Conference Speakers
Sermons
Rob Taylor
Rob and Yoko Taylor and their family have lived in Nagano, Japan, since 2006. Their dream is that the Japanese church will not be a western church, run by foreign workers, but a biblical church propagated by Japanese believers. They see their roles as bringing the parallel lines of the community and the local church together through church leadership, discipleship, community outreach, ministry to young moms, coaching basketball, and teaching English. Rob helps pastor a sister church of ours, Shinshu Community Church of Myoto.
garrett Spitz
Garrett is the Lead Pastor at Peninsula Community Chapel. His heart for global ministry comes through in his preaching and stays fresh through his trips to visit partners, leadership of training experiences like Perspectives on the World Christian Movement and regular interaction with our partners.
Carlton Deal
Carlton and Shannon Deal serve with Communitas International to form and reproduce followers of Jesus, leaders, and missional expressions of the church in Brussels and beyond (The Well, Serve the City, European Prayer Breakfast). The people who excite them are young Europeans eager to be equipped to initiate and lead reproducing communities of faith and mission; volunteers serving the poor in the name of Jesus; and European political leaders who are followers of Jesus and want to develop deeper friendships with one another through prayer.
Other Participating Partners
DAve & Sally Lott
dave-sally-lott@usa.net
Having lived and worked in Botswana and Zambia for 21 years, they are well equipped to train churches like PCC in caring for and supporting those living and working cross-culturally. The Lotts live on the Peninsula and serve on the Chapel’s Global Ministry teams.
Eric gambardella
eric.gambardella@intervarsity.org
Eric serves as a Campus Minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Virginia Peninsula Community College in Hampton and Williamsburg, and Christopher Newport University in Newport News. His primary role on campus is to equip student leaders to lead in Bible study and evangelism. Eric is also the Scripture Engagement Coordinator for the Virginia Region where he uses his Master of Arts in Biblical Studies to help other Campus Ministers get the Bible into a generation of students who grew up with little awareness of what is in the Bible, much less its relevance to their lives. Eric also serves as the Director of Worship at Summit Christian Academy, and operates his own DJ business. You may have even seen him at a wedding or two.
d and m
MandD4NYC@gmail.com
D, a Jewish believer from New York City, and M, an Army vet, work among the nations in NYC, with a focus on the Jews of the metro-NYC area, numbering almost two million and hailing from around the world. D and M enter the world of the ultra-orthodox as well as little-known Jewish communities, looking for where God is at work among these groups with only a handful of believers. Mysticism, shame, and fear rule in these communities, and they may be completely shut off from the outside world.
brandi rawls
brandi.rawls@campusoutreach.org
Brandi works as the East Coast Network Women’s Development Coordinator for Campus Outreach. She works with staff to provide training, coaching, curriculum, and encouragement to better leverage them for impact on the college campus. Her husband Jay and son John Henry keep Brandi going!
rob taylor
robtaylor423@yahoo.com
Rob served as a Youth Pastor here at the Chapel in the early 2000s. He is a man of joy with vision for church planting in Japan’s spiritually complicated soil. He is confident that joy will be an essential ingredient to any healthy church growth in that land.
kathleen pittet
kkathleen622@gmail.com
Johan and Kathleen Pittet with their daughter Aurore are located in south-eastern Chad to engage in both well-drilling and language development and translation for an unreached minority people group in the country. The process of translation is a long one, with language learning and relationship building taking center stage especially in the first years, but Kathleen is excited to put down roots in the community and be able to share life with the people they live among. The need for water in the dry and arid region of the Sahel is also a pressing need, with less than 30% of the population of the region having access to clean water. Johan (mechanical engineer) and Kathleen pray that through helping meet physical needs, they can be a testimony to the Living Water and that the transforming power of God’s Word will take root among the people group they serve.
stuart & Peggy Milliken
purpleiris4@protonmail.com
Stuart and Peggy Milliken have been involved in Bible Translation for over 40 years, working with several organizations including Wycliffe Bible Translators. They were in EA from 1988-2019 where they completed the New Testament for one of the dialects spoken by our adopted people group, the M People, as well as portions of the Old Testament. They had to leave EA in 2019, and since then have been serving as translation consultants for a variety of projects in different locations. Stuart and Peggy both hold bachelor degrees in missiology from Nyack College, and PhDs in linguistics from Cornell University. They currently live in Grand Rapids, MI, where they enjoy gardening with native plants and participating in church worship through playing recorder, writing descants, and liturgical dancing.
shannon Deal
shannoncdeal@icloud.com
Shannon is an author, speaker and nurturer with Serve the City and other ministries. Shannon has honed her skills as a communicator of solid theology to a challenging culture – post-modern Europe.
lois shaw
loismshaw2020@gmail.com
She is so grateful that God called her to serve Him overseas. What an adventure it has been. She wishes everyone could have the gift of sharing the love of Jesus in another culture. Her heart’s desire has been to engage in the mission of God, strategically, by networking with poor and marginalized women in East Africa, and North American believers in enduring Christ-focused friendships. She has served with her husband, Mark, for over 35 years in Kenya, and raised their two children there. She loves to write and loves long conversations with God’s family from all over the world.
Ministry Reports
kim and annie colich
kim_colich@sil.org | annie_colich@sil.org
Kim and Annie began serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1988 moving to the remote east coast of Papua New Guinea, in 1991 with their three young daughters to begin their work among the Tami in 1991. Their work involved first learning the language of the Tami people, creating an alphabet, and finally translating the books of the New Testament along with some of the Old Testament into the Tami language. They currently have all of the New Testament drafted along with the book of Psalms and other Old Testament portions. For the New Testament, all but 5 books are ready for publication. The Coliches are also involved in literacy work, women’s Bible study, and numerous Scripture Use courses using the translated Tami Scriptures. They hope to have a New Testament dedication, Lord willing, by 2027.
john and charlotte rippy
john.rippy@gmail.com
John oversees campus work at The University of Virginia, James Madison University, and Shenandoah University. He is also working to establish new witnessing communities of campuses that do not currently have a ministry presence. The Rippys were a vital part of PCC for several years before moving to Richmond to accommodate John’s regional travel. Grace, Emma and Revell keep them hopping!
meredith and sandy elder
melder@serge.org | selder@serge.org
Meredith and Sandy serve with Serge on their Member Care Team, which Meredith helps lead. Sending churches value experienced workers and counsellors like the Elders who provide biblical counsel and encouragement for those who are sent. If you want to know what Global Partners face and for what you can pray, ask the Elders.
dave and cindy hahne
dave@stcpeninsula.com | cindy@stcpeninsula.com
Dave and Cindy work with Serve the City globally, nationally, and locally. Globally, Dave works with the International Leadership Team as the Chief Operating Officer, helping to create the resources that allow new cities to get started and enable existing cities to grow while keeping true to the vision of Serve the City. Nationally, Dave serves on the Board of Directors of Serve the City US, working to create a volunteering movement that can sweep the US like it has in Europe. Locally, Cindy is the City Leader for Serve the City Peninsula. She leads a team of volunteers from around the Peninsula in building transformational relationships in places like Newport News, Hampton, and York County.
Sarah Powell
sarah.powell@cru.org
Sarah is on CRU staff primarily at Christopher Newport University. She is passionate about seeing lost students find hope and freedom in the gospel. CNU is a launching pad for many future leaders, doctors, politicians and business people. One of Sarah’s greatest desires is to see God shift the course of students’ lives as they learn what it looks like to be Christ-centered laborers, whether in their profession or in their community.
Chelsea n
After seven years on our student ministry staff, Chelsea was recently sent by the Chapel to western Asia where she continues using her gifts for helping school-aged kids grow academically and spiritually. Her advocates, David (803-374-3991) and Anna Staton (803-374-0454) would love to fill you in on Chelsea’s work.
PCC Global Partners Map
