Past Ministries

    • We were involved in a home group, helped teach Sunday School, worked in the nursery, and hosted a women’s bible study in our house, while attending 2 Rivers Church in Gilbert.
    • We were (2007-2014) foster care certified in the state of Arizona!! This was quite an adventure and we are probably not done fostering, but are currently on hold as we settle in at our new place in California. Read more about our fostering experiences.
    • ACES – Accepted Connected Empowered and Sent – a 20s and 30s ministry at Community Church of Joy in Glendale, Arizona. We have monthly service events (usually feeding the homeless in downtown Phoenix or working with Habitat for Humanity), social events (parties and outings), and a monthly gathering of all the small groups. We currently run three small groups, as well as interact with two more.
      Nate and I lead one of the small groups and help coordinate the monthly events.
    • Mission 1:27 at Community Church of Joy is a ministry for orphans. The name is based on the bible verse James 1:27. We have monthly meetings to gather as a team and organize events. November is National Adoption Month.
      Nate heads up the area called Short Term Hosting and we are planning a hosting event for children from Ukraine in Spring of 2007.
      Becca works with the Foster Care agencies and tries to promote fostering in our church and community.
    • Aggie Lutherans – Beginning Fall 2001, Nate and Becca became involved in Aggie Lutherans, ELCA Lutheran Campus Ministry for Texas A&M University. This is a great group of faithful college students. We came together once a week to have fellowship and talk about issues of faith.
      • Nate served as Vice President and Becca served as Secretary for the 2002/2003 school year.
      • Rebecca served as President during the 04-05 school year.
    • The Source- Rebecca and some other Aggies got together one day and tried to figure out what they had been missing from traditional services and began the process of starting a contemporary or alternative worship service at Peace. The Source was the result. Nate and Becca were both very involved with this service and grew tremendously through this experience.
    • YARPs – Outside of school, we did a lot of volunteer youth ministry with a group called YARPs. This is an awesome collection of college age students across Texas who give their time and energy to serve God and bring the love of Christ to everyone they meet.