Our Staff
New Life Leadership
The staff and leadership at New Life love, care and pray for every single person in the church. If you have any questions for any of our staff, feel free to reach out and email them or call our church office at 519.882.1600 to speak with them.
Sam Welten
Lead Pastor
Pastor Sam has been involved with missions through Possibilities International for the last 15 years. He loves to have fun in whatever he does, which gives our church an exceptional atmosphere of "what's going to happen now"? Pastor Sam loves Jesus and loves to introduce people to Him. He also has been known to wear tye-dye on occasion.
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Associate Pastor
Pastor Ron is a great leader and you'll often hear Pastor Sam says he believes NLA has Canada's best preacher. Ron's favourite quotes are:
"A leader is one who KNOWS the way, GOES the way, and SHOWS the way.” and
"Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference."
Janette Burmaster
Director Of Communications and Connection
Janette loves working with a group of amazingly talented people at NLA. She has a heart to see people discover the fullness of life that Jesus came to offer, and enjoys training people to learn new ways to serve!
Emily MacLaren
CHILDREN'S Leader
Emily has taken a year off from Dalhousie University to serve as the Kid's Ministry Leader here at New Life! Emily has a passion to see the kids here grow in their knowledge of God and maybe even have a lot of fun along the way!
Tim Brown
Pastoral care
Pastor Tim has lived in Lambton County his whole life and has a ton of stories he could tell you about it. When he isn't visiting people in the community, farming, or hanging out with his cats, he is putting together incredible 'Words of Wisdom from the Farm" (check it out HERE)
Bobby Archibald
Sr. Youth leader (AKA Ninja Man)
Bobby leads our Sr Youth group "IMPACT". He loves Jesus and knows the incredible life change that happens when you totally surrender to God. He loves his family almost as much as he loves fitness...as in "I can fitness whole pizza in my mouth!"
He is an amateur boxer with a record of 0-36. (Picture credit "first day on the job")
Chris Helps
Jr. Youth leader
Chris Helps leads our Jr. Youth group "VOLTAGE". He is known to be fun and crazy and loves encouraging our Junior High students.
Dean & Rebecca Welten
young adult leaders
Rebecca and Dean joined in October 2021, to serve together in leading this generation of young adults at New Life Assembly. They are passionately committed to following Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Their heart is to see God move in the lives of people today, and see them grow closer in relationship to Jesus and be part of building God’s Kingdom.
