Meet the Team

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Jessica

Uhl

Coordination Team Lead

San Francisco, California

Joel Aguilar

Joel

Aguilar

Director of Fellowship Programs

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Joel Van Dyke

Joel

Van Dyke

Network Development

Wyoming, Michigan

Kris Rocke

Kris

Rocke

Executive Director and Director of Seminary

Tacoma, Washington

Lina Thompson

Lina

Thompson

Preaching Peace Initiative

Seattle, Washington

Nic Hughes

Nic

Hughes

Director of Operations and Design Studio

Portland, Oregon

Sarah Moore

Sarah

Moore

Senior Fellow for Applied Research

Tacoma, Washington

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James

Alison

Senior Fellow for Theological Formation

Spain

Elizabeth Hirschl

Elizabeth

Hirschl

Metrics and Evaluation Team

Tacoma, Washington

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Justin

Mootz

Lectionary Resource Team

Tacoma Washington

Lana Rocke

Lana

Rocke

Administrative Support

Tacoma, Washington

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Lyle

Enright

Street Psalms Press Team

Painesville, Ohio

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Olivia

Sherry

Lectionary Resource and Coordination Team

Seattle, Washington

The Street Psalms Community is a dispersed communion of Christ-centered leaders who see and celebrate good news in hard places. Enlivened by this gift, we are ordained to develop incarnational leaders according to the shape of our particular call and context. We do so as urban peacemakers and participants of Street Psalms’s mission.

We are called to nurture life-giving perspectives and practices guided by SP’s Incarnational Framework that sustains those who live and breathe good news in hard places. As witnesses of the Incarnation of Jesus, we seek peace and the underlying unity of all things – within the rich and sometimes challenging diversity of our own Community, as well as the diversity of our urban contexts.​ ​We are urban peacemakers who form and shape urban peacemakers in the power of the Incarnation. The Community is made up broadly of a network of friendships among women and men who profess to the way of life of Street Psalms: 

Preston Adams 2025

Preston

Adams

Gang Affected/System Affected Youth Specialist

Denver, Colorado

Annette Aguilar

Annette

Aguilar

Ordained

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Joel Aguilar

Joel

Aguilar

Director of Fellowship Programs, Street Psalms

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Kieawnie Clar

Kieawnie

Clar

Ordained

San Rafael, California

Scott Dewey

Scott

Dewey

Director of Communications, Mile High Ministries

Denver, Colorado

Kendall Dooley

Kendall

Dooley

Co-founder, BLK South

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

Josh Erickson

Josh

Erickson

Director of Operations, Church at the Park

Salem, Oregon

Hultner Estrada

Hultner

Estrada

Ordained

Managua, Nicaragua

Abhishek Gier

Abhishek

Gier

Director, Catalyst Foundation

NEW DELHI, INDIA

Angelika Gier

Angelika

Gier

Hub Director, Catalyst Foundation

NEW DELHI, INDIA

Dwayne Hilty

Dwayne

Hilty

Director of Church as Neighborhood, Salem Leadership Foundation

SALEM, OREGON

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Susan

Hudacek

Volunteer Coordination, L’Arche Tahoma Hope

TACOMA, WASHINGTON

Kristy Humphreys

Kristy

Humphreys

Program Operations Manager, World Vision

TACOMA, WASHINGTON

Jeff Johnsen

Jeff

Johnsen

Executive Director, Mile High Ministries

DENVER, COLORADO

Fred Laceda

Fred

Laceda

Professor of Contextual Theology, Penuel School of Theology

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Jessica Louwerse

Jessica

Louwerse

Co-Director, Anchorage Urban Training Collaborative

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

Josh Louwerse

Josh

Louwerse

Senior Program Officer, Covenant House Alaska

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

Miriam Medina Macias

Miriam

Medina Macias

Hub Director and Family Advocate, Mile High Ministries

DENVER, COLORADO

Linda Martindale

Linda

Martindale

Director, Third Way Communications

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Jimy Martinez

Jimy

Martinez

Lead Pastor, Neighborhood Ministries

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Mario Matos

Mario

Matos

Executive Director, Center for Transforming Mission Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Tim Merrill

Tim

Merrill

Founder, Watu Moja, and Community Pastor

CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY

Gideon Ochieng

Gideon

Ochieng

Executive Director, Center For Transforming Mission Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA

Esau Oreso

Esau

Oreso

Hub Director, Center For Transforming Mission Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA

Ruben Ortiz

Ruben

Ortiz

Director of National Programs, Nueva Esperanza

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Paul Patu

Paul

Patu

Co-Founder, Urban Family

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Kurt Rietema

Kurt

Rietema

Senior Director, Youth Front

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS

Kris Rocke

Kris

Rocke

Executive Director, Street Psalms

TACOMA, WASHINGTON

Lana Rocke

Lana

Rocke

Critical Care Nurse and Administrative Support, Street Psalms

TACOMA, WASHINGTON

Ron Ruthruff

Ron

Ruthruff

Assoc. Professor of Theology and Culture, Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Jenna Smith

Jenna

Smith

Head of Outreach and Engagement, Christian Direction

MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

Lina Thompson

Lina

Thompson

Senior Pastor, Lake Burien Presbyterian Church

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Pat Thompson

Patricia

Thompson

Executive Director, YES Foundation

WHITE CENTER, WASHINGTON

Joel Van Dyke

Joel

Van Dyke

Co-Pastor, Lee Street Christian Reformed Church

WYOMING, MICHIGAN

DJ Vincent

DJ

Vincent

Executive Director, Church at the Park

SALEM, OREGON

Jacynthe Vaillancourt

Jacynthe

Vaillancourt

Ministries Advancement Leader, Christian Direction

MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

Kenneth Wallace Jr

Kenneth

Wallace Jr.

Ethnodoxologist and Worship Professor

LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA

Irene Wanjiru

Irene

Wanjiru

Head of High of Hope, Center For Transforming Mission Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA

Chris Williams

Chris

Williams

Hub Director, Neighborhood Ministries

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Kristy Farber

Kristy

Roberts Farber

Board Chair

Pastor, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church

Mandla Kaunda

Mandla

Kaunda

Treasurer – Board Member

Tax Manager, Deloitte

Doug Hostetter

Doug

Hostetter

Secretary – Board Member

Director of Photography

Marti Little

Marti

Little

Board Member

Staff Attorney, Support Center for Child Advocates

Jacob Moody

Jacob

Moody

Board Member

Chief Information Officer, Bargreen Ellingson

Pat Thompson

Pat

Thompson

Board Member

Executive Director & Co-Founder, YES! Foundation

Mario Matos

Mario

Matos

Board Member

Founding Director, CTM Dominican Republic

DJ Vincent

DJ

Vincent

Board Member

Executive Director, Church @ the Park

Since our inception in 1998, Street Psalms has formed more than 3,000 grassroots leaders through a highly inductive and experiential formational journey. Since 2019 we have offered more than 100 paid fellowships as well many more unpaid fellowships. These fellows represent a wide variety of vocations including organizational leaders, congregational leaders, community organizers, activists, teachers and preachers, as well as community health specialists of all kinds. All Fellows are committed to cultivating communities in mission with ways of seeing, doing and being that free them to create cities of peace for all people.

Fellow

Preston Adams

Denver, CO

Fellow

Jess Bashioum

Salem, OR

Fellow

Nate Beene

Grand Rapids, MI

Fellow

Mark Bulgin

Salem, OR

Fellow

Krissy Chesmore

Bellevue, WA

Fellow

Kieawnie Clar

San Rafael, CA

Fellow

Kendall Dooley

Phoenix, AZ

Fellow

Josh Erickson

Salem, OR

Fellow

Cory Folkert

Salem, OR

Fellow

Imani Hall

Delaware County, PA

Fellow

Alicia Hamming Navarrete

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Fellow

Dwayne Hilty

Salem, OR

Fellow

Kristy Humphreys

Tacoma, WA

Fellow

Kenyatta Jackson

Sacramento, CA

Fellow

Siri Kaunda

Tacoma, WA

Fellow

Kathryn Kong

Des Moines, WA

Fellow

Fred Laceda

Manila, Philippines

Fellow

Jennifer Lee

Johannesburg, South Africa

Fellow

Andrés López

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Fellow

Linda Martindale

Cape Town, South Africa

Fellow

Jimy Martinez

Phoenix, AZ

Fellow

Johonna McCants-Turner

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Fellow

Miriam Medina Macias

Denver, CO

Fellow

David Meade

Seattle, WA

Fellow

Ivan Monzon

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Fellow

Susan Okamoto Lane

Seattle, WA

Fellow

Caroline Powell

Cape Town, South Africa

Fellow

Clare Pretorius

Cape Town, South Africa

Fellow

Sean Robertson

Salem, OR

Fellow

Joel Ryman

Boise, ID

Fellow

Jordan Sampson

Tacoma, WA

Fellow

Eloise Skinner

London, UK

Fellow

Margarita Solis-Deal

Philadelphia, PA

Fellow

Liesl Stewart

Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa

Fellow

Justin Van Zee

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Fellow

Kenneth Wallace

London, Ontario, Canada