Pastors and Elders
Senior Pastor
David, Sobeyda and kids were living in North Jersey, where David was pastor of Crossroads Free Methodist Church. They moved to Astoria, Queens, in July, 2001 and began networking with people in the community. In September (shortly after the terrorist attacks on our city) a Launch Team was formed of individuals who wanted to help start the new church - ACC. Email: David@AstoriaChurch.org
Executive Pastor
Rev. Darcy was ordained as a pastor in 1986 in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPB). He came to the US in 1988, serving at Comunidade Crista Presbiteriana (CCP) in Newark, NJ. He married Cristina in 1991.
In 2001 David Ellis and Darcy started the plans to plant Astoria Community Church in Queens, NY (ACC is now one of the worship sites of Queens Presbyterian Church). Darcy serves as the Executive Pastor of ACC and the Lead Pastor of QPC.
www.QueensChurch.org
Email: Darcy@AstoriaChurch.org
Twitter: RevDarcy
Facebook: Darcy Caires Jr
Pastor Jon Storck
Site Pastor for Grace Fellowship Church (www.gfcny.org)
Jon and his wife, Jen, have been married for 14 years. They have three boys, Bud (10), Walt (8), and West (6). After being on staff as an administrator for 3 years at New Beginnings Community Church, which at the time was an urban church plant in Memphis, TN, the Storck family moved to St. Louis, MO where they attended seminary from 2004-2007.
Following seminary, Jon went on staff with Perimeter Church in Duluth, GA (a suburb of Atlanta), where he served as Assistant Pastor and a Church Planting Resident. During his time at Perimeter, Jon was ordained as a Teaching Elder in the PCA as well as was recommended for church planting by the assessment center of the PCA's local missions' arm -- Mission to North America. Jon has a passion for multi-cultural and multi-economic ministry as well as a sensitivity to mercy and justice issues.
Jon and Jen share a love for a diversity of ethnic cuisine, a hallmark of Sunnyside, and look forward to integrating into the Queens community. Among Jon's interests are playing just about any sport, playing Xbox FIFA Soccer with his boys, traveling with Jen, and reading about colonial history. Email: Jon@AstoriaChurch.org
Pastor Alfredo Ramos Traslosheros
Site Pastor for Spanish Speaking Church Plant (www.IglesiaQPC.org)
ELDERS
Blaine Hicklin Astoria site
Joe Kickasola Astoria site
Richard Park Sunnyside site
DT Slouffman Astoria site
Brad Wade Astoria site
New Elders 2012
Jason Greene Astoria site
Chris Bosworth Astoria site
Bruce DiCicco Astoria site
Bryan Taylor Astoria site
Steve Wu Astoria site
Rory Verga Astoria site
THE SESSION
The Pastors (Teaching Elders) and elders (Ruling Elders) together form a group called the "session" whose responsibility it is to teach, equip, disciple, nurture, discipline and shepherd the congregation (www.QueensChurch.org).
This group of ruling elders, has been trained by the pastors, examined and tested by elders from other churches in our Presbytery (the regional church) within the denomination and elected by our congregation.
Pastors have also devoted themselves to the study of Scripture by formal education in Greek and Hebrew and pastoring through graduate Seminary degrees.
