Our Staff
Jeffrey Rickman
Pastor
Pastor Jeffrey Rickman is a native of West Texas and Oklahoma. He has also lived in Arkansas, Massachusetts, and Idaho. Jeffrey and his wife, Sara Beth, moved to Oklahoma from Idaho nine years ago to serve the Lord and to be closer to family. Jeffrey's passions include the Bible, the church's Wesleyan heritage, playing with his five children, and playing his ukulele.
Sara Beth Rickman
Music Minister & Administrative Assistant
Sara Beth Rickman grew up in Tennessee. She attended seminary to study Sacred Music in Boston, Massachusetts, which is where she met Pastor Jeffrey. Sara Beth enjoys working alongside Pastor Jeffrey to ensure that the administrative aspects of the church are functioning and to plan and execute worship that glorifies God and builds up the community of faith. Sara Beth's passions include serving the church, singing hymns, gardening, and being a mother.
Bud Callison
custodian
Bud Callison is a long-time resident of Nowata. Bud is a great asset to our church and ensures that our building is clean and accessible each week for worship and various events and activities.
Cori Davis
Bountiful Tables Director
Cori Davis grew up in Texas and Colorado. Her husband Adrian and their 4 kids; Justice, Redding, Anthem and Story moved to Nowata in 2019. Her family loves life here in this small town. Cori loves her Bible, Jesus and serving her family.
Joseph Seale
Church Lay Leader
Joseph is a native of Nowata, where he has lived all but three years. He currently resides here with his wife Cheyenne and their two children.
His roots in this community go back several generations, including his great-grandfather James Strickland, who owned a pharmacy business, his grandfather Jack Southall who owned a veterinary clinic, and his mother Jill Seale who served this community as a nurse for decades.
Joseph grew up in this church. He loves this church and community. He enjoys his Bible, spending time with his family, genealogy, church history, and history in general.
TJ Owens
Media & Social Media
Nowata local. Husband to Rebekah. In his free time he enjoys apologetics, photography, history & genealogy.
