RHC ELDERS
STAFF
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Denise Nelson
Denise's role in the church is assistant to Pastor Josh. She recently joined RHC after receiving a flier in the mail about the church. From the first time she entered she felt noticed and cared for. She was raised in a Christian household, both of her parents had a strong relationship with the Lord, and raised her to trust and believe in Christ Jesus. She has 2 children, Patrick and Alanna, and between them she has 6 amazing grandchildren and her first great grandchild is on the way! She loves walking in nature, traveling, and cooking. Since retiring in early May, she is beginning to read again. She loves the Lord and enjoys sharing his love with all that she meets along the way.
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Allison Andersen
Allie serves as the gospel community leader at Restoration Hope Church. Allie is often found organizing, supporting, communicating, scheduling, and helping to keep things running behind the scenes. She has a heart for serving the local church and loves being part of the RHC family as they grow together in knowing and following Jesus.
Allie is married to Jeremiah, and together they are raising their four fantastically energetic kids. As a family they enjoy exploring MN State Parks, cooking together, family movie nights, and competitive family games.
Outside of church, her time is spent caring for her family, homeschooling her kiddos, gardening, running, and reading.
Fun fact about Allie: On summer mornings you can find her wandering her gardens giving personalized pep talks to each of her many plants!
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Kristina Matthias
Kristina serves as the Hospitality Team Coordinator aiming to foster and build the atmosphere of gospel hospitality. She has a heart for helping new and unconnected people find belonging at Restoration Hope Church.
Kristina grew up in the twin cities in a Christian household and is blessed to have known Jesus since she was young.
She is married to Tom and together are raising their daughter: Aurora. As a family they enjoy going for walks, going to parks, camping, playing pickleball, watching good movies and eating good food.
Outside of church, Kristina has a daytime job supporting customer experience, marketing and event coordination.
Fun Fact about Kristina: She is a homebody and loves gardening, sitting at a bonfire and spending time with family and friends. One of the first concerts she attended was for the acapella Christian group: Go Fish.
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Jackie Marguth
Jackie Marguth serves in social media at Restoration Hope Church, using her creativity and experience to help communicate and support the life of the church.
Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Jackie moved to Minneapolis for college—where she met her husband, Chris. Chris now serves at RHC as a sound technician and musician on the worship team. Though both Jackie and Chris grew up in Christian homes, there was a season where they stepped away from church. They later found a Christ-centered community at RHC, just minutes from their home, and have been faithfully involved ever since.
Jackie works as an independent contractor for various brands, which means no two days look the same. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their dogs, as well as learning new things.
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Marcus Manthei
Marcus serves Restoration Hope Church as a website administrator. God called Marcus to RHC, into a genuine community of people pursuing Jesus in gospel centered lives. He is married to Madison and they have four wonderful children to complete their family. They like spend their time watching movies, reading books, cooking, video games, and the occasional Wordle. Marcus's full time job is in information technology as a uniformed service member.
Fun fact about Marcus: he likes technology jokes. For example, what would a baby computer call its father? His Data.
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