Michelle Mote - Director of Children, Youth, and Family 

 

Michelle is the Children, Youth, and Family Director and has been serving at New Hope for four years.  She is orginally from Phoenix, AZ and moved to Texas to attend college at Texas Lutheran University.  Michelle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Youth and Family Ministry in May 2002.  She is currently working on her Masters of Arts in Children, Youth, and Family at Luther Seminary in St.Paul, MN. and will graduate in December of 2008. 

Before coming to New Hope, Michelle began her career in social work.  While attending TLU, she worked at an emergency children's shelter working with children ages 0-12.  After graduating, Michelle returned to Phoenix and worked with the elderly doing home health care.  She returned to Texas by moving to Galveston and began working with women coming out of prison.  Then she finally moved to Houston and worked at Covenant House Texas for two years and ended her career in social work by working at Children's Protective Services as an intensive investigator. 

Michelle is married to Jason who works at an environmental lab doing air quality testing.  They live in Katy and have two dogs.

Daniel Sigmon - Director of Worship Life

Daniel Sigmon, composer, conductor, and vocalist, is Director of Worship Life. In addition to his duties at New Hope he is a cofounder and the Musical Director of Imperial Performing Arts, a comprehensive performing art's organization in Sugar Land, Texas; and has served as Adjunct Professor of Music at Tomball College in Tomball, Texas.
A native of Odessa, Texas, he has studied private composition under Dr. Robert Nelson, Dr. Andy J. Patterson, Virginia Luman, and Samuel Adler. His original compositions include pieces for solo voice, chamber ensemble, choir, orchestra, opera, and band. Premieres of Mr. Sigmon’s music have been heard in Germany and throughout the Continental United States and Canada. Most recently Mr. Sigmon premiered his third opera, Larkspur, a two act opera at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Lois Gurney - Organist and Childrens Music

Lois Gurney is the Organist, Accompanist, Director of Children’s Choirs, and assists Outreach by welcoming visitors to New Hope . She is the liaison with Parsons Pipe Organ Builders in the process of building a Pipe Organ for New Hope.

She has Licentiates in piano teaching from the Royal Schools of Music, and Trinity College of Music in London , and degrees from The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky ; and is presently studying towards a Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance at Rice Universit y -in Houston , Texas .
For many years Lois worked as a professional Double Bass player, playing in South Africa, Europe, Israel , and South America.  Lois has accompanied choirs in Carnegie Hall in New York City , and choirs that have toured Europe. She has performed Organ Recitals in the United States and South Africa .

June Brown - Secretary/Office Administrator

 

Originally from San Diego, California, June has been a member of New Hope since 1983 and the Secretary/Office Administrator since August, 2000.

June is married to Myron and together they have two grown children. She has served on the Bazaar Committee for 12 years and as co-Chairperson for 4 of those years. She has been indispensible part of the staff and continues to provide New Hope with devoted service and faithful membership.