Join us for encouraging, distraction-free fellowship, relevant conversation, mentorship, food, and childcare (at our morning meetups.) At Moorpark MomCo, you’ll find authentic friendships, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. Motherhood is a journey – let’s walk it together!
At our meetings you’ll have a chance to meet other moms, build friendships, and learn about a variety of topics related to parenting, motherhood, and life. Meetings are held at Moorpark Presbyterian Church and are open to all moms of kids ages 0-18 years old.
Translated from Latin, Visio Divina means “divine seeing.” It’s the practice of praying with a sacred image or work of art. By incorporating art into prayer, Visio Divina invites us to bring our sense of sight as well as our imagination into our relationship with God. Please register above and enjoy a class led by Julie Cast.
Deacon Spotlight- Tom Piehn
Where did you grow up? Chicago suburbs (northwest). Came to LA for a summer engineering intern position at Hughes Aircraft when I was 20. It was great. I stayed with Hughes for almost 20 years.
Hobbies? Cycling – road & mountain. Building and fixing bicycles. Hiking. Cross country skiing. Muscle car mechanics. Woodworking and home repairs. Computers & software. Making VBS props.
Favorite vacation spot(s)? 1) Yosemite (have been more than 100 times) 2) Aspen CO. 3) Vail/Glenwood CO. 4) London and areas of UK 5) France
What’s your role and what do you look forward to with being an elder/deacon? My role will be a deacon specialist concentrating on the special needs of those experiencing job loss or career trauma. I’ve been down that path too many times and I have considerable experience in job loss and even better: recovery. I’m positioned to walk alongside those who are in this situation.
How long have you been at MPC? We started at MPC in 1988 at Chaparral Middle School. We signed the charter along with the other founding members. I’m so glad there wasn’t a written entrance exam.
Favorite experience at MPC? Being part of the startup of the MPC Peach Hill site from scratch. Starting with a piece of property with occasional grazing cows. Watching Peach Hill Road getting extended. Planning the new building in Building Committee no#1, usually meeting in our home. Then moving into the new facility (Fellowship Hall at that time) in July 1992. Followed by the assembly of classrooms from two ugly double-wide trailers; configuring them into offices and classrooms that stood for a decade. Just as we were about to complete the classrooms, I lost my job when my division of Hughes moved to Tucson. That was an inflection point where I had to choose between church/community and established steady career. I chose church/community. That decision put me on high tech/high risk career rollercoaster that is the foundational personal struggle and carer experience that I now offer as deacon specialist.
Profession: Technologist and Program Manager. Most of my career has been in imaging: including visible cameras, video cameras (now FaceTime), missile seekers, and in last two decades Infrared detectors, sensors, and cameras. I work part-time for a Finish company making short-wave infrared sensors and cameras.
Family: Wife, Denise – 44 years. Daughter, Allison living in London as architect and developer. Son, Greg married living in Camarillo with a new baby. A new grandson, Jesse – soon to be 6 months.
What’s your favorite bible verse: Prov 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. I really think they meant to says it the glory of engineers to figure out stuff. I always loved story problems in math class as a student.
The Most profound book (outside of the Bible) that has shaped or challenged you? Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday & Resnick.
Favorite ice cream: Chocolate mint chip
Fun fact: I study French every day. I am intermediate level B1/CEFR 82. Pouvez-vous parler avec moi?
Deacon Spotlight- Sue Hebel
Where did you grow up? Toledo, Ohio until I was 10 years old then Moorpark.
Hobbies? Cycling, hiking, gardening and playing with my nieces in Oakhurst and Uganda.
Favorite vacation spot(s)? Yosemite and Mojave for waterskiing, and Kabale, Uganda to volunteer at Kabale Christian Care.
What’s your role and what do you look forward to with being an elder/deacon? Connecting with my families.
How long have you been at MPC? 34 years. I taught Sunday school and VBS for 25 years.
What’s your favorite experience at MPC? Connecting with my former Sunday school students.
Profession? I have been a faculty member at Azusa Pacific University for 49 years. I will retire August 31st but I will continue as the clinical coordinator for kinesiology internships. I have commuted from Moorpark to APU for 18 years.
Family? A lot. You know my twin brother Ray who also lives in Moorpark.
What’s your favorite bible verse? My favorite Bible verse is the first verse I learned when accepting Christ in Seoul, Korea at age 19 is Isaiah 40:31
CBS Begins on Wednesday, September 10th
Pray and Ponder on what you See with this Visio Divina class…
Translated from Latin, Visio Divina means “divine seeing.” It’s the practice of praying with a sacred image or work of art. By incorporating art into prayer, Visio Divina invites us to bring our sense of sight as well as our imagination into our relationship with God. Please register above and enjoy a class led by Julie Cast.
Elder Spotlight- Kelly Ghaffary
Hobbies? Reading, listening to music, pickleball
What’s your role and what do you look forward to with being an elder/deacon? I am the family ministries elder and am looking forward to supporting Sean with activities for families at MPC.
How long have you been at MPC, and what’s your favorite experience at MPC? I’ve been at MPC since 2007 and my favorite experience is getting to know all the amazing people!
Profession? I’ve been an educator my entire career. Since 2020, I’ve been the middle school learning specialist at Viewpoint School in Calabasas.
Family? I’ve been married to my husband, Mike, since 1998. We have two children: Holden is 22 and Aubrey is 20.
What’s your favorite bible verse/book/or movie? 1 Corinthians 13:13
Visio Divina- Latin for “Divine Seeing”
Translated from Latin, Visio Divina means “divine seeing.” It’s the practice of praying with a sacred image or work of art. By incorporating art into prayer, Visio Divina invites us to bring our sense of sight as well as our imagination into our relationship with God. Please register above and enjoy a class led by Julie Cast.
Elder Spotlight- Jeanette Cunningham
A little bit about my family: Ryk and I have been married for 41 years. We were high school sweethearts but didn’t get married for 8 years. We are both retired. I worked as an RN for a Home Health and Hospice company. Ryk worked as an account support manager for HPE. We have 2 grown boys (Joshua and Andrew) and a niece (Lauren) that we helped raise. Our oldest son, Josh, is single and lives in Simi Valley. He works at Opto Diode where he does equipment testing. Our youngest son, Andy and his wife Rachel, live in Ventura. He works for Patagonia as a graphic artist. Our niece, Lauren, is married and has one grown son, Dylan, who is in the Navy. Lauren and her husband Gary live in Camarillo. Lauren works as a quality inspector and Gary works for Mercedes Benz.
Ryk and I moved our family to Moorpark in August of 1997. We moved from Moreno Valley.
I’ve been a member of the Church for 2 years but have been coming on a regular basis for about 4 years. Before that I attended the women’s retreats and Christmas Teas.
I’m so excited and honored to be asked to serve as an elder. I love serving Jesus in any way that I can. I’m excited too as I feel this will help me grow in my faith and by doing that, I can help others grow in theirs.
My favorite restaurant in Moorpark is CJ’s. Though now that Chris has sold it, we will see. When he was the owner, he played Christian music and now they no longer do that. So, I’m open to suggestions.
My favorite vacation spot is a tough one. I’d say I love to see God’s beauty in nature. I loved Yellowstone, Italy, Scotland and just returned from a trip to Ireland and Croatia.
Next time you see me, ask me about my quilting.
Help at the VBS Ice Cream Social Tomorrow night
We’ll see you all at VBS next week!
Also, RSVP for the Ice Cream Social below! We would LOVE to have volunteers to serve ice cream… sign up below.
We also need HELPERS for the ice cream social. Click HERE if you can help set up, clean up, and/or serve ice cream. Thank you so much!!
