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Meet the Staff


Brent Haggerty, Lead Pastor of Stonecrest Community Church, is known for his dynamic life application sermons. Brent graduated from Nyack College (Nyack, NY) in 1979 and went on to get his Masters of Divinity at Alliance Theological Seminary (Nyack, NY) in 1983. Brent spent three years as an assistant/youth pastor in Willard, Ohio. It was there that he felt God calling him and his family to Burkina Faso in West Africa. The Haggertys served as missionaries in Burkina Faso for ten years. God brought Brent and his family back to the United States to serve in 1997 when he took the senior pastor position at (then) Alliance Bible Church. Brent and his wife Susan have three children.

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Jeff Heinaman
In this role, Jeff serves as the Chairman of the Ministry Leadership Team (MLT) made up of the following staff and volunteers who manage the day-to-day ministries of Stonecrest. Before coming on staff in 2003, Jeff served as a volunteer worship leader at Stonecrest for 8 years and worked for 17 years in Information Management and Accounting with Johnson & Johnson and The BOC Group. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Franklin and Marshall College in 1985. Jeff and his wife Sharon have three daughters, Kara, Jessie and Faith.

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Rob came to Stonecrest in January 2011 with his wife Kelly and two children Jeremy and Erin. Rob and Kelly began their relationship with the Lord just prior to their marriage in July 1990. Since moving from Florida to New Jersey in 1998 they have been heavily involved with International Students Inc. for 10 years by serving the international students at Rutgers University. Rob graduated from Philadelphia Biblical University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bible. Rob works full-time as a Store Manager for Sports Authority.

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Danielle has attended Stonecrest since 2002 when she moved to New Jersey from Iowa. She served four years in education as a teacher and administrator at a small Christian school. In 2009 she received her Masters in Educational Leadership & Administration from Philadelphia Biblical University. Danielle is married to Domenick and has a two-year-old son Sammy. Service and caring for God's people is Danielle's passion, and she desires to use her experience in leadership to help meet the needs of women at Stonecrest and those in the surrounding community.

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Ted has been involved with multiple CMA churches in OH, GA and NJ since he came to the Lord in 1980 at the Fairhaven Alliance Church in Dayton OH. He has been active in establishing missions focus groups, small groups, managing technologies (A/V teams, computers, etc.), starting Awana, teaching HS Sunday School, leading Children’s Church, and getting youth to stretch themselves through cross-cultural missions trips. Ted was a founding Board member for the Cartersville Youth Soccer Assoc. and more recently Sherri’s Hat Shop and also served on the Board of Directors for Big Brother/Big Sisters of Dayton. Ted is currently working as an executive with ACS/Xerox managing software development teams. He has been married for almost 30 years to his wonderful wife Carol and they have 2 grown children.

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Tracy came to Stonecrest with her husband, Fred, in 2004. She was so impressed with the friendliness of the church congregation that she knew she had finally found a church home. Because Tracy wanted other newcomers to feel the same warm and friendly feeling she had received, she quickly joined the greeters team. She moved on to the muggers, (gift delivery) and then assistant to the new guest services coordinator. When Stonecrest moved into the current facility, Tracy became the Connections Booth team leader. Tracy feels that connecting with others helps us not only draw closer to other believers but closer to God as well. "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." Phil. 2:3. Tracy was born in AZ and raised in ID. She is a graduate of Boise State University. She came to NJ 26 years ago. She and Fred live in Warren and run a plumbing company. They have 3 children, Ruthie,21, Nate, 19, (USAF) and Dayna, 17. Keep Smiling!
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Bob has attended Stonecrest since 2003. He has been a follower of Christ for most of his life. He works as a Director of Engineering for major telecommunications company. Bob has a passion for prayer and the life changing effects it has on the body of Christ, the world and individually. As prayer director he hopes to encourage our church family to know the power of prayer in their own lives and to live out one of Stonecrest’s core values that “Prayer is the most important work we do”. Bob is married to Lori and they have a son named Mike.
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Eric was born and raised in Hong Kong. God reached out to him through nature during a Boy Scout camp. He has been part of the global family of Christian Mission Alliance for more than 30 years. Since 2005, his family has made Stonecrest their home church. Eric worked in software development for equities trading and financial portal before reengineering himself into a freaky scientist (aka Eric2.0). He is currently conducting research in molecular virology and genomic analysis. Eric is married to Flora. They have two school-aged sons, Caleb and Jeshua, and live happily in Basking Ridge. When he is free (seldom), he likes to do nothing at all (still a pipe dream)! His desire is to experience God in real-life, and to serve people in real world.
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Michael Hoddy

Hey! I am Joey Monteleone, Director of Worship Ministries and I am so excited you found us here at Stonecrest Community Church! Worship is a unique opportunity we have to bless the heart of God and in that, he chooses to dwell among us (Psalm 22:3). In worship, we have an awesome glimpse into what heaven will be like one day, singing night and day about how great our God is, which is what our worship is about: making less of us and more of him! If you have more questions about the worship ministry or anything else, I would love to connect with you! Click here to download how you can join the worship team.

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Tom McKenna
Thomas (Tom) McKenna serves as the Director of Children's Ministries (newborn to 5th Grade). After serving at Stonecrest for almost 5 years as a volunteer, Tom came on staff full-time in September 2002. Besides his oversight of Children's Ministries, Tom serves as part of the Creative Team which is responsible for Sunday Service planning and special holiday services. Tom received his Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University in 1982, and his Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary in 1988. Tom and his wife Debbie have four children.

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Russ serves as the Director of Men's Ministries at Stonecrest. He works as a full-time contractor. Russ has been attending Stonecrest since 1988. He attended Southern Connecticut and Rutgers during his college years. He and his wife Janet have 2 children.

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Angela Ortiz-Giraldo

Angela serves at the coordinator for the Spanish Ministry at Agua Viva in Bound Brook.  Agua Viva is a satellite office of Stonecrest Community Church created to help others and to introduce our Spanish community to the hope of Christ.  Originally from Colombia, Angela graduated from law school and received a Master's Degree in Human Resources and Financial Services. 
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Joe Rhee
Joe serves as the Director of Media at Stonecrest Community Church and is responsible for creating and executing Graphics and Video for our Sunday worship services, print media, and the website. Joe moved to New Jersey from the mid-west during the summer of 2000, and has been a part of Stonecrest ever since. Joe joined the Stonecrest staff in November 2001. Joe is married to Jody and they live in Bound Brook.

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Ray has been attending Stonecrest since 2000, along with his wife Rose and two young sons who were at that time just entering middle school and high school. Ray’s walk with the Lord began in 1986 and from that time until now, God has managed to teach him several life lessons along the way. The one that remains paramount in his life is that we are not exempt from the difficulties of life, but God provides us the means of support and encouragement as we go through life. Ray believes that a portion of the needed support and encouragement comes from the godly relationships we have within the body of Christ. “As believers in Christ, there are times when each of us is in need of support and encouragement, but we can give that same care to others as well. This is why I think of small groups as LIFE groups and feel they are vitally important to each and ever person (believers and seekers alike).”

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Nithin felt called into ministry as a freshman in high school. He attended Nyack college and Alliance Theological Seminary for training. He is passionate about the preaching and teaching of God's Word and seeing God's Kingdom expand through social justice, compassion and mission. He is married to Jackie and have one daughter named Selah.

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Phil came to Stonecrest Church in 2008 in search of a new life spiritual experience and he found that with his new Christian family. Phil was Regional Engineer, Maintenance and Constructions Operations with the N.J. Department of Transportation responsible for managing those functions for the northern one third of the State. He served the last 4 years of his 40 year career as Construction and General Manager of the Greenwood Lake Airport for the N.J.D.O.T.'s Division of Aeronautics. He was responsible for coordinating redesign , contract bidding / administration, and construction oversight for the facility. Phil and his wife Dot have three adult children Kristin, Cynthia and Matthew, along with seven grandchildren.

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