Our church staff is committed to serving you as we serve the Lord. You can read more about our pastors and members of Hosanna's staff by clicking on their names below.
Pastor Nathan started working at Hosanna as a Jr. High Pastor in 2000. He was ordained as a Pastor at Hosanna in 2010 and took over as Senior Pastor in January 2022. Nathan teaches on Sundays and oversees administration during the week.
Pastor Rik started attending Hosanna in December of 2009 after his friend invited him to a Friday night high school hang out event. Rik volunteered in children's ministry from 2010-2011, then after graduating high school, became a Jr. High counselor. Rik had many jobs, but always felt a call to do Youth Ministry. With the guidance of God and support of his wife, Rik has been working at Hosanna since March 2020, was ordained as Pastor at Hosanna in 2021, and is now running Youth Ministry. He also oversees maintenance during the week.
Pastor Ron Urzik Love (“Pastor Ron”) was ordained and recognized as a pastor by our fellowship in February 2025. Prior to that, he has served Hosanna Christian Fellowship as an Elder and Chaplain and has served as part of and led our Worship Team for over 35 years. Since joining our fellowship in 1986, in addition to leading worship, Ron has had the opportunity to teach sessions at our Hosanna School of Ministry, guest speak at our youth camps, co-lead past Sunday night and Eternity Now events, host Night of Worship events, guest speak at home fellowships and men’s events, led our ROS Halloween community evangelism outreach, led outreaches at Trinity Christian School, and even served as our lead sound tech for a few years at one point. He has faithfully served alongside his wife, Debbie, for all these years, as it is their joy to continue to do so. Ron and Debbie were married at Hosanna in 1992 and have been blessed with 33 years growing together and counting. Their two grown children, Ashley and Brian have also served on the worship in the past, and Ron and Debbie are eagerly awaiting their second grandchild, arriving the summer of 2025. Pastor Ron currently serves on Hosanna’s Board of Elders, and is also the Vice President of Finance & Administration, CFO at Living Waters Publications in Bellflower CA – the well-known evangelism ministry founded by Ray Comfort.
Pastor Edgar is the head of the Spanish Fellowship at Hosanna Christian Fellowship.
Irene grew up in the Calvary Chapel movement and started attending Hosanna in May 2014. She began volunteering at Hosanna as part of the high school tech team and then started working at Hosanna in February 2017. In 2019, Irene became the Deaconess of Women's Ministry and currently serves in the nursery on Sundays. During the week, Irene oversees discipleship of women in leadership at Hosanna.
Rebekah started attending as an infant in Toddler Junction and grew up at Hosanna. Throughout the years, Rebekah has been involved, and served, in a multitude of ministries including Children’s Church, Young Adults, and the Worship team along with her husband. She now manages the Grounded House and volunteers on the production team. Rebekah began working at Hosanna in 2019 as the Church Secretary and stepped into the role of Church Bookkeeper/Office Administrator in 2021.
Gracey started attending Hosanna with her family in 1990. Her favorite memory of her early years at Hosanna is the Halloween Alternative Night that Hosanna used to host for the local community. Since her youth, she has volunteered in many ministries and currently serves as a Deaconess, volunteering on the production team and worship team, as a community group leader, and in women's ministry. She started working at Hosanna in December 2022 as a temp and became a part-time secretary at Hosanna in 2023. Currently Gracey works as secretary and social media content creator for Hosanna.
After living in the world for 23 years, God was calling on John to know Him. In 2016, before coming to Christ, John always felt a burning in his heart when he was asked about Christ. In October of 2017, John gave his life to Christ. John has been attending Hosanna Christian Fellowship since May of 2022 and was hired to be on staff in July 2023. John leads Men’s Ministry and manages facilities during the week.
Garry is the founder of Hosanna Christian Fellowship. He founded the church in 1976 and served faithfully as senior pastor for 46 years. He established the mission of our church, Know the Truth, Live the Truth, Share the Truth, and raised up Nathan as his successor from 2017-2021.