Belle

"I am a native San Franciscan and grew up in the Richmond district. I have three sisters who along with my parents live either in San Francisco or in San Mateo. I am fortunate to have all my relatives, cousins and all, living in the Bay Area.

Most of my years were spent in San Francisco with the exception of living in New York for five years in my early twenties.

I met Eric at a Calvary Chapel (which eventually became a Vineyard church) homegroup in 1985 and we were married in 1987. We have two children, Samantha and Sean and currently live in San Mateo.

Early in our marriage, we bought a large house together with friends and lived in community for almost five years. During that time we were home pastors of adults and on staff at the Vineyard as pastors to the children and youth until we planted this church.

I have a passion for sharing Jesus with children and youth. One of my opportunities to connect with youth outside of church was through the Pregnancy Care Center, now First Resort, where I was a speaker for almost six years. These speaking engagements were mostly in the high schools along the Peninsula and has given me a better understanding of this youth culture and their need for the gospel.

I enjoy watching movies, both in theaters and on dvd. I like to collect good movies and watch them over and over again. I like cooking and enjoy small and large dinner parties. Unfortunately, while I am considered a good cook, doing any kind of dessert is not part of it. In my spare time, which isn’t too often, I enjoy doing crafts and reading books."

Contact Belle at: belle@npvc.com 

Eric

I grew up in Walnut Creek CA. Although I never had a dog, I did have a pet duck. Her name was Daffy and she liked to eat cherry tomatoes. My Dad was a teacher and my mom was a legal secretary. Along with my older brother Mark, we lived in a typical suburban home in a typical suburb not far from San Francisco.

This picture was taken just before my family moved to New Zealand in 1965.

I left high school at the age of sixteen (after getting a GED), and I joined the Navy at the age of seventeen. It was in the Navy that I began to read the Bible, and I ended up committing my life to Jesus in a small church near Pearl Harbor.

After spending a couple of years on the guided missile destroyer USS Somers, I left the Navy and went back to school. I graduated from SFSU with a major in drawing and painting, but ended up completing enough mathematics courses to qualify for a minor in math.

I currently live in San Mateo CA. Belle and I met at a Bible study at Calvary Chapel of San Francisco in 1985. We have been married for around sixteen years. Samantha and Sean are thirteen and nine. We live in a typical suburban home in a typical suburb not far from San Francisco.

I have taught high school for over seventeen years. Through most of those years I taught math and computer programming (BASIC, Pascal, and C++) in San Francisco. For the past several years, I have been teaching math and computer applications at a high school in Menlo Park CA.

I was ordained and served as the associate pastor in Calvary Chapel of San Francisco some time in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I continued to serve as an associate pastor in that church for several years after it became a Vineyard and after it moved to San Mateo CA.

I am currently working on a Masters in Biblical studies at Fuller Seminary. The theologians who have been most influential in my thinking are George Ladd, Dallas Willard, Tom Wright, Richard Hays, and Gordon Fee.

Contact Eric at: eric-npvc@sbhsi.com