How Jesus Saved Me

I was blessed to have gospel seeds planted in my life as a little girl. My parents devoutly brought us to church & Sunday school. I knew God, but did not have a relationship with Jesus. As I grew up my family fell away from the church and so did I. When I was a junior in high school I met & eventually married (yes, I know that's young!) my now husband Danny. His family had such a deep strong faith and were wonderful Godly influences in my life (more seeds planted!). We married and became very involved in church. I taught Sunday school and my husband & I helped with the youth for 5 years. I would have said I was a believer who was new in the faith, but it really wasn't until I went through a weekend retreat called Cursillo that I truly gave my life to Christ! I cannot express my thankfulness to my Lord & Savior for SAVING ME, when I know I have never done anything to deserve it! My faith continues to grow and I love to study His word. Memorizing scripture has been a life changer for me and I challenge myself to that frequently. I also love to disciple and be discipled by others farther along in their walk than I am.

What I Do For Trinity

I consider it a blessing to just have been hired as Discipleship Director. I am so excited to do all that I can to promote one-to-one discipleship, 3-4 person discipleship groups, small groups & discipleship classes to encourage and help others love & follow Jesus. I am overseeing our new Hospitality ministry to welcome our guests and current members here at Trinity. We want to love all our brothers & sisters as well as we can, all while encouraging everyone connected to Trinity to be fully engage and serving so we can all live out our vision of helping people love & follow Jesus. I'm also overseeing Prayer ministry here. At Trinity, we want prayer to be something we elevate to the highest level as we pray corporately and teach & equip our body of believers here in personal prayer, intercessory prayer, praying scripture, and praying for our community & the world. There truly may be nothing in the church that we need to be more devoted to.

What I Do Outside Trinity

My greatest love & joy is spending time with my husband Danny and our kiddos Jakob, Alicia, Lukas, Carrie & Sophie. I also love to walk my Australian shepherd Bentley and love to hang out with my bestie girl friends! Music is a huge passion and I consider practicing my instruments as actual fun... unlike most of my students. Speaking of that, I have a little side gig at Pella Christian grade school teaching guitar.

Fun Fact

I was crowned "Little Miss New Sharon" many years ago. I don't still wear my tiara or sash though... well, maybe on occasion. :)