PASTORAL STAFF
The senior pastor and other pastoral and support staff are responsible to carry out the mission and values of the church under the authority of the elder board. To read the Pastoral Rule of Life, please click here.
Senior Pastor
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Peter Scazzero is the founder and senior pastor of New Life Fellowship Church. A graduate of Gordon-Conwell (MDiv) and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (DMin in marriage and family), he is also the author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (Nelson, 2006), The Emotionally Healthy Church: Expanded (Zondervan, 2010), and Begin the Journey with the Daily Office (WCA, 2009). Pete has been married to his best friend, Geri, and together they have four daughters – Maria, Christy, Faith and Eva. He loves libraries, bookstores, and the printed page — on almost any topic. Basketball, hiking and the outdoors (thanks to Geri), laughter, Italian opera, history, and great meals with family, are among his greatest joys. Pete and Geri are co-founders of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. |
Assistant Executive Pastor
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Jacqueline Snape is the Assistant Executive Pastor here at New Life Fellowship. Jackie and her husband (of 26 years), David, have three unique and beautiful children: Joseph, Jonathan and Ruth. Jackie is a graduate of Queens College, CUNY (BA, Communications Arts and Sciences ‘82), St. John’s University School of Law (JD‘92 ) and a member of the New York State Bar. Jackie also holds a certificate in Core Coaching Skills from Creative Results Management. Jackie has a passion for New York City, food, sports and seeing lives transformed through the Gospel. |
Associate Pastor
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Drew Hyun is a teaching/associate pastor at New Life Fellowship where he oversees the ministry staff while directing church-wide small groups, equipping and outreach. He loves cities, ESPN, and naps, and finds it a productive Sabbath when all three intersect. Drew graduated from UC Berkeley (B.A. ‘01) where he majored in rhetoric, and later went on to graduate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts (M.Div ‘05). He resides in New York City (Roosevelt Island) with his lovely wife Christina, and is the author of no books. |
Director of Celebration
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Myrna Rohdin is the Director of Celebration. She was born and raised in Colombia (she’s not related to Juan Valdez). Myrna was formerly a missionary in Buenos Aires, Argentina and loves living in New York City for its ethnicity, restaurants and diversity of culture. She enjoys traveling and going to Maine for vacations with her husband, Peter, and son, Jose. Myrna also loves to cook and entertain people at her house. Part of her job is to plan Sunday and special services. She loves this job for its creativity and because she gets to work with many different people in our church. |
Director of Marriage & Pre-Marital
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Geri Scazzero is a Teaching Pastor at New Life and serves as Director of the Marriage Ministry. She is co-author of The Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Workbook (2008) for small groups and author of I Quit coming out in Sept., 2010 (Zondervan). Geri also speaks regularly to pastors, leaders and their spouses across North America. An avid outdoors-woman , it’s not uncommon to find her nose in a national geographic or budget travel magazine on any given day, proposing a new adventure for her family of 6. Geri finds her tastes of heaven on an ocean wave , biting into any kind of chocolate and spending time with her immediate and extended family. |
Assistant Pastor
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Rich Villodas is a Teaching and Community Pastor at New Life Fellowship Church. Rich graduated from Alliance Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity degree in Theological Studies. He is a native Brooklynite and an avid fan of the Mets, Knicks and Jets. Rich has been married to Rosie for over three years and they have a baby girl, named Karis. |
Pastor of Worship
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Peter Rohdin grew up in church and surrendered his life to Jesus as a preteen. Peter’s two passions growing up were pursuing his relationship with God and music. After High School, he moved from Maine to New York to study music at Nyack College. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education, Peter taught music in the public school system and played in several local Christian bands. During this time, he longed to experience the same “body life” in the church as he found in the twelve-step groups he had been attending. God answered that prayer when a friend introduced him to New Life Fellowship in 1989. For several years, Peter was the worship team’s bass player. He served as an intern with the church for two-years, married his wife Myrna and joined the church staff in 1992. He’s still pursuing the two passions of God and music through serving as pastor over Worship. |
Pastor of Children
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Unlike most of her colleagues, Linda Johnson came to the Lord later in life, as the mother of small children well over two decades ago. A Queens native (!!!) she got to know the bible as a new believer while teaching her own small children what she was learning, making a lasting impact and informing her approach to ministry even today. Linda has been on staff at New Life for the past 10 years, after being a long time children’s ministry volunteer and a 25+ year career in training and non-profit organizations. This ministry appointment came as a complete surprise (which she turned down at first!).
As a wife, mom and now, Grandma, Linda welcomes any opportunity to crawl around on the floor with kids and be silly, while expressing her deep passions for worship and teaching the Word. Fun time includes dancing, swimming, biking, gardening and whatever else her creaky body still allows her to do! |
Pastor of Youth
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Mike Park serves as Pastor of Youth and College-Age ministries at New Life Fellowship. A southern California transplant, Mike is a big sports fan (especially the Dodgers, Lakers, and Cal Bears), enjoys all kinds of dancing, and will travel far and wide for great pizza or tacos. He’s a graduate of UC Berkeley (B.A. ‘01) and Fuller Theological Seminary (M. Div. ‘06) and was a youth pastor in California before coming to New Life. Mike loves being around people who have a passion for youth and also those who can give him a good trivia challenge. |
