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Scott Reavely, Senior Pastor

Scott Reavely grew up in small towns in Montana. He and his wife, Marcia, started attending New Life Church in August, 1986, when they moved to the Portland area to study at Western Seminary. He started working as a part-time youth pastor in 1988, moving to full-time the next year and later becoming an associate pastor. Scott became Senior Pastor in 1993. Scott earned a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at Montana State University, and has just completed a Doctorate of Ministry at Western Seminary.

The focus of our church’s mission statement on treasuring God grew out of Pastor Scott’s personal experience. In 1996 he and Marcia lost a stillborn daughter. In 2001 they lost a son in a similar event. Through these two events they came to treasure God in the words of the psalmist, Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire beside You (Psalm 73:25). “I realize God will sometimes go to great lengths to be the treasure of our hearts, and sometimes he won’t. My mission in life is to help people find God for their treasure.”

When Scott is not busy at church, he is usually busy with his kids’ sports teams and has coached volleyball, baseball, softball, soccer, football and wrestling. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at Western Seminary.

Scott and Marcia have been married since 1985 and have five children. Marcia is a full-time homemaker and home school teacher, is active singing and playing the piano in the Worship Band on Sunday mornings. She is a source of wise advice for many women as they seek to honor Christ in their homes.



Nathan Pylate, Robinwood Pastor

Nathan and his wife, Sara, have been with us since January of 2000 when he came to Oregon to work on his Master of Divinity degree at Western Seminary . They both hail originally from Texas where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Baylor University. While in seminary, Nathan served as an Assistant Pastor here, working with small groups, coordinating membership classes and occasionally preaching on Sunday mornings. When he graduated he was hired on full-time as our first Church-Planting Pastor. In the fall of 2005 he led the team that started our first new location, New Life Robinwood.

When he isn’t working at planting churches, Nathan enjoys spending time with his daughter, Julie, and son, Hudson. Nathan and Sara also have a special heart for abused kids. They have been temporary parents to several of these precious children in recent years. The Pylate family also enjoys hiking, camping, reading, and good food!



Bill Kramer, Associate Pastor

After over 30 years of ministry, both in missionary work with
Cadence International and in pastoral ministry in Texas and Iowa, Bill Kramer "semi-retired" to join our staff at the beginning of 2004.  Bill's work here includes visitation, men's ministries, discipleship and teaching.  He earned two different Bible diplomas from Multnomah Bible College in 1964 and 1975.  Bill and his wife Jeanette have been married for 34 years and have one grown son who lives in Texas.





Matt Vorhees, Youth Pastor

Matt Vorhees was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA. Jesus Christ intercepted his life at age 19, after which he became heavily involved in a college-aged ministry. It was there that Matt met Alicia, now his wife and best friend. They were married on August 29, 2003, and a year later Matt graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering and Alicia with a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Biblical Counseling from The Master’s College.

Several years prior to graduating from Cal Poly, Matt felt called of God to pastoral ministry and seminary. In response to this call, Matt and Alicia moved to Portland, OR in the fall of 2004, so that Matt could pursue a Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary and Alicia could pursue her Master’s in School Counseling at Lewis and Clark College. They bought their first house in July of 2005 and now reside in Oregon City. Matt has been the Youth Pastor at New Life Church since March 8, 2006.

Matt enjoys sports such as soccer, basketball, and volleyball and extreme sports like snowboarding and wake boarding. Matt and Alicia enjoy watching movies together, eating out, taking walks, vacationing, working out, and spending time with the youth group and friends.



Elders
Our congregation elects a group of elders to lead our church. They have the significant role of shepherding the flock and discerning God’s direction for us.




Our current group of dedicated and qualified men includes:
From left: Vice-Chairman -- Dale Austen, George Milliken, Robinwood Pastor Nathan Pylate, Senior Pastor Scott Reavely, Ralph Currey, Chairman -- Scott Haugen


Kristen Van Tuyl and Tanya Elkins, Nursery Coordinators
Judy Cochran, Administrative Assistant
Julia McBride, Office Assistant
Kim Brandstetter, Bookkeeper
Patty Alcutt, Custodian


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