Keith Tanis, Lead Pastor

Amy Lunde Whitler, Pastor for Children and Families

Amy is currently a student at Fuller Theological Seminary and working on a Masters of Arrts in Cross Cultural Studies with an emphasis on Children at Risk. She has deep love for children and desires to see them grow into disciples of Christ. She also believes children are an important part of our church now. Amy is originally from Texas. She loves spending time with her family and friends, cooking, reading, and hiking.

alundewhitler@nl-cc.org

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• Josh Lunde Whitler, Pastor for Youth

Josh has just recently completed his Masters of Divinity (M.Div) at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, a three-year journey that took up the last three and a half years of his life. Over the past two years he has been involved in ministry in the Pasadena area, as both a pastor to young adults and to the city’s homeless, and as a hospital chaplain intern. In the past, he has worked with youth and young adults through involvement in campus ministry and three years as a camp counselor. Josh continues to live in Pasadena for the time being, volunteering his time meeting with and mentoring the homeless in Pasadena, and as a hospital chaplain. He also tutors in his spare time to pay the bills and to continue making connections with kids. He will soon, however, be moving closer to the Cerritos/Artesia area. His passion for the kingdom and mission of God is manifest in his future desires to be involved with mission/social justice endeavors and in pastoral training. He plays piano and guitar; he loves art, hiking, and talking all things sports - or theology-related; he is an avid “Ultimate Frisbee” player, and if you ask him about anything related to sports, theology, or Frisbee, he is likely to talk your ear off for at least 20 minutes, so be forewarned.

jwhitler@nl-cc.org 562-924-4466 x205

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Barbara Bailey, Preschool Director

Barbara has been on staff for over 20 years.  She has been the director of New Life Preschool since August of 2007.  Prior to that she served in a teaching capacity.  Before coming to New Life Preschool Barbara was finishing up her education.  She has an A.A. degree from Cerritos Community College in Early Childhood Education and a B.A. Degree in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College.  Barbara grew up in the Artesia/Cerritos area and has been a member of New Life Community Church since 1976.  One of my greatest joys in life is telling bible stories to young children and helping them to understand how very precious they are to God , and his son Jesus Christ.

bbailey@nl-cc.org  562-924-4466 x301

Chin-Chin Hung, Database Assistant

Having joined staff on a part-time basis in 2006, Chin-Chin's primary duty is to provide information support to the Pastor of Congregation Life. Her responsiblities include management of the church database, creating presentation materials, and various administrative tasks. Chin-Chin also serves as a pastoral counselor intern at a local counseling agency. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, dancing, card games, visiting scenic places, and doing artsy crafty things.

cchung@nl-cc.org  562-924-4466 x201

Elisa Nazarowski, Choir Director

Elisa has been on staff as Choir Director since August 2007 but has been a part of the music ministry at New Life for several years. Elisa has been involved in church music since childhood singing with her family while she was growing up. Her love of music has led her to participate in musical theatre, choirs, summer bands, and community performances. Elisa is a native of California and attended Pepperdine University during her freshman year of college majoring in Business Administration. Following her life-long passion for music she then transferred  to Azusa Pacific University and changed majors to Music, with an emphasis in Education and graduated in 1994.  She continued on to get her teaching credential at APU and began teaching music education and choir in Baldwin Park.  She has been teaching for twelve years.  She  currently teaches at San Jose – Edison Academy in West Covina.  She has been happily married to Joe since 1999. 

enazarowski@nl-cc.org
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Michelle Kolb, Administrator to New Life

Michelle has been on staff since October 1998. Her responsibilities include but are not limited to Administrative Assistant of New Life providing support to staff, members, volunteers and the community.

Michelle and her husband have been happily married since 1989. They have two beautiful daughters Ashley who loves singing and wrestling and Amber who loves acting and poetry. Michelle enjoys fishing, games, reading and movies with her family and friends.

info@nl-cc.org  562-924-4466 x200

Michelle has been on staff working part time for 1½ years. Her primary responsibilities are taking care of all administrative needs for the Connecting Kids before and after school program.

connectingkids@nl-cc.org

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Ralph Veenstra, Pastor of Congregational Life

Pastor Ralph Veenstra has lived in many different places: the Netherlands, Canada, the Philippines, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Michigan and now California. He has been at New Life since 2000.

Maurice Love, Minister of Music, Worship & Fine Arts

Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, May 30, 1945, I was the only boy in a household of 5 sisters. I attended Manual Training High School, a segregated school.  An interesting note about Oklahoma during this period (and its history during the period of slavery) was that it was a “border state,” located between southern and northern states.  Their approach to segregation was “Separate But Equal,” i.e., giving our community equal access to education, materials and services, (an attempt to stay out court on another integration matter).  As a result, we, the black community, had a brand new high school with all the trimmings. 

mlove@nl-cc.org  562-924-4466 x210

Cathy Roodzant, Staff Accountant

Cathy joined NLCC staff in 2005 as a part-time staff accountant in the Finance office. Her responsibilities include recording all accounts receivables and payables.  She was a bookkeeper for 19 years before retiring in 2003.  Cathy and her husband Dick were married in 1958.  They have two children, a son Rich and daughter Cathy Lynn.  Rich and his wife Josie have 2 boys, ages 12 and 9.  Cathy enjoys camping, traveling, reading and going to lunch with friends.

croodzant@nl-cc.org
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Diana Galan, Business Administrator

Diana joined the staff in September 2001. In her current position she is responsible for the administration of business affairs of the church, working with the Lead Pastor, Staff and church members to achieve the goals of the church. Her primary areas of responsibility are facilities, human resources, oversight of administrative and support staff and finances.

Diana and her husband, Benjamin, have three wonderful children. Diana enjoys reading, hiking, foreign films, trying new foods and spending time with family and friends.

dgalan@nl-cc.org  562-924-4466 x207

Leticia Villarreal, Administrative Assistant to Children's Ministry

Join us in welcoming our newest staff member to New Life!

lvillarreal@nl-cc.org  562-924-4466 x501

Karen Busse, Finance Manager

Karen began working with New Life in August 2005 and joined the staff in July 2006.  Her responsibilities include overseeing that complete accounting records are maintained giving a full and accurate account of monies received and disbursed.  She supervises the operations of the Finance Office:  Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting, Payroll and Personnel Files.

kbusse@nl-cc.org
562-924-4466 x208

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