This year brought important developments across both our staff team and our ministries.
At the beginning of the year, I stepped into expanded leadership responsibilities, which gave me the opportunity to work more closely with our staff—not just in day to day ministry, but in leadership health and sustainability. What I’ve seen is encouraging. There is growing maturity, clearer boundaries, and a stronger sense of confidence across the staff.
We also walked through a season that required some internal adjustments within our staff team. What stood out was how well ministries continued to function despite the changes and challenges. There was a clear plan, responsibilities were shared, and our volunteer leaders stepped in with consistency and care.
Over time, responsibilities were reintroduced at a sustainable pace, with the right supports in place so things could move forward in a healthy way.
We also saw some key transitions this year that have strengthened our team.
Christina Konrad began her role as Director of Children and Families and has been a strong and steady addition. We’re grateful for the leadership she brings and the way she has taken hold of that ministry.
We were also able to strengthen our children’s ministry administrative support with Marilee Knibbs, who brings a high level of care and consistent, dependable support to the children’s ministry.
And in our adult ministries, Steve Driediger moved into the Legacy Adults role. This has been a smooth transition, and I’m thankful for the way he has connected with people and taken ownership of that ministry.
Our youth ministry continues to grow—both in numbers and in influence. We now have over 190 active students, with more than 200 connected overall, and weekly attendance regularly exceeds 100. This kind of growth continues to open doors for deeper leadership development and discipleship.
Children’s Ministry has been really encouraging this year.
We’ve seen a large number of new families and children begin attending, which has been a real joy for our church. There have been some changes along the way, but the ministry has stayed steady and continues to move in a healthy direction.
A big part of that is our volunteers. They have been faithful, consistent, and deeply invested in the kids and families of our church.
Across every area, this continues to stand out:
Our volunteers are essential to the life of our church.
As our ministries grow, so does the opportunity for more people to be involved in the life of the church—not just to help, but to be part of what God is doing among us.