Meet our staff team

 

 

Chip Garrison

Chip Garrison

Lead Pastor

Meet Chip

Pastor Chip has been a pastor for 30 years in South Dakota, Minnesota, and North Dakota. He and his family moved to North Dakota in 2017. His wife Kim is the K-5 principal at Shiloh Christian School. They have four kids; Lindsey, 22, who is working and living in Bismarck. Drew, 19, who is in college in Colorado.  They also adopted two kids who we can’t share their full names, but J, is a Junior at Legacy, and Z, who is a Freshman at Legacy.

As a family they love being on or near the water, being outside, playing family games, escape rooms, playing sports, and watching the Kansas City Chiefs!

Michael Barry

Michael Barry

Associate Pastor

Meet Michael

Pastor Mike loves God and loves people. The Lord has been directing him and his family for well over ten years, carrying him through college, the military, seminary, church ministry, the development of a family hydraulics business, and -now- the Associate Pastor at Engage as well as leader of our student ministry.

Michael and Ashley have three daughters, Evelyn (7), Amara (4) and Elyana (0). His wife Ashley encourages and empowers others at Dickinson’s West River Community Center where she is a personal trainer and group fitness instructor. She also homeschools their girls and functions as Michael’s second brain.

In their free time, Michael and Ashley love hiking, working out, playing board games, and reading like there’s no tomorrow.

Pedro Cayalo

Pedro Cayalo

Associate Pastor

Meet Pedro

Pedro loves worship. When he has downtime or needs to relax, playing piano or guitar are his go to! He also loves soccer and exploring nature. Pedro was born in Costa Rica, moved to Bolivia, but has been in the US for more than 10 years. He has served at multiple churches as Worship Leader, Youth Leader, and as Lead Pastor. Pedro is bi-lingual and has served in both Spanish and English speaking congregations. He met Denisse while living in Dallas and they did long distance relationship for more than a year. They got married on Dec. of 2023 and have been with us since then. They love to spend their free time playing board games and sharing a good meal with friends. Denisse is a big support for Pedro in ministry and together they desire to inspire couples and families to reflect God’s love in all areas of society.

Selomit Zoller

Selomit Zoller

Spanish Pastor

Meet Selomit

Selomit is from Bolivia and has a passion for serving God and helping people to grow in their relationship with Jesus. The last 10 years she was serving as Co-Pastor at Esperanza Viva (Hispanic Nazarene Church in Bismarck).

Andrew & Selomit have been married for over 10 years and they have 3 children Asher, Josiah & Grace.  Her husband is the president at Rock 30 games and has been a great support in the ministry. 

As family they enjoy traveling, fishing in the summer, playing board games and hanging out with friends. 

Casey Boehm

Casey Boehm

Worship Director

Meet Casey

Since leading worship in youth group as a teen, Casey has had a deep passion for leading people into worship and serving God in any way he can.
Casey works at a Power Plant and enjoys being outside, softball & working in the garage in his spare time. He is married to Emily and they have three children, Kailey, Theo, and Cooper!

Suandra Hooker

Suandra Hooker

Kids Ministry Director

Meet Suandra

Jonathan and Suandra have been married for almost 14 years.

They have 8 year old twins, Elizabeth and Samuel, 5 year old son, Isaiah and a 3 year old son, Timothy.

Jonathan loves spending time with people and making them laugh. He is also very much into computers which happens to be his main job as well. Over all he is a big kid at heart which helps him fit right in with the kids.

Suandra has a heart for children and out of that passion she got her elementary degree. She loves connecting with people, throwing parties and events, is always taking pictures, and enjoys baking cakes and cookies.

Jonathan and Suandra have been working with kids and youth together for over 26 years combined (so 13 years )

They love Jesus and believe that a relationship with him is one of the most amazing and fun thing that a person can ever know and they desire to share that with kids of all ages.