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. He was transferred to the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in 1992. In 1994 he and Cristina moved to Long Island to plant a church among Brazilian immigrants in Mineola, NY.
In 2001 David Ellis and Darcy were invited an eventually trained by the Redeemer City to City (aka RCPC), to plant Astoria Community Church in Queens, NY. Their desire were that that church would participate in a movement to plant more churches.
Pastor Darcy loves the Lord, his wife Cristina, the city and to encourage people. He really likes BBQ, video games and to travel. He is the associate/executive pastor of ACC (now, a site congregation of QPC). He works with the leaders of the Sunday Worship and Operations; Outreach, Mercy and Finances. He is also the moderator of the Session of Elders and pastors of Queens Presbyterian Church PCA - www.QueensChurch.org - the multi-site church that ACC is part of.
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
Joe and his wife Linnea have lived in Astoria since 2002. Joe is a professor and the Director of the Baylor Communication in New York program of Baylor University. He loves films and filmmaking, music, and philosophy.
Richard Park Sunnyside site
Richard is a practicing emergency medicine physician. He is married to Nicole, and they have two young sons, Daniel (10) and James (8), with special needs (autism).
DT Slouffman Astoria site
D.T. is married to Heidi, and they are the parents of eight-month-old Holly Anne. He was a member of Astoria Community Church's first session. After serving his term, he took a two-year sabbatical and now believes that God is calling him back to active duty. D.T. is an Emmy award winning television producer and writer by vocation. While serving his first term as an ACC elder, D.T. put his writing skills to use by penning the sermon-based curriculum for our fellowship groups.
D.T. enjoys spending time at the family's home in the Pocono's, reading, and attending Philadelpia Phillies' baseball games.
Kyu Hwang Sunnyside site
Kyu is married to Cailee, and they have a young son, Grant. He works as a software advisor for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in midtown, Manhattan.
Although Kyu has lived in various parts of the world including Oslo, Norway, Seoul, Korea, Hong Kong and Karachi, Pakistan, he considers himself a local Queens boy since he’s spent his formative years locally. Kyu attended Forest Hills HS and then went onto University at Buffalo, where he served as a student leader with Campus Crusade for Christ. He's been serving at GFC since graduating from college in 1995.
Kyu enjoys playing sports, boardgames and cards. Kyu also enjoys the outdoors. He was certified as a Life Scout at age 13. As a Boy Scout, he has camped in the deserts of Pakistan and the mountains of Nepal
Brad Wade Astoria site
Brad Wade grew up playing a lot of tennis in southern California and moved to New York City at age 18 to study audio engineering. He went on to receive a Bachelors of Music in theory and composition from NYU. He now runs a website development company (http://www.project47.com). He is married to Angela and has three kids, Violet, Silas, and Seth. Brad and Angela started attending Redeemer Presbyterian in 1992 and helped plant Astoria Community Church in 2001. Brad is currently the worship director for the 11:15am service.
New Elders
Jason Greene Astoria site
Chris Bosworth Astoria site
Bruce DiCicco Astoria site
Bryan Taylor 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.
