Our Staff:
Jon Manlove: Senior Pastor
604-420-0761, ext. 103
jmanlove2003 [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] com
Jon began here as lead pastor the summer of 2005. He was on staff here
at New Life 20 years ago after graduating from Regent College (MDiv.),
and soon thereafter planted two churches under the NLCC banner, one in
PoCo and one in Surrey. He pastored the church in Surrey for 13 years
before going to Mexico with his family in 2002 to serve as a
missionary. Back with us, Jon provides the overall vision and pastoral
leadership as well as equipping staff and elders. Every month Jon
preaches three Sundays out of four. Jon and his wife Barb live in Coquitlam, and
have three children, David, Katie and Courtney.
Esther Hizsa: Associate Pastor
ehizsa [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com
A graduate of Regent College (M Div), a trained spiritual director (SoulStream) and writer, Esther serves here part time (50%). She comes to us with many years of pastoral experience and has an obvious heart for community building, both within the body of Christ and in our neighbourhood. She is Pastor of Enfolding and to enfold means to embrace. She seeks to equip and encourage us all to embrace Christ and one another, especially newcomers, artists, and those on the fringes of church and life and welcome them and their gifts into our lives. Esther is married to a great guy named Fred and they have a son, Rudy, and daughter, Heidi, and two beautiful grandchildren, Hadrian and Hannah.
Tristan Tjosvold: Youth Pastor
604-420-0761, ext. 106
tristan [ at ] tjosvold [ dot ] com
Tristan grew up at New Life and enjoyed participating in youth group and camp ministries.
He joined our staff team as the Youth Pastor working 60%.
Tristan is married to Jenn and together they run the weekly
youth group meetings on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Kathy Krahn Children's Pastor
Kathy, a qualified teacher with many years of teaching experience, has been the Children's Pastor since 2006. Her joy is to see children grow to love Jesus, and then to grow into amazing young adults who continue to love and serve God. Kathy, along with her husband Jay and their two daughters have been part of New Life for many years.
Terri Bowe: Office Administrator
604-420-0761, ext. 102
tbowe [ at ] newlifecom [ dot ] org
Terri has been with us since December 1989 as our church
secretary/bookkeeper. A few years ago she was given the title Church
Administrator and was given some added duties in maintaining our
church resources and supervising janitorial staff. Her role
has expanded to include Chairing of the Missions Committee
and overseeing the Worship Ministries on an interim basis.
Our Elders:
Chris Haines - Moderator
Morgan Ritchie - Sports Ministries
Dale Wagner - Pastoral Relations
Phil Johnston - Men's Ministry
Nancy McAskill
Joseph Pruger - Finances
Margaret Ritchie - Secretary
Jenny Goshulak - Women's Ministries
Janette Williams - Marriage & Marriage Prep
Dylan van Dijk - Young Adults
Eric Keillor - Missions
