meet our Team
Tom Groot
Lead Pastor
Anniversary May 4, 1996
Birthday August 27th
Favorite Restaurant Anywhere that serves steak
Best Vacation Ever New York City
Superhero Most Like You Captain America
Favorite Book A Tale of Three Kings
Favorite Drink Pepsi
Favorite TV Show Do sports count?
Favorite Quote "What you do in life, echoes in eternity"
Hobbies Spending time with family and playing sports
Ken Hiser
Care Pastor
Anniversary August 6, 1971
Birthday May 29th
Favorite Restaurant Kobe's Japanese Steakhouse
Best Vacation Ever Christmas vacation in Gatlinburg, TN
Superhero Most Like You The Green Lantern
Favorite Book Walking in the Steps of Rabbi Jesus
Favorite Drink Spring water from Peru, Ohio
Favorite TV Show Ultimate Fighting
Favorite Quote "You lived here your whole life? Not yet."
(Paul Newman in "Message in a Bottle")
Hobbies Gardening, my backyard habitat, taking walks
Amanda Valantine
Worship Pastor
Anniversary July 10, 1999
Birthday June 5th
Favorite Restaurant I just like food. Period.
Best Vacation Ever The Shores of Dayton Beach with my one and only hubby!
Superhero Most Like You Wonder Woman. I wonder about a LOT of things! It's a wonder to me that God me to pastor - only He knows!
Favorite Book The Help by Kathryn Stockett and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Favorite Drink Seltzer Water with tangerine
Favorite TV Show Downton Abbey, The Crown
Favorite Quote "He is no fool who give what he can not keep, to gain what he can not lose." Jim Elliott
Hobbies HQ Trivia/Words, Clash of Clans (with family and friends), board/card games, crocheting, paper crafting, shopping for a good deal.
Bobbie Moyer
Connections Pastor
Anniversary September 19
Birthday October 19
Favorite Restaurant Longhorn or Texas Roadhouse
Best Vacation Ever South Beach Resort - every year!
Superhero Most Like You Wonder Woman, of course!
Favorite Book My Bible and Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn
Favorite Drink Vanilla Cappuccino
Favorite TV Show The Voice
Favorite Quote "You can pick what you ponder." Max Lucado
Hobbies Reading, sewing
Mandy Groot
Associate Pastor
Anniversary May 4, 1996
Birthday February 2 - Groundhog Day!
Favorite Restaurant Outback and Berardi's
Best Vacation Ever New York City or big family getaways
Superhero Most Like You Captain Marvel
Favorite Book The Bible and books with historical facts and people.
Favorite Drink Diet Coke
Favorite TV Show Crime/law dramas, historical dramas and movies.
Favorite Quote “To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.” Abigail Adams
Hobbies Movies, time with family doing anything we love!
Elisa Zavala
Children's Pastor
Anniversary August 11th
Birthday February 9th
Favorite Restaurant Small City
Best Vacation Ever Disney Cruise
Superhero Most Like You Black Widow
Favorite Book Please don't make me pick just one!
Favorite Drink Diet Dr. Pepper
Favorite TV Show FRIENDS
Favorite Quote “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light."
Hobbies Painting, drawing, walking and reading
Sarah Ommert
Secretary
Anniversary February 17th
Birthday June 23rd
Favorite Restaurant Red Robin
Best Vacation Ever Caribbean Cruise
Favorite Book Any type of fiction
Favorite Drink Diet Pepsi
Favorite TV Show Fixer Upper on HGTV
Hobbies Working out, reading, spending time with my family…especially the 4 little loves of my life, Jackson, Landon, Addy and Milah.
Carol Gum
Secretary
Anniversary November 26, 1960
Birthday June 19th
Favorite Restaurant Cracker Barrel
Best Vacation Ever Niagara Falls Canada
Superhero Most Like You Wonder Woman
Favorite Book Anything by Janette Oke
Favorite Drink Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper
Favorite TV Show Anything on History Channel or Discovery Channel
Favorite Quote If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Hobbies Quilting, scrap-booking, gardening, sewing