Welcome to Hope Mennonite Church. We hope this site is a helpful glimpse of who we are and what we’re about: followers of Jesus seeking to serve our community and the world in love.

As our mission states, as an Anabaptist community of faith empowered by the Holy Spirit, Hope Mennonite Church is calling and making disciples who bring Christ's love and peace to our world.

Come, join us for worship some Sunday. You’ll find a warm and friendly congregation.

About Pastor Brett

I grew up in Southern California about an hour north of Los Angeles.  I previously served as associate professor of Bible and Religion at Bethel College in North Newton, KS.

Family

I’m married to my best friend, Esther Calderon.  Together we have been blessed with four daughters and we’re doing our best to raise them to “do justice”, “love kindness”, and “walk humbly” with God.

What I’m Reading Right Now

Tattoos on the Heart, Gregory Boyle

You Converted Me: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Augustine (notes by Tony Jones)

A Good Man is Hard to Find, Flannery O’Connor

When I’m Not in Church I’m…

-         hanging out with Esther and the girls

-         playing guitar

-         unapologetically rooting for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Celtic Football Club

Education

Moorpark Community College

Westmont College

Fuller Theological Seminary

Baylor University