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Joe Bubar* (jbubar@gracevine.com) is our Senior Pastor. In 1997 he and his wife, Charlotte, came to GBC. They have raised three sons, all now married and raising children of their own. His primary ministry is to teach the Bible, lead the pastoral team, and along with the GBC elders provide vision and direction for our congregation.
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Brian Farone* (bfarone@gracevine.com) is our Associate Pastor of Adults and Families. Brian and his wife Teri have two children, Samuel and Grace. Brian provides pastoral leadership and shepherding to our adults in the first half of their adult lives (20-50). He also oversees our Family and Children’s ministries.
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Mario Garcia (mgarcia@gracevine.com) is our Associate Pastor of Hispanic Ministries. He and his wife, Maria, came to GBC in December 2001. They have recently launched a new church, Ministerio Divino Salvador, and are both passionate about reaching the Hispanic population of Oceano and the Five Cities area. They have two small children, Rebecca and Natalie. |
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Betsy Newell (bnewell@gracevine.com) is our Children’s Ministries Director. She and her husband, Tom, came to Grace Bible Church in 1997. She joined the Children’s Team in 2001 when she became the Elementary Coordinator. Betsy comes to us with a degree in education and a passion for children developing a love for the Lord Jesus Christ. She plans to equip parents to lead their children toward spiritual maturity. Betsy and Tom have three children.
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Dennie Newell (dnewell@gracevine.com) is our Director of Ministry Operations (DMO). He and his wife, Penny, came to GBC in 1988. They are blessed with two children and four grandchildren. Dennie retired from PG&E in 1994, then for six years they traveled the country in their RV doing Christ-centered volunteer work. Dennie's job is to promote efficiency and to remove administrative work from the pastoral staff so they can more effectively focus on their areas of ministry.
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Paul Toms (ptoms@pacbell.net) serves as Pastor of Visitation. For over fifty-five years, with his wife Eva at his side, Paul has served in missionary work and pastoral leadership in places from Australia to Boston. His primary focus currently is to call on the sick and home bound persons in the Grace family. |
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Ben Youngkin* (byoungkin@gracevine.com) is our Associate Pastor, Student Ministries. Ben and Caitie have been with us since 2002. They love working with students and leaders. They both grew up in Morgan Hill, Ca. Where their school mascot was the Live oak “Acorns”. They have one amazing daughter; Isabella ‘Bella” Grace, who was born April 16, 2005.
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Who we are 
Staff 
Children's Ministries
