Boise Valley Christian Communion

Deacons

Marti Darrow
Administration, Barnabas Fund, Hospitality

Marti has been attending BVCC since 1999. The most exciting story she has to share is one of God's patience and her salvation. After looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places most of her life, on January 1, 1999, she finally admitted that she just could not find what was missing in her life. Four days later, Marti's neighbor, Dan ran into her fence, one thing led to another, and she not only received Jesus as her Lord and Savior, but she also ended up marrying Dan.

Marti has been a Deacon since 2003 and currently serves as the Deacon Chairperson, overseeing all the Deacons and their various duties. Marti enjoys serving her church family in the area of hospitality, keeping in mind that families should take every opportunity to share a meal together. It doesn't hurt that she's a splendid cook as well, having run her own catering business for several years. She is also part of the Barnabas Fund Team. Marti enjoys anything that has to do with horses and Dan enjoys anything that has to do with Caterpillar equipment.

Dan Clements
Buildings and Grounds
Dan was born in Mountain Home, Idaho and has lived in Idaho most of his life. God's hand was evident in Dan's life for most of his life however the evidence of God's work has begun to show itself in the last ten years. When he cried out to God he got an answer and placed his feet on solid ground. Dan has been an alcoholic since age 12 up until he was 40. He knew if he continued the way he had been, it would kill him. He had to make a conscious choice to live. In the depth of darkness, he cried out to the Living God and his life was changed forever.
Dan is a woodworker at heart and spends much of his time studying the Word and refinishing beautiful antique furniture. He and his wife Kathy travel around the West to antique shows buying and selling antiques. They have been married 31 years and God continues to do miracles in their lives as they pursue relationship with Him in their daily lives.

Dan started attending BVCC in November of 2003. He and his wife, Kathy, were looking for a place to plug in and call home. They have made a home for themselves in Boise for the last 20 years and have been faithfully serving the Lord during their time at BVCC.

Matt Hyde
Administration & Worship Service

Matt was born in Big Sky, Montana and moved to Boise in 1988. He attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and graduated with a degree in Sociology and Human Services. He came back to Boise after college in 2002 and began spending time with an old high school friend Monica. The one area of her life he knew nothing about was her faith. He had no desire to know God and did not even believe there was a God. Upon following her to church a couple of times, something began to happen in his heart. God used Monica to soften his heart. He was saved after a growth group in January of 2004 when he made Jesus the Lord of his life. The more he heard about God the more he realized his life would never be the same. Matt and Monica were married in September of 2004 and have been serving on the Youth Ministry Team for three years.

He has great faith in God's ability and desire to change lives as he personally experienced God's power in his life. He was a drug addict and loathed religion of any kind. He has learned that forgiveness is for everyone and restoration began when he took accountability for the mistakes he had made.

Matt has had a number of mentors who have poured into him in the last four years and he recently completed a year long leadership training course with seven other men from BVCC. Shortly after that he became a committed disciple (member) and planted himself in as many classes and groups as possible with his future wife.

Matt loves spending time with his wife and son, Liam, and enjoys skiing, writing and playing soccer.

Matt's testimony is told in a book that BVCC published called The Ticket along with several other members of BVCC. Those whose stories are told are just a few of the many lives at BVCC that will never be the same because of their relationship with Jesus.

David McKee
Worship Service

Dave has gone to church for most of his life, but he had never experienced a spiritual second birth unto Christ (John 3:16). One Sunday night after the service, their pastor and his wife took Dave and his wife, Alice, to coffee. They talked about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. As they were leaving, the pastor told them to go home that night and kneel at the foot of their bed and ask Jesus into their hearts. They did and when they got up they knew that they had met the King of Kings. This was the most significant "out for coffee" he has ever had the privilege of attending.

One of Dave's hobbies is spending time with his 9 grandkids and 6 great grandkids. He and his wife, Alice, have been attending BVCC since 1999 and have been faithfully serving in any capacity they are able.

Mike Norell
Miscellaneous

Mike Norell has been a part of Christian Communion since 1976. He was born and raised in Nampa and went to church at a very early age, but now feels he had no idea then, as a Christian Scientist, who God really was. In approximately 1976, after attending a few services with his wife, he picked up a disabled hitchhiker and gave him a ride back to Boise College (now BSU). The hitchhiker gave Mike a copy of the Gospel of John which he eagerly read 2-3 times during the week before getting together again with the man. With two small children and big financial problems Mike knew there had to be more to life, and in desperation turned to the one who is the source of life - Jesus, the way, the truth and the life. Mike’s life was changed 180 degrees and has improved by staying in God’s Word and sticking close to the church and the people of God.

There have been many bumps in the road, but with Jesus Mike feels life is a blast. In fact, Mike isn’t sure he would even be alive if he hadn’t accepted Jesus into his life! Mike enjoys extreme sports and is an avid kayaker.

John Ostolasa
Building and Grounds & Worship Service

John has attended BVCC since 1995. He became a committed disciple (member) in 2005. He says he was a pew potato for 10 years before the Father woke him up. John received the Holy Spirit on March 16th, 2004 in a Bible study group. John is involved in several different ministries including Men's Ministry Team, he and his wife Cheré teach Sunday school class for 3rd and 4th grade students, and Care Ministry.

John enjoys camping and riding ATV's with Cheré. He and Cheré have been married since 1991. They have two children, Codye and Aurora. He is an electrician by trade. He and Cheré continue to pursue the Lord in their lives and His work is visible in the change they have experienced.

Becky Wingett
Barnabas Fund

Becky and family came to BVCC in 1996. She and her husband, Steve, have raised three daughters and a son. They are also blessed to have six beautiful grandchildren.

She was born and raised in Boise and Her father was a major league baseball player. Every summer her mother would pack Becky, her brothers and sister to go live in Chicago, Philadelphia or Saint Louis to be with their father during the baseball season.

Becky became a Christian at 14, the night she attended a crusade where Nicky Cruz presented the Gospel. After she heard Nicky's own incredible story of gang violence, drugs, and crime, he shared about a man who loved him and led him to God. It was that night that Becky knew she had found the truth about God and went to the altar to receive Jesus as her Savior.

Becky attended BSU and studied in the medical health field and served in a ministry called Young Life. She meet Steve there and soon after they were married and started a family. As they raised their family, she was always interested in the health and well being of the lives of people. She worked in a hospital, and volunteered as a labor and delivery coach for unwed teens at Booth Memorial.

Her desire to serve people in crisis grew and she sought training to become a crisis counselor, for Tree of Life Crisis Pregnancy Center, Reach Out Crisis Hotline, and The Red Cross. Steve and Becky were able to give emergency shelter in their home over the years to men and women who had become homeless, ill or were refugees. More recently one of her dreams to be trained to serve in the mission field was realized. She attended Mercy in Actions' School for Mission Medics. She studied primary health care techniques and diseases in developing countries. Four months of her training was in remote areas of the Philippines. There she witnessed the conditions of the poorest of the poor, but also the joy of the Lord in the most difficult of situations.

Steve and Becky enjoy time celebrating with friends and family and weekends at the cabin, music, and travel whenever they can.