scale, community unifying events or through her business consulting company, ConextEd, LLC, where she provides leadership and development specializing in virtual production.

Pastor Maria’s life mission is to serve. She is passionate about her role to embrace, encourage, support and most importantly, love all people, while leading them to also be ardent about the same in their personal ministry. She is assisted in life and ministry by her husband of 30 years, Pastor Peter Jones. Together they have three adult children, Brianna, Alexis and Peter Jr.