NewportNaz Board Members

Mike Ulappa / Church Treasurer: Oversight of the church finances. Monitor checking and savings accounts by working closely with the church bookkeeper. Assure income is deposited, bills and budgets are paid and bank accounts reconciled monthly. Transfer funds between bank accounts to meet church needs. Provide monthly and annual reports to the church board and district as required. Serve on the Finance, Budget and Compensation Committees. Attend Board and other meetings as needed to provide financial information as requested. Contact at: mulappa@gmail.com

Edith Miller / Congregational Care: Oversight of those areas pertaining to the care and nurture of congregants. Specifically: Faith Community Nurses including prayer shawl ministry; Benevolence for church members in need; ~ Church Body Life including communion preparation, card ministry, memorial fellowship meals, life celebrations; Women’s Ministry including retreats, conferences, Hosannah evenings; wedding coordinator, visits and gifting to new brides and new mothers; Newcomer/visitor ministry including ushers and greeters. Contact at: edith.miller4@gmail.com

Ray Butcher / Nazarene Youth International: Assisting the Youth Pastor with planning, budget, staff, teaching and mentoring of students. Additionally overseeing the budget management for the NYI ministry as well as chairing the NYI council. Contact at: ray.searose@gmail.com

Rich Wanke / New Facility Coordinator: Work with other department and committee heads to examine campus impact and feasibility of future large facility projects and to serve as a direct liaison for the board and project managers on a monthly basis. Reports to include general status of special projects, scheduling, finances, and projected phase and/or final project costs. Work with project managers to coordinate and facilitate man-power, equipment, and material needs for given special projects. Contact at: rlwanke@gmail.com

Jeff Johnston / Prayer Coordinator: Leads and directs the prayer ministry for NewportNaz. Leads the daily morning prayer team as well as working to develop prayer teams for each weekly activity at NewportNaz. Contact at: jeffmona@msn.com

Jerry Mitchell / Transportation: Maintain Church vehicles, purchase and dispose of vehicles, driver training , proper license and insurance. Contact at: jerandann@yahoo.com

Troy Delle / Hope Ministries: Represent to the church board various Ministries reaching out to members of our community in need. Coordinate and support the various benevolent ministries of the church, securing needed resources to keep the programs running. Locate dollars, volunteers, community contacts and space as needed. Current Ministries include Celebrate Recovery, Operation Snack-Packs in Newport, Hope 2 Others, the Lincoln County Emergency Warming Center, Homeless Connect, provide Benevolent giving and we represent this Church as a member of the Inter Christian Outreach ( ICO ). Contact: hopeatnewportnaz@gmail.com

Cheryl Crowe / Worship Ministries: Leads the Music Committee in reviewing ministry needs of the worship team. This committee monitors the needs of the music and sound personnel who volunteer in this ministry. Oversight is provided for the allocation of budget monies and to facilitate requests from Pastor Deanna and the Music committee to the board. Contact at: ccrowe@centurytel.net

Ryan Bancroft / Children’s Ministries: Oversight of the Children’s Ministry, this encompasses all children from infant to 6th grade. Chairman of the Children’s Council, which includes a representative from each department within the Children’s Ministry, represent the Children's Ministry needs to the Board of Directors, help the staff with ideas, responsible for the budget and how it is allocated on a monthly basis. Chairman of the Kidz Korner Committee, researching the feasability of creating a kids playground structure and/or ministry wing in the church. Contact at: rjbancroft@me.com

Tim Folkerts / Policy: Duties include keeping the NewportNaz Policy Manual up to date and available, including the creation of new policy as needed. Contact at: folkerts6@msn.com

Greg Wood / Chairperson: Duties include running the board meetings; collect, preview, and edit all committee reports then email reports to board members; assemble the meeting agenda; check the board minutes when the secretary is not available; check-in with committee heads. Contact at: woodshed391@yahoo.com

Jerry Kinney / Missions: Conduct Mission Council meetings, send council minutes to Board, plan mission night, Faith Promise event including coordination of speaker and offering, raise monies for Work and Witness projects through Thanksgiving and Easter offerings, raise money for Work and Witness Scholarship fund and raise funds for local mission projects. Contact at: judykinney42@yahoo.com

Bruce Flaming / Board Secretary: Records all official documents on behalf of the church board, including all church board minutes. Contact at: bruce@westcoastlinen.com