Trustees
The Stonebrook Community Church Board of Trustees are responsible for maintaining the bylaws, and overseeing the financial and legal aspects of running the church.
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
Brad Barrett
Brad has a passion for teaching the Bible and making it relevant to everyday life, whether in large groups or one-on-one counseling. He and his wife Annette are both Iowa-born-and-raised, and they have four adult daughters and six grandchildren who provide him “more joy than a human should be allowed to have.”
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
Dave Bovenmeyer
Dave Bovenmyer has been a pastor since 1974. Dave and Dawn currently lead a prayer/counseling ministry that has helped many deeply hurting people. Happily married since 1975, Dave and Dawn are the parents of seven children and have nine grandchildren.
Pastor
Mike Anderson
Mike has been married to Judy Anderson for 37 years. He came to know the Lord during his sophomore year in college. After being pursued by Chris Biang, he made the choice to follow Christ when he was a senior, and chose to stay in Ames to grow with the church, which was known then as ISU Bible Study. Mike works as a professor at Iowa State University.
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…
Ad Hoc Projects
Cliff Plymesser
Cliff has been attending Stonebrook since 2001 after getting involved with the college ministry. Seven years later, he finally talked his wife, Naomi, into marrying him and they now have 4 children. As a deacon he focuses on projects that fall outside of all the other deacon’s responsibilities. Cliff works full time as a project manager for Avec Design Build, a design build firm in Ames, and teaches part time at ISU. Outside of family, work and serving the church…
Finances
Daniel Bush
Daniel works full-time at Pressure Point Cleaners, a power washing company in Ames, helping people schedule cleanings for their homes. He and his wife, Lydia, serve the Music Ministry on Sunday Mornings by mixing on the soundboard (Daniel) and singing on stage (Lydia). He also helps direct the financial reporting of Stonebrook alongside the Financial Team. In his spare time, he enjoys playing board games, video games, and card games, listening to music, mixing music, and dancing.
Sunday School
Dan Jones
Dan has served as a deacon since 2015, previously focusing on finances and communication, now with a focus on Sunday School administration. He and his wife Stephanie have four small children. He enjoys the elusive pursuit of smoking the perfect beef brisket. Dan works as a product design engineer.
Hospitality
Ben Wyatt
Ben has been married to his wife Jing since July 2016 and they live together with two cats. He has been working in the financial services industry since 2007, currently specializing in metrics reporting and data analysis.