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Our Pastoral Team
Glen Weber
Senior Pastor
(626) 376-9273
pastor@newhope4all.org
Larry Omasta
Associate Pastor
(626) 797-2717
ljomasta@pacbell.net
Celestine Olive
Assistant Pastor
(626) 794-6107
celestinejolive@aol.com
Fred Stevens
Assistant Pastor
(626) 294-9133
gfstevens@roadrunner.com
Senior Pastor
Senior Pastor Glen Weber has been in full-time pastoral ministry for more than 35 years. He has been married to
his wife, Connie, for 34 years and they have two married sons and one granddaughter.
Glen grew up on a farm in southeastern Wyoming (near Wheatland), the oldest of six children. Connie grew up in
a small rural town (Haxtun) in the middle of irrigated farms on the plains of northeastern Colorado. Their
families knew each other for nearly twenty years before they began to date.
Glen received his college education in England and began his full-time ministry interning with pastors in
northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In 1974 he was invited to intern with a pastor in Kelowna,
British Columbia, Canada. In the spring of 1975, after marrying Connie, they planted a new congregation in
Castlegar, B.C., in southeastern British Columbia, where their two sons were born. After serving the Castlegar
congregation for over three years they moved to Prince George, B.C. (8 years), Regina, Saskatchewan (7 years),
Red Deer, Alberta (2 years), Spokane, Washington (10+ years) and Vancouver, WA (2+ years).
New Hope called Glen as Senior Pastor in September 2008.
Glen has also served in denominational administration in several capacities. For many years in the late 1980’s
and most of the 1990’s he served the denomination in planning for major church conventions held each fall for
over 2,000 attendees. More recently, he served for two years as the District Pastoral Leader for the
congregations in the NW district of Washington and Oregon. After moving to New Hope he became the District
Pastoral Leader for the SW district consisting of congregations in Las Vegas, NV, Arizona and New Mexico. Glen
also serves on the denominations Church Multiplication Ministries team, working to develop church planting within
the Worldwide Church of God denomination.
Pastor Glen’s primary focus in ministry has two aspects – loving people with the love of Jesus and teaching
everyone to realize that the Father has chosen to adopt us through Jesus Christ coming to earth in flesh.
You have been adopted – we offer you a “new hope” that you will accept your place in the family!
Associate Pastor
Larry and Judith Omasta have been married for over 40 years. They have one daughter Carmel, son-in-law Beau, and two precious grandchildren Kai and Marisa Rae.
Larry has been an ordained minister of Jesus Christ since 1988. He has university degree in theology as well as bacteriology and journalism. Larry was the executive producer of Worldwide Church of God’s television program “The World Tomorrow” for 15 years. During this time, he directed video crews in over 20 countries including Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East.
Larry is currently Small Groups Coordinator of New Hope and facilitates a Bible study small group. Both he and Judith also facilitate a marriage small group.
Judith has a degree in theology and is currently working in accounts payable for a mid-size manufacturing company. On a personal note, Judith is a breast cancer survivor.
Assistant Pastor
Celestine Olive has served in many different ministry functions since being ordained a deaconess 16 years ago. She has been married to Leonard Olive since 1973 and they have two sons, Phillip Olive and Eric Olive, a daughter-in-law Michele, and three grandsons, Trenton, Eric II, and Cameron. Leonard presently serves as head of our ushering staff.
Celestine was recently ordained as an Elder and commissioned as an Assistant Pastor. She served on the Pastoral Advisory Council for ten years for three different pastors, and for seven of those years also served as Church Treasurer. She now serves as a member of the Financial Advisory Team and has had training in Grief and Loss Recovery. She presently works full-time for our Denomination in the Accounting Department.
Celestine has enjoyed being involved in music most of her life, having studied piano and voice with both private and university instructors. She presently serves as the Director of our Music and Worship Arts Ministry and has been Conductor of the New Hope Praise Choir for the past seven years.
She would be more than happy to assist you in any way and can be contacted at (626) 794-6107, or by email at celestinejolive@aol.com.
Assistant Pastor
Fred and Maryann Stevens live in Arcadia with their two sons, ages 13 and 9. They have been active members of our fellowship throughout their marriage of 16 years. Both Fred and Maryann have served in various ministries including Pastor’s Advisory Council, Children’s Ministry, Vacation Bible School, Men’s Ministry, Women’s Ministry and Member Assistance.
Fred was ordained an elder in August, 1983 and has been a baptized Christian for over 30 years. Maryann has been a baptized Christian for over 25 years.
Fred works as a Senior Regional Manager of Internal Audit for a healthcare provider. In his spare time he enjoys being a leader of a Cub Scout Den for his younger son as well as jamming on the piano with his older son who plays the drums.
Maryann works part time and is a full-time mom. She is actively involved in two PTAs and spends most of her free time either shuttling the boys for one activity to another or scrapbooking.
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