Pastor Tim is ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), a denomination that has entered into a covenant with the PCUSA to allow pastors to serve in both denominations. 

Originally from Minnesota, Pastor Tim spent 26 years of his career as a U.S. Navy chaplain. Through his own work serving the Lord among sailors and supervising the work of numerous other chaplains, he was responsible for the spiritual care of thousands of sailors in many locations around world. Following his retirement from the Navy, he served at a handful of congregations as a transitional pastor. Pastor Tim and his wife, Cindy, a Restaurant General Manager, have three daughters: Elizabeth, a graduate of Azusa Pacific who is now a stage manager; Rachel, a senior chemistry major at UC San Diego; and Rebekah, a senior at Calvin Christian High School in Escondido.

Amie Quigley oversees the Lord’s Lighthouse, the Hollywood Healthcare Partnership, and the Hollywood Winter Refuge shelter. These ministries offer friendship, discipleship, and connections to housing and health services. Urban Mission also partners with numerous local ministries such as Youth First and Jews for Jesus.  

Originally from Princeton, NJ, Amie has a background in theater. After receiving an AB in English from Duke University, she did postgraduate studies in Greek at Oxford University and recently completed an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. Amie joined the staff of FPCH in 2009. She currently serves as the Chair of the Homeless Task Force for the Presbytery of the Pacific and on the Executive Board of the Faith-Based Advocacy Council for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.   

Amie delights in spending time with beautiful and brilliant friends in our community, some of whom are in transition with housing. Sharing in life together allows the love of Christ to minister to all of us. Such abundant love fosters hope and the profound blessing of being the church.

Joletta Sells recently joined FPCH as our new Worship Coordinator. Prior to this, she served as the Music Director for Calvary Presbyterian Church in Glendale, California.

Joletta began regular involvement in church music at the age of 12, first serving as Assistant Pianist for her home church in Silver Lake, Indiana. She has since served in many churches across the country in a variety of ways: worship leading, worship service planning, sharing original music, directing choirs, and teaching musical skills among the congregations.

Joletta earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana Wesleyan University in Communications and Creative Writing. She also completed the Worship Arts Seminar Series through Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee.

In addition to serving churches through worship, Joletta is also an award-winning Christian artist and runs her own music school, The Music Coaches. She is passionate about sharing the joy of the Lord and truth of Scripture through worship. In all her musical endeavors, she desires to bring glory and honor to the Lord.

Dean has a BA in Political Science & Psychology, MEd in Higher Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is starting his third year in the MDiv program at Fuller Theological Seminary. Dean is originally from the suburbs of Chicago. He identifies as a First Generation-Transnational-Korean American Adoptee. Before starting at Fuller Seminary, Dean assisted with college access work for two years in the inner city of Chicago Public High Schools as a College Advisor and four years working on college campuses helping first-generation, low income, and minority students build communities through various leadership retreats on the topics of men and masculinity, and social justice. Dean is passionate about raising the next generation of youth and young adults as Christ-centered believers, and engaging how to live missionally in a world that is ever-increasingly changing. Dean enjoys a good cup of coffee or tea, and is happy schedule a time to meet through email! 

Nelson grew up in Central Kansas and has lived in Southern California for the past six years. Currently he is completing his undergraduate degree in Youth and Family Ministry at Azusa Pacific University. Prior to interning at FPCH, Nelson has interned with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes high school ministry and the youth ministry at a church in Claremont. Nelson spends the majority of time reading or spending time with his fiancé, Mandy. He is very passionate about spiritual formation, the spiritual disciplines, and studying the connections between the gospel and culture. He is specifically interested in the way that theology and gospel themes are communicated through film and hip-hop. Nelson is very excited for the opportunity to be a part of and serve at FPCH.