Music/Worship Pastor at Heritage Hill Church of the Nazarene.

Michael currently serves as the Worship Pastor of Heritage Hill Church of the Nazarene.  Michael and Ira met in 2000 while students at European Nazarene College (EuNC) in Büsingen, Germany, spending time there both as students and in a staff role. They were married at Kyiv First Church of the Nazarene in Ukraine in 2002 and returned to EuNC where Ira finished her ministry degree and Michael served as a full time volunteer Nazarene missionary.  Michael and Ira have 3 wonderful boys: Mark, who is 5 years old, Daniel, who is 2, and Joshua, who is 18 months old.

Michael graduated from MidAmerica Nazarene University with a B.A. in Church Music and has served as a full-time volunteer missionary, referenced above, and as a full-time associate pastor. He currently works for a local company in the financial services industry while serving at Heritage Hill Church.