Greetings:

Greetings in the name of our Lord. I hope as you search through our website that you get a picture of the great people that God has brought to New Hope. God has blessed us with some great ministry leaders. As we continue to reach out to our community God leads the way. He has led us to a ministry to families, and our members are a “family.” While we are not perfect, many have found a “home” at New Hope.

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Greetings,

God has given me the privilege of being the senior pastor of a great church. That God has placed me here for such a time as this there is no doubt. I was born in Maine and raised in New Hampshire, which makes me a Yankee through and through. I have a wonderful wife, Nina, who is our ever efficient church secretary and two daughters Amy and Michelle, both married and have each blessed us with two delightful grandchildren, Ava and Austin. God allowed me to have a career in the Air Force, in explosives and weapons no less, before retiring in 1994 from Griffiss AFB in Rome, NY. The folks at New Hope had received my resume, no one knows how though, and kept calling me to come and talk with them. I had plans of going south, where after 9 years in Alaska and 2 years in New York, there was a lot less snow! But God had other plans. I accepted the call to come and new immediately this was where God wanted my family and me.

I came to New Hope with a degree in computers from Wayland Baptist University and immediately began my seminary training with the Northeast Branch of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. There I received my Masters of Divinity with languages. Currently I am doing my Doctor of Ministry studies at Liberty University. God has blessed me by sending me on numerous mission trips throughout Alaska and the US, along with trips to Romania and Africa. I also am involved with the World Changers youth mission work of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) of the SBC. Currently I serve as a trustee for NAMB.

Our vision for New Hope is to be the best we can be with God’s help in ministering to families. With the traditional family under attack as never before we must do all we can to strengthen the family’s foundation. The family can only be held together by the One who created the family, God. We strive to strengthen family relationships to each other and to God. New Hope has many classes to offer the family with new classes coming soon. I hope you will consider taking one of our classes.

With Watertown being home to the Army’s Ft. Drum, which is the most deployed military unit in America, we are able to understand the military family needs as well. Having faced separation and difficult times myself, I am able to better understand how the church can be there for them. Our family at New Hope is about 40% military with the rest of the family experienced or somehow tied to the military. We support our soldiers 100%. God is putting together a team of wonderful folks here at New Hope, with whom I have the great pleasure to serve. I hope you will consider God’s will and come join us in worship.

In Christ,

Pastor Stan
2 Chronicles 7:14

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