Update: Nominating Committee Report 2026

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Update: September 24, 2026

A few adult Sabbath School classes were added. Two deacons were added to Team 5. To ensure appropriate consideration, the vote is pushed to October 3.

Original publication, September 18, 2026

Here’s the Nominating Committee report. The first reading will be on September 19, 2026, with a potential vote on September 26. We will update this page if things change.

Personal Ministry & Sabbath School

Personal Ministry/Sabbath School Leader

  1. Nilmini Shankar

Personal Ministry/Sabbath School Superintendents

  1. Jennifer Peart
  2. Joy Biondi
  3. Patience Simango
  4. Norma Allen
  5. Descy Obligar
  6. Gloria Masika
  7. Vladimir Tchaplinski

Personal Ministry/Sabbath School Secretaries (Head)

  1. Penny Dooks (Head)
  2. Maylene Pita
  3. Ailyn Tablante
  4. Mildred Zabate
  5. Vicenta (Vicky) De Leon
  6. Maribel Del Mundo
  7. Rikta Biswas
  8. Shashikala Sanjeev

Youth/Young Adult & Adult Sabbath School Teachers

  1. Frank Enniss — Class 1
  2. Nicolas Romuar — Class 2
  3. McDonald Enmore — Class 3
  4. Geddes Stewart — Class 4
  5. Patience Simango — Class 5
  6. Al Mondragon — Class 6
  7. Loida Rillo — Class 7
  8. Gilbert Zabate — Class 8
  9. Norma Allen — Class 9
  10. Roger Amorim — Class 10
  11. Vladimir Tchaplinski — Class 11
  12. Elijah Tchaplinski — Class 12 (YP)
  13. Sujatha Mathi — Class 13 (Y)
  14. Pr Benjamin Kim — Class 14 (Col)
  15. Stalin Wesley — Class 15 (YA)
  16. Pastor Glenn DeSilva – Class 16 (New Believers)
  17. Rohit Masih – Class 17 (The Foundation)
  18. Gilbert Paris – Class 18 (Online Zoom)
  19. Claudette Charles – Class 19 (Online Zoom)
  20. Keith Juriasz – Class 20 (Online Zoom)

ADRA Ambassador

  1. Brent Chin

Adventist Education

  1. Joanne Easterbrook — Leader
  2. Alden Cudanin — Assistant

Adventurer Club Director

  1. Hermelita (Ming) Patricio

Adventurer Club Deputy

  1. Lorraine Romuar
  2. Dorothy Romuar

Assistant Treasurers

  1. Ann Dib
  2. Tameka Daley

Audio/Visual

  1. Emmanuel Mathi-Amorim — Leader
  2. Roger Amorim
  3. David Civera
  4. Chiara Biondi
  5. Vanessa Cai
  6. Jensen Nkunda
  7. Matthias Decena

Building & Grounds Committee

  1. Marc Kevin Marcos — Leader
  2. Joseph Pallipamula
  3. Mervin Lewis
  4. Uton Smith
  5. Yong-Da Cai
  6. Danilo Tabil
  7. Pr. Glenn DeSilva

Community Services

  1. Katelyn Espiritu — Co-Leader
  2. Paula Pastor — Co-Leader

Décor Committee

  1. Marilyn Singh — Leader
  2. Mala Conroy
  3. Yvonne Lesaca
  4. Sunny Jong
  5. Kevin Tan
  6. Pr. Glenn DeSilva

Children & Youth Ministries

Children’s Ministries

  1. Reetu Masih — Leader
  2. Jelene Decena
  3. Kathy Li
  4. Amanda Deeb
  5. Katerine Almonte Lopez
  6. Sheltongift Kanagaraj
  7. Merlin Bobbili
  8. Pr. Benjamin Kim

Sabbath School Division Leaders — Tiny Tots

  1. Eve Deeb — Leader
  2. Olga Tchaplinskaia
  3. Judith Emeonye

Sabbath School Division Leaders — Little Friends

  1. Heidi Mora — Leader
  2. Luisa Civera
  3. Merlin Bobbili
  4. Linda Henriquez
  5. Bing Baladia
  6. Loriclyn Pita

Sabbath School Division Leaders — Kinder Kids

  1. Marimor (Betsy) Avance — Leader
  2. Steve Lopez
  3. Bianca Stewart
  4. Michelle DeSilva

Sabbath School Division Leaders — Treasure Chest

  1. Prasanna Pallipamula — Leader
  2. Daphne Soogree
  3. Paula Pastor
  4. Peter Ram
  5. Katelyn Espiritu

Sabbath School Division Leaders — Discovery Zone

  1. Tameka Daley — Leader
  2. Jessie Ram
  3. Rhona Enmore
  4. Ann Dib

Sabbath School Division Leaders — Earliteens

  1. Ruth Javier — Leader
  2. Dhanielle Ford
  3. Alden Cudanin
  4. Micaiah Davis

Church Photographers

  1. Meredith Cudanin — Leader
  2. Archi Baroi — Assistant
  3. TBD
  4. TBD

Pathfinder Club

  1. Jennifer Lewis — Director
  2. TBD — Assistant

Youth / High School Ministry

  1. Sujatha Mathi — Leader
  2. Andrew Conroy — Sabbath School Teacher

Young Adult/Collegiate Ministry

  1. Kevin Rana — Leader
  2. Selina Shankar — Assistant
  3. Brent Chin — Sponsor

Church Administration

Clerk

  1. Shashikaka Sanjeev — Leader
  2. Riya Masih — Assistant

E-Adventist Transfers

  1. Janet Guarin

Deaconesses

  1. Ann Dib — Leader
  2. Analynn Bruce — Assistant
  3. Paula Pastor — Assistant
  4. Mala Conroy
  5. Rajini Bol
  6. Selina Shankar
  7. Nilmini Shankar
  8. Rhona Enmore
  9. Ancil Jackson
  10. Emilia Palafox
  11. Lavenia Abary
  12. Velly Tan
  13. Virginia Griss
  14. Hirfa Douglas
  15. Luisa Civera
  16. Sarah Leah Civera
  17. Nadia Kolesnik

Deacons

  1. Rohit Masih — Leader

Deacons — Team Leader 1

  1. Joseph Pallipamula — Team Leader
  2. Neeraj Singh
  3. Jordan Pallipamula
  4. Kevin Rana
  5. Fred Tenerife
  6. Marc Kevin Marcos

Deacons — Team Leader 2

  1. Mervin Lewis — Team Leader
  2. Glen-Jay Glenesk
  3. Chris Thyagaraj
  4. Keith Tangente
  5. Todd Bruce
  6. Lester Alleyne

Deacons — Team Leader 3

  1. Uton Smith — Team Leader
  2. Darnell Davis
  3. Micaiah Davis
  4. Jared Davis
  5. Gedion Baley
  6. Danilo Santos

Deacons — Team Leader 4

  1. Yong-Da Cai — Team Leader
  2. Emilio Lorenzo
  3. Edbert Guarin
  4. Enrique Guarin
  5. Matthew Hui
  6. Peter Ram

Deacons — Team Leader 5

  1. Danilo Tabil — Team Leader
  2. Kevin Tan
  3. Akash Bobbili
  4. Robert Bibat
  5. Steve Lopez-Almonte
  6. Brion Reyes
  7. Lawrence Baisa
  8. Luis Baisa

Elders

  1. Andrew Conroy — Lead
  2. Jennifer Peart — Associate
  3. Faith Sprengel
  4. Vivene Taylor (Sharon Facey)
  5. Sujatha Mathi
  6. Marilyn Singh
  7. Sidney Biondi
  8. Brent Chin
  9. Gilbert Zabate
  10. Igor Kolesnik
  11. Stalin Wesley
  12. Geddes Stewart

Finance Committee

  1. Roger Amorim — Chair
  2. Ann Dib
  3. Arlene Ballesteros
  4. Matthew Hui — Secretary
  5. Diana Bowman
  6. Arnold Kisku
  7. Edbert Guarin
  8. Maria Paculanang
  9. Pr. Glenn DeSilva

Ministry Leaders

Communications

  1. David Civera — Leader
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
  5. TBD

Family Ministries (Couples)

  1. Dodie and Arlene Ballesteros — Leaders
  2. Darnel and Fern Davis
  3. Todd and Analynn Bruce
  4. Vikas and Merlin Bobbili
  5. Pr. Glenn and Michelle DeSilva

Health Ministries Team

  1. Janet Guarin — Leader
  2. Teneisha Daley — Assistant
  3. Frank Enniss
  4. Rusela Cruz
  5. Keith Tangente
  6. Nilmini Shankar
  7. Pr. Evadne Henry

Interest Coordinator

  1. Ruth Javier de Friesen — Leader
  2. TBD

Greeters & Welcome Ministry

  1. Fern Davis — Leader
  2. TBD — Assistant

Hospitality & Kitchen Ministry

  1. Nenita Guarin — Leader
  2. Otheline Kellman — Assistant

Men’s Ministries

  1. Frank Enniss — Leader
  2. Pr. Glenn DeSilva — Assistant

Master Guides

  1. Deneil Dockery — Leader
  2. Deandra Ashman — Assistant

Prayer Ministries

  1. Christine Bibat — Leader
  2. Cherrilyn Cornwall — Assistant
  3. Charles Carr — Assistant
  4. Deniese Bruce — Assistant
  5. Jennifer Peart — Elder
  6. Pr. Evadne Henry

Safety Committee

  1. Edbert Guarin — Leader
  2. Uton Smith
  3. Deneil Dockery

Seniors’ Ministries

  1. TBD — Leader
  2. Hyacinth DePluzer — Assistant
  3. June Felix — Assistant
  4. Vivene Taylor (Sharon Facey) — Elder

Social Committee

  1. Sheltongift Kanagaraj — Leader
  2. Dhanielle Ford — Assistant
  3. Abigail Chin — Member
  4. Chiara Biondi — Member

Religious Liberty

  1. Faith Sprengel — Leader

Women’s Ministries

  1. Judith Emeonye — Leader
  2. Ruth Javier de Friesen
  3. Abigail Mathi-Amorim
  4. Hyacinth DePluzer

Music Ministries

Music Committee Leader

  1. Shankar Gnanasekaran

Organist/Pianist

  1. Eloisa Lorenzo

Chorister

  1. Patience Simango

Special Music

  1. Gedion Baley

Praise & Worship

  1. Selina Shankar
  2. Jaden Singh

Orchestra Directors

  1. Lennard Bourne

Children’s & Junior Choir

  1. Sujatha Mathi

Church Choir

  1. Gedion Baley

Male Chorale

  1. Stephen Nwadike

Church Board

Quorum for meeting: 14 members present.

Chair

  1. Pastor DeSilva

Associate Pastor

  1. Pastor Henry

Youth Pastor

  1. Pastor Kim

Head Elder

  1. Andrew Conroy

Treasurer

  1. Maria Paculanang

Secretary-Clerk

  1. Shashikala Sanjeev

Board Members

  1. Jennifer Peart
  2. Brent Chin
  3. Faith Sprengel
  4. Igor Kolesnik
  5. Vivene Taylor (Sharon Facey)
  6. Nilmini Shankar
  7. Lorraine Romuar
  8. Jennifer Lewis
  9. Rohit Masih
  10. Ann Dib
  11. David Civera
  12. Ed Guarin
  13. Ruth Javier de Friesen
  14. Katelyn Espiritu
  15. Roger Amorim
  16. Kevin Rana
  17. Marc Marcos
  18. Daryl Dooks — Member at Large
  19. Oneil Iqbal — Member at Large
  20. Christine Bibat — Member at Large

Church Board Composition Notes

  1. 3 Pastors
  2. Head Elder
  3. Treasurer
  4. Clerk
  5. 5 Elders
  6. 12 Ministry Leaders — PM/SS Leader, Adventurers, Pathfinders, Deacon, Deaconess, Communications, Safety, Interest Coordinator, Community Services, Finance Chair, Youth & Young Adult, Building & Grounds
  7. 3 Members at Large from the congregation

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