My wife, Robin and I are honored to be a part of the Hastings community, serving at Hastings First United Methodist Church. We have two sons, Phillip and Talon, and have served in ministry in Nebraska since 2001. I have served in various areas of ministry including Children and Youth, Mission Team leadership to France/Switzerland, Cote D’Voire, and Peru, Evangelistic outreach ministries, Family Camps and pastoral ministry over 40 years. Areas of ministry have included multiple states and at times secular work (I suppose like the Apostle Paul making tents?), so that, other opportunities of ministry were possible. I have served local churches and was 8 years appointed to the Episcopal Office of the Great Plains Conference as District Superintendent of the Prairie Rivers District. My passion, however, has been pastoral ministry. I believe it is our calling to build relationships for the purpose of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of our world. I believe that the calling of every congregation is to bring people to a faith in Christ that reaches into every community emphasizing ministries that builds others up, reach out with services of justice and mercy, and draw others to experience for themselves the love of God.