Karen has been a member at Royal Oak First since 2006 and joined the staff as Operations Manager in September of 2018. Along the way, Karen led “Parents’ Night Out” and “Career Ministry”, taught Sunday School (eventually becoming Superintendent), and
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Lee joined the staff in June of 2021. A proud graduate of Wayne State University and a lifelong seeker of wisdom, she is excited to be a part of Royal Oak First’s mission! Lee is married and is the exasperated mother to six cats. She enjoys movies, music, reading and TV.
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Lori Newton is a life-long Michigan resident who graduated from Wayne State University with an MS in Occupational Therapy. Her career focused on working with elders with dementia and their caregivers. Lori has one son, two daughters, and one grandson.
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Every person in our church is important to us and we work hard to know how everyone is doing. Danielle coordinates teams of callers, visitors, and card mailers
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Karla Goetz settled in Royal Oak in 2010, and in 2016 found a church home at Royal Oak First. Her family was drawn to Royal Oak First because of its
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Robert Bryson has been a resident of Royal Oak since 2020. At the beginning of 2024, with the support of his fiancé (now wife), he returned to school in hopes of
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Michael R. Rosas grew up in a musical home and began church music ministry at a very young age and has been in ministry for over 30 years. He has vast experience as a church musician, music composer and arranger, educator, preacher,
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Griffin grew up in the church and ministry in the metro Detroit area. He has served in music ministry for over 10 years, and has a degree in Music Performance from Northern Michigan University. He also works writing software professionally.
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Meagan Grammatico, MT-BC is an Elementary Music Teacher and Music Therapist in Ferndale Public Schools. She received her music education degree from
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Fredrick Fife II was born and raised in Flint, Michigan and grew up being very hands-on in his home church’s youth ministry. As a young member of the church, Fredrick was a part of the youth usher board, the youth choir, the praise
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Natalia has been part of this congregation since she was invited to Choir camp by a friend in elementary school. She is a Berkley High School graduate, attending
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The Compass Team champions the vision, mission and core values of Royal Oak First; cares for and improves the effectiveness of our pastors and staff; and directs the organization in compliance within our legal and regulatory environment. Compass Team can be thought of as a Board of Directors in a nonprofit organization, or as an Elder Board such as exists in some
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