Leadership Archives - Bethel Memorial Baptist

Joseph DeMaio

BMB — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:55:15 +0000

^{Joe was born in Somerville New Jersey and lived most of his elementary-school years in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. At age 12 he and his family moved to Lopatcong Township, New Jersey. Joe is a graduate of Phillipsburg High School. Joe attended Moravian College where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He later attended The Chubb Institute where he received a diploma in computer programming.}

^{Joe is married to the former Kathleen Lambert formerly of Williams Township, a graduate of Wilson Area High School. Joe and Kathy have two children, Laura Stauffer and Jenny DeMaio. Joe, Kathy and Jenny currently live in Bethlehem Township.}

^{Joe works as a database report developer for Dräger Medical in Telford, PA in their customer service department.}

^{Joe enjoys playing the bass guitar and the saxophone. He enjoys vegetable gardening and cooking.}

^{Joe, Kathy and Jenny came to Bethel in 2015 through their daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Matt Stauffer.}

^{Joe accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior at age 20. He accepted Christ through reading a Gospel tract that someone had left in the Burger King on Stefko Boulevard in Bethlehem.}

^{Joe is currently an Sunday School Superintendent at Bethel. He also plays bass guitar in the praise team.}

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Jeff Barrows

BMB — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 05:33:00 +0000

Jeff is thankful to serve the Lord and His Church in whatever way He leads. His family is from the Finger Lakes area of upstate NY, where he was born. He grew up in central New Jersey then moved to Frenchtown where he graduated from Delaware Valley Regional High School. He enjoys music (performance and technical support), gardening, and family. Jeff enjoys being a member of Grace Notes Gospel Big Band. Jeff is a seasoned 35+ year veteran of the Outdoor Power Equipment industry. As a territory manager, his passion is helping small businesses grow. Jeff grew up knowing about Jesus and attended Church frequently. He also had Godly influence from his Grandparents. Ultimately, he was a worldly churchgoer. The Lord opened his eyes and was saved in the early 80’s through the radio ministry of Family Radio after years of worldly heartache. Jeff was first discipled, and got a great start in his Christian walk, at First Baptist Church in Fairfield Ct. He came to attend Bethel in 1990 after moving home from a failed family business attempt and to support his mom (and dad) who had a brain tumor. A couple of years later he married his wife Karen and raised 4 children, Jaclyn, John, Jacob & Jared, who were active in our children’s ministries.

Jeff has been serving on the Trustee Board since the late 1990’s, most recently as Trustee Chairman. As Trustees, we help keep the operation of the Lord’s Church, ensuring the safety, attractiveness, well-being, and comfort of our facilities. We also ensure that our ministries have the necessary elements to function. Trustees are also responsible for financial accounting, financial reputation, and financial well-being.

Ministry is his passion. In his early years at Bethel, he served on the Youth Group, then as a leader. He also serves the AV staff helping support our worship services and tape ministry. He also taught Children’s Church, participated in music activities like choir, adult Sunday School and helped with Awana. Currently, in addition to his Trustee duties, he enjoys assisting Teen Sunday School, our coffeehouse board, singing in Victory Voices, and technical support. (A/V, Technology, IT, Social, etc.)

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Dayo Adedoyin

BMB — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 05:32:28 +0000

Their journey to Easton (Palmer township), PA, started in Nigeria where Dayo was born into a Christian and loving family. His parents brought him up with an understanding of who God is and the importance of having a relationship with Him. This has developed into a personal and growing faith in God. Dayo and his wife moved to the US over 30 years ago and after residing in several other places and regions in the US, they moved to Western NJ in 2003. After visiting several churches in NJ and neighboring PA, they settled down in Bethel Memorial Baptist Church (BMBC) which has been their church home since then. Dayo lives in Lopatcong, NJ, with his wife and daughter. BMBC family has been their family away from home (still sounds strange to call a place you have not lived in for more than 30 years “home”, but we all cherish our heritage and background). It has been a joy and privilege to have opportunities, not just to worship as part of the BMBC family, but to serve the Lord through BMBC in various ministries, capacities, and positions, including in leadership. We thank God that He has found us worthy to be workmen and women in His vineyard here at Easton and to be part of a congregation supporting the wider work of spreading the gospel and developing disciple-makers around the world. May He find us faithful to our calling.

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Pastor Brent, Senior Pastor

BMB — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 15:45:39 +0000

Born in Williamsport, PA, in 1962. His family attended a small Protestant church, but it was through a neighborhood Bible Club at the age of five that he was challenged to personally trust in Christ as Savior. During his Junior High years, he wanted to know for certain that Jesus was his Savior. His church did not emphasize the need for a personal response to Christ, but the Bible Club camp he attended was clear: each person must admit their sin, believe Christ died and rose again for their sin, and then pray to receive Christ as personal Savior. He sat alone in his living room that summer afternoon with his Bible and prayed, “Lord, help me to be sure right now through Your Word that I am going to heaven. If I can’t be sure, I will call the 700 club number from the TV and get some help.” He did not want to call that number, so he opened his Bible and came to Ephesians 2:8,9. He recognized once again that the gracious gift of salvation was received by faith; his works had nothing do to with it. He knew he believed it, and from that point on he would not doubt that he had received this precious gift.

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