Operations Team
The Operations Team is a group of church staff and volunteers charged with managing Stonebrook’s day-to-day functions, equipping us to make disciples of Jesus.
Campus Fellowship, Children’s Ministry
Allison Bailey
Allison joined the Stonebrook staff in 2022, after serving in a parachurch camping ministry for 3 years. She graduated with her Bachelor’s from the University of Northern Iowa in 2018 and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Biblical Counseling online through Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. At Stonebrook, Allison serves as part of the Campus Fellowship college ministry staff and coordinates the children’s ministry. She is passionate about learning, and loves making others’ days a little brighter through a well-timed pun.
Campus Ministry
Toby Doffing
Toby serves part-time as campus ministry staff for our college ministry, Campus Fellowship. Toby has a heart to reach the campus of Iowa State University with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and see it come alive in students’ hearts. His role on staff entails discipling students, evangelizing on campus, planning/leading events, and teaching at CF’s midweek services. Toby is also a full-time student at ISU studying mechanical engineering where he is set to graduate in December, 2022. In his free…
Communications, Women’s Ministry
Summer Barber
Summer Barber is the Communications Coordinator and Director of Women’s Ministry at Stonebrook Church. She, and her husband Kevin, moved to Ames in 2004 and couldn’t have asked for a better community in which to raise their three children. Summer completed her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Creighton University in 2003 and provided therapy for many children and adults over the course of 17 years. In God’s great wisdom and goodness, Summer was led into ministry through an international and interdenominational organization…
Audio/Visual
Scott Hanson
International Student Ministry
Debbie Younkin
Events
Heather King
Pastor
Matt Heerema
Matt serves as pastor focusing on teaching, and leadership development. He and his wife Nancy have four daughters. He is a musician and led in Stonebrook’s music ministry for 15 years before putting the guitar down. Matt is an avid reader and massive sci-fi geek. As a bi-vocational pastor, he also directs Mere Agency whose goal is to help the church use the web to impact the world with the gospel. You can connect with him at mattheerema.com.
Pastor, Campus Ministry Director
Luke Anderson
Luke is serving at Stonebrook as a pastor focusing on evangelism and discipleship, and he also leads our campus ministry efforts. He, his wife Holly, and their four children work as a team to welcome new friends into their home each year as they reach out to Iowa State and the Ames community. Luke’s passions are sports, hiking, camping, climbing, and hammocking. The things that make him come alive are building deep relationships, and helping people see God for who…
Pastor, Music Ministry
John Shields
John is the worship pastor at Stonebrook Church. He has had a strong love for music from a young age and is passionate about proclaiming the glories of God, particularly the saving work of Jesus. You’re likely to find him singing and playing guitar in worship, but he’s been known to play another instrument or two from time to time. He has been married to his wonderful wife Julia since summer of 2010, and they have the most beautiful daughter…
Office Manager
Terri Huffman
Terri has attended Stonebrook since 1981, and has been married to Matt since 2010. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in Home Economics Education. Terri is responsible for event planning, project management, and office management duties at Stonebrook. One of Terri’s favorite verses is Micah 6:8 – “He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your…
Finances
Heidi Pool
Heidi has worked at Stonebrook since 2002. She does the church bookkeeping, writes the bulletins, and manages the office calendar, among many other things. Heidi is married to Ron and they have four grown sons.