Coffee & Donuts 10:00am
Worship Service 10:30 am
WHO WE ARE
Our Pastor
J. Don Jennings, II
Don accepted Christ as his personal Savior at age seven. He knew the Lord was calling him to preach as a teenager.
Don met his wife, Lisa, in college. They were married in 1981 and served for eight months in a pastoral internship with Dr. Don Tyler at Bethesda Baptist Church, Brownsburg, Indiana. In 1982, at the invitation of Dr. Wendell Kempton, then president of A.B.W.E., Don and Lisa became U.S.A. church planting missionaries with A.B.W.E. and Don began pastoring a two-year-old mission church in Indiana. When the mission church graduated to self-supporting status, the Lord led Don and Lisa to stay with the church where Don served as the pastor for 35 years. Don became the senior pastor of Hope Bible Fellowship on November 11, 2018.
Don’s first ministry has always been his family, including wife Lisa, and children Don III (Taylor), Clayton (Jamie), Stephanie (Stephen Hall), and now six grandchildren (Holland, Haven, Arabelle, Ryleigh, Haddon, McKenna).
Secondly, his ministry focus is preaching and teaching the Word of God. It is the calling of God on his life. The passion of Don’s heart is to see men, women, and children understand God’s Word and the practical application of it in their daily lives. Don’s expositional teaching (verse by verse) takes the listener deeper in understanding and grasping the precious truths of God’s Word. From pastoring a chapel while in college, to serving on two worldwide mission boards, to assisting in community chaplaincy programs, to pastoring for 35 years and now pastoring Hope Bible Fellowship, Don’s ministries have always been centered on God’s Word. You will often hear Don say, “Don’t waste God’s grace,” based on I Corinthians 15:10 MSG, “But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I’m not about to let His grace go to waste.”
You can reach Don at donjenningsii@gmail.com. If you are looking for a deeper relationship with God and a church that teaches God’s Word, Don invites you to attend Hope Bible Fellowship. Come grow with us! The Word of God is sufficient unto itself and provides answers and guidance for all matters pertaining to life and godliness.
Associate Pastor of Administration
Bob Iwig
Bob currently serves as the Associate Pastor of Administration on a volunteer basis. In this role, he takes care of many different church-related administrative details and he provides assistance and oversight to the various ministries of Hope Bible Fellowship. He is also the current chairman of the Church Leadership Team, and he also serves on the Building Committee. Bob has held various leadership positions in the past at the several different churches he has attended over the years. He previously served as the chairman of the Elder Board at Fellowship Bible Church, Shenandoah Junction, WV, at the time of his move from West Virginia back to Indiana in late 2016.
Bob’s first wife, Diane, was called home to be with the Lord in February 2019 after a battle with metastatic breast cancer over a period of 26 months. Bob was then blessed to have met Paige Miller while they attended a 13-week GriefShare session together at Paige’s church. After these GriefShare classes were completed, they started casually seeing each other. Their friendship was blessed by God and eventually grew into love. They were then joined together in holy matrimony on October 16, 2020. Bob and Paige now lead a GriefShare session together at Hope Bible Fellowship.
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Having grown up on a dairy farm outside of Topeka, Kansas, Bob worked in agriculture for Pioneer Hi-Bred, Int. for 35 years before his retirement. He worked in research, marketing and finally in business development while he was employed at Pioneer. Bob’s daughter Shelly and her family live in Tipton county, IN, while his son Jason and his family live in Minneapolis, MN. Bob has five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Though they had never met before GriefShare, Paige also grew up in Topeka, and was a speech therapist before she retired to raise her only daughter Frances who is a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky and currently lives in Lexington, KY. Bob and Paige currently reside in Carmel, and they enjoy traveling together, especially drives to small quaint towns.
Office Manager/ Worship Leader
Lisa Jennings
Lisa’s first ministry has always been her family, including husband Don, and children Don III (Taylor), Clayton (Jamie), Stephanie (Stephen Hall), and now six grandchildren (Holland, Haven, Arabelle, Ryleigh, Haddon, McKenna).
Secondly, her ministry focus is serving in her local church (Worship Leader, Church Pianist, and Office Manager of Hope Bible Fellowship). Lisa is also the president of Behold the Lamb Ministries, Inc. (an independent 501c3 ministry) focusing on Exalting Jesus Christ, Extoling the Gospel, and Edifying the Believer, by serving with Excellence for the glory of God alone and including the ministries of The Hamilton County Passion Play BEHOLD THE LAMB (beholdthelamb.com), the BTLM Soli Deo Gloria Community Concert Choir, and BTLM Titus 2 Women’s Mentoring Bible Study. Lisa also serves the Lord as a women’s conference speaker.
Lisa’s love for the Lord is the driving passion of her heart. Her love for music and theatre have been poured into the creation of a production that clearly presents the Gospel message every Easter season and weekly into serving with the amazing Hope Bible Fellowship worship team and band. Her love for God’s Word has been poured into teaching Titus 2, and helping women understand that all must be Titus 2 women, entrusting God’s Word, and the practical application of it, to the next generation. Her love for missions and the lost compels her to constantly seek ways and opportunities to share the Gospel message, both at home and abroad … so that her entire life is lived “Soli Deo Gloria” … for the glory of God alone! You can reach Lisa at lcjsolideogloria@gmail.com.
Deacons
Dave was born and raised in Athens County, Ohio and is a graduate of Alexander High School and Cedarville University. He and Cheryl have lived in Cicero since 1991 when they moved from Mason, Ohio due to a job transfer. They have been members of Hope Bible Fellowship since 2017.
Dave came to trust in Christ while in high school through the witness of many, including a Godly grandmother and the ministry of Albany Baptist Church.
Dave and Cheryl feel blessed to be members of a church that is true to the Word of God and desires to reach others with the Gospel of Christ. They have been instrumental in the development and leadership of our childrens ministries.
Dave Colburn
Doug Hiner
A spiritual nomad for the first 23/36th's of his 72 years of life, Doug has enjoyed a new spiritual life for the last 13/36th's of that time. He's always loved teaching children about math, science, physics, and other subjects he flunked in school. So here's an opportunity to use fractions and find out how old Doug was when he found Christ. Hint: way too old.
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Christ had been blessing Doug's life and chasing after his heart for a long time, but of course, a blind fool thinks that his successes are his own and his failures must be the fault of everyone else. But he had acquired many Christian friends along the way, who routinely prayed for him to open his eyes and smell the frankincense. He confesses that this awakening did not happen in a flash, or after a good think, or even in a summer season. It took a while. Quite a while. The man's heart had nearly cured to Pharoanic hardness. But he started going to church with Vicki (his poor, beleaguered wife) and his children (all 7 glancing heavenward, sure lightning would strike Daddy soon). During these early days, Doug kept one rule in mind: "Keep your mouth shut and just listen." It's a pretty good rule. Must be, his parents, teachers, and supervisors used to say it to him quite frequently.
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Eventually Doug found himself waking to a new reality. Under the influence of apologetics, excellent mentoring among wise Christian men, formidable Bible studies, and a prayer here and there, the Christian story, the way of Christ, Scripture, and the world finally made sense. He believed. On some unknown date, and in a dark sanctuary where he sat alone and in prayer, Doug invited Christ into his heart, a heart that now yearned for Christ Jesus and more Christ Jesus. Since then, he has been a faithful follower and loving slave of Jesus, who owns his heart. He loves his fellow believers and was truly stunned to incomprehension when asked to serve as a Deacon. He's still waiting for that call saying it was a huge mistake, but until then he will depend on Christ to show him how to serve his church in the best way possible.
Joel Puckett
Joel is a first-term deacon at Hope Bible Fellowship. He praises the Lord for the opportunity to serve in this role and to be part of the Church Leadership Team. Joel also serves on the Building Committee, sings with the Voices of Hope Ensemble, and participates in Behold the Lamb Passion Play.
Joel accepted Christ as his Savior as a teen and rededicated his life prior to marrying Christie in 1992. They have been married since 1992 and have two sons, Ethan (Mallory) and Reese (Bridget). The Lord has blessed them with four grandchildren, Christopher, Jupiter, Kelson and Callum..
Joel has been involved with the concrete construction industry for the majority of his life. He worked with his father, Gail Puckett, in their family business before beginning his own company in 1992.
Joel and Christie enjoy time with their family and friends, serving at church as well as traveling, boating, and riding motorcycles.
Shirley Wiete
Shirley served as a deacon from 2017-2020. After serving a required sabbatical, Shirley was elected by the church to serve a second three-year term beginning in 2023.
Shirley accepted Jesus as his savior and was baptized at age 11. After graduating from high school he attended Anderson College (now Anderson University) and graduated with a degree in education. Shirley taught middle school math in Alexandria, Noblesville, and Sheridan for 43 years and was an adjunct at Ivy Tech for 15 years. He retired from teaching at the end of the school year in May, 2022.
Shirley and his wife, Billie, have been married 56 years. They have lived in Noblesville since 1976. They are the parents of two sons, Stason (Lesley), and Tevin (Emily). They have 5 grandchildren. Stason is a lieutenant on the West Lafayette police department and his wife Lesley is Chief of Police for the Purdue University police department. Tevin is a mechanical engineer with GE Aircraft and his wife Emily is a stay-at-home mom, formerly an elementary teacher and counselor.
Billie attended Miller-Draughn Business College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and received an executive secretarial degree. She served as a secretary for several businesses, owned and managed Noblesville Office and Secretarial Service before selling it, and then began her own house cleaning business. She retired in 2012.