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      • Sunday Morning Classes
      • Village Connect Small Group Ministries
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    • Youth
    • Children & Families >
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      • Overview
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      • Kids Day Out
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      • Child & Family Development Center
      • Parents
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      • Music Ensembles
      • Music Staff
      • Village Pipe Organ
      • Village Arts Alliance
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    • Signature Mission
    • Local Outreach >
      • Blood Drive
      • Emergency Assistance
      • Food Pantry - Clothes Closet
      • Front Porch Alliance
      • Homelessness Ministries >
        • Habitat for Humanity
        • Hillcrest Transitional Housing
      • Hunger Ministries >
        • Community Garden
        • Cross-Lines Kitchen
        • Food Pantry - Clothes Closet
        • Johnson County Home Delivered Meals
      • KC CARE Clinic
      • Literacy Initiatives
      • Mission Sewing
    • Immigration & Refugees
    • International Mission >
      • Global Village
      • Border
      • Dominican Republic Medical Partnership >
        • Celebration Dominicana Fundraiser
        • About
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        • Partnerships
        • Mission Trips >
          • All DRMP Trips
          • GivingThanks
        • Newsletter & Video Library
      • Haiti
      • Thwake Village >
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        • Video Library
      • Christmas International House
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staff directory


office of the senior pastor

Senior Pastor
Rev. Tom Are, Jr.
913-671-2341
Email 

Admin. Assistant for Senior Pastor
Marsha Hansen
913-671-2341
Email 

adult faith formation

Senior Associate Pastor; Director of Adult Faith Formation; Antioch Campus Interim Site Pastor
​Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
913-671-2323
Email

Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation
Laura Hobbs
913-671-2333
Email

mission

Director of Mission
Deborah White
913-671-2369
Email  

Director of International Mission
Lora Garrison
​816-682-2251
​Email

Food Pantry Director
Dennis Cobb
913-671-2314
Email 

young adult ministry

Pastor of Young Adults
Rev. Hallie Hottle
913-671-2334
Email 

Young Adult Coordinator
Becky Bliss
913-671-2370
Email

giving & endowment

Director
Bob Sperry
913-671-2325
Email

connectional ministries

Interim Director of Connectional Ministries
Nancy Gatewood

913-671-2331
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Email

children & family ministry

Mission Campus

Director of Children & Family Ministry
Brooke Brundige
913-671-2355
Email

Children & Family Ministry Program Coordinator
Kate Ruecker
913-671-2350
Email 

Children & Family Ministry Program Coordinator
Kenyon Vrooman
913-671-2332
Email

Director of Child Care
Sandra Stephens
913-671-2322
Email

Child Care Office Manager
Amy Turpin
913-671-2352
Email

Preschool Director
Sarah McKee
913-671-2338
Email

Antioch Campus

Preschool Director
Paula Benefiel
913-681-1906
Email ​

Child & Family Development Center

Director
Rosemary Marshall
913-671-2310
Email

Assistant Director
Jenny Hull
913-671-3319
jenny.hull@villagepres.org

Coordinator
Peggy Tingle
913-671-2311
peggy.tingle@villagepres.org

business operations

Mission Campus

Senior Director of Business Operations

Jim Tilden
913-671-2365
Email 

Accounting & Human Resources Manager
Ann Kranker
913-671-2360
Email 

Executive Assistant
Erin Crank
913-671-2342
Email

Staff Accountant
Martha Atkinson
913-671-2321
Email 

Facilities Coordinator/Receptionist
Karen Reimer
913-262-4200
Email

Facilities Coordinator/Receptionist
Marianne Weber
913-262-4200
Email

Associate Administrator
Janice Gill
913-671-2362
Email 

Antioch Campus

Communications & Site Coordinator
Lisa Harrison
913-681-8180
Email

marketing & communications

Director of Marketing & Communications
Laura Davis
913-671-2375
Email 

Creative Design & Digital Media Manager
Madeline Chamberlain
913-671-2328
Email

Graphic Designer/Photographer
Lori Locke
913-671-2346
Email

Social Media Coordinator/Videographer
Michelle O'Neal
913-671-2308
Email

pastoral care & counseling

Pastor of Pastoral Care
​Rev. Melanie Hardison
913-671-2367
Email

Pastor of Pastoral Care
Rev. Sally S. Wright
913-671-2347
Email

Pastoral Care Coordinator
Linda Alley
913-671-2327
Email

Pastoral Care Outreach Coordinator
Alice Whitson
​913-671-2380

Email

music ministry

Mission Campus

Director of Music
Will Breytspraak
913-671-2345
Email 

Principal Organist; Associate Director of Music 
Dr. Elisa Bickers
913-671-2339
Email 

Associate Director of Music
Dr. Joshua Maize
913-671-2304
Email

Coordinator of Children's Music
Jenny Hull
913-671-2385
Email 

Instrument Music Coordinator 
Destiny Ann Mermagen
​Email
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Director of Village Brass
Dr. Langston Hemenway
Email

Antioch Campus

Director of Music 
Cameron Rolling
cameron.rolling@villagepres.org

youth ministry

Pastor of Youth Ministry
Rev. Zach Walker
913-671-2306
Email

Interim Associate Director of Youth Ministry
Abby Schipfer
Email

Coordinator for Youth & Young Adult Ministries
Jenna Soltys
​913-671-2305
Email

Youth Band Director; Drama Leader
Kevin Dolan
Email 

kitchen/food services

Director of Food Service
Chef Andrea Bradley
913-671-2348
Email

Sous Chef
Larry Wilcox
913-671-2348
Email

computer information technology

Director of Information Technology
Robert Rumold
913-671-2382
Email 

Information Technology Coordinator
Chuck Chamberlin
913-671-2364
Email

Media Production Coordinator
Dr. Ron Patton, H.R.
Email 

facilities & building

Building & Grounds Superintendent
​George Darrington
913-671-2349
Email 

weddings

Wedding Coordinator
Carol Groebe
​913-262-4200
Email

Mission Campus
6641 Mission Rd
​Prairie Village, KS 66208
913-262-4200
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Antioch Campus
14895 Antioch Rd
Overland Park, KS 66221
913-681-8180

Food Pantry
Tillotson Building
​Meneilly Center for Mission

9900 Mission Rd
Overland Park, KS 66207
913-671-2315

Child & Family Development Center
Meneilly Center for Mission
9960 Mission Rd
​Overland Park, KS 66207
913-671-2310

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