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Tim Hookham, Elder
Tim has been serving as an elder since January 2019 and has previously held the position of deacon in the church. He also serves on the audio-visual team, has served as financial secretary, and facilitates the 2:42 group.
Tim has been married to Amanda since 2012, and has four children. He works as a mechanical engineer manager and his hobbies include woodworking and projects around the homestead.
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Edward Niedfeldt, Elder
Edward began serving as an elder in January 2023 and serves as a substitute teacher for the adult Sunday School, and enjoys preaching when given the opportunity.
He accepted Christ as his savior as a boy and was baptized in his hometown church, Grace Baptist in Owatonna, MN. After graduating from Owatonna Christian School in 1992, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in business and computer science, as well as a master's in distributed computing from Marquette University.
In 2022 he began taking seminary classes part-time, working on a master's degree in Bible at Maranatha Baptist University.
Edward has been married to his wife Julie since 2000 and together they raise their teenage son Luke on a nearby hobby farm with their horses, chickens, dogs and cats.
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Ken Ryer, Elder
Ken has served as an Elder since January 2019. He is a 5th generation family member of Brick Church. He accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior in Aug. 1948 at the age of 8 and was baptized. He is a graduate of Walworth High School in 1956 and attended Platteville College for 2 years before working in the construction field. He started his own home building company in 1984, and retired in 2008.
Ken was married to Theo Ryer, a 5th generation family member of Brick Church, on August 15, 1959, and they have 2 daughters, a son, and 5 grandchildren. Ken leads the Wednesday evening prayer group, and has served on many church committee's, sang in the choir and has been a member of The Gideons International for 40+ years.
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Amanda Hookham, Secretary
Amanda has been serving as church secretary since August 2020. She was previously a medical laboratory technologist until 2018 when she had her first child, and decided to work as a stay-at-home mom. Amanda has been married since 2012 to Tim. They have four children.
Amanda enjoys serving in the nursery, audio-visual team, and helping co-lead women’s events at the church. In her spare time, Amanda works on her garden and enjoys reading.