New Hope Church † Ogallala, NE

Staff

	Eric Wait , Pastor ericwait79@gmail.com Eric arrived here in 1979 straight out of seminary. He came from the suburbs of Chicago to the Wild, Wild, West and he doesn’t want to go back. Eric and his wife Barb have 3 grown sons – Mike, Tom and Kevin.


	JP Johnson , Associate Pastor imahuskerdad@gmail.com JP grew up on a ranch near Cody, Nebraska. After school he went to where the “sun is high in that Texas sky” and lived in Amarillo, TX. He worked on nuclear weapons there and is famous for being in the National Geographic. JP and his wife Kimberly moved back to Ogallala, Nebraska in 2000 and owned two businesses. God called him to go into full-time ministry so he took a big step of faith. He and his wife have four children: Dalton, Danner, Addison and Aubrey. Can you guess what JP stands for?

	Drew Sharp, Youth Pastor drewshrp42@gmail.com Drew arrived here in 2011 from Minneapolis, MN. He has been to 30 different countries, played semi-pro basketball in Sweden, has had over 100 stitches and has never lived in a town without a Starbucks until now. Drew is married to Amy.

	Kim Piepho, Administrator krpiepho@gmail.com After many years volunteering as the church treasurer, Kim became our secretary in 1999 and then our Administrator in 2007. Kim still pays the bills, but also patiently makes everybody else look good. Kim is married to John (a real life cowboy) and has 2 grown children – Meghan and J.C.