People

Pastor

Allen came to Christ at eight years of age. Throughout High School and College, he was active in para-church ministries. After college he served as a Youth Pastor in a Presbyterian church in Portland, OR. He has an M.Div from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has been in the Vineyard since 1986, when he attended a Wimber Conference in Seattle. He has served the Vineyard on staff in Arcadia, CA and Greeley, CO. He pastored the Vineyard in Curtis, NE for twelve years before moving to Montana to plant the Billings Vineyard Church in 2005. He was the APCL for the Northern Plains and currently serves as the Area CPC for Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.

Admin. Assistant/High School Youth Pastor

I grew up on the east coast in the suburbs of Philadelphia and graduated from Philadelphia Biblical University in 2004 with focuses on Bible and social work. After moving to Billings in September of 2008 with my twin brother, sister-in-law, and nephew, I was looking for a church body to be a part of. I heard about the Vineyard from a girl who was working at a coffee shop in Billings. She noticed I was reading the book Irresistible Revolution, a book she had recently read, and mentioned she went to the Vineyard Church. I went to my first Vineyard service that Sunday. It was October of 2008 and I have been a part of Vineyard ever since. After only the first two visits it felt like I had found a home. Since then I became Allen’s administrative assistant and the high school youth pastor (the latter still seems weird for me to say!). Overall, I just have a heart to live life with others as we seek to grow and learn what it really means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and find our complete satisfaction in Him. Here at the Billings Vineyard we are a strange bunch of people who just want to practice loving God and others well. I look forward to meeting you!

Worship Leader

Being a Texas native with a strong southern accent and having a name like “Laquita” is always quite a shock to people…especially in Montana! My wonderful husband and I, along with our three young children, moved to Billings in 2004. God added twins to our mix in 2006 making us quite a large crew!

I have no extensive credentials to list in my bio…but a long list of crazy stories that have unfolded with our Andrews Crew. I do enjoy running and gardening.

At an early age I realized I needed Jesus and wanted to serve Him. An ever deepening awareness of God’s power, glory, and love draws me to a constant hunger to worship Him more passionately and completely. I’m always amazed by His desire for my worship even as He knows my deepest parts. Incredible stuff!

Missions

Larry is a pig farmer God called to be a doctor, who really wants to be a missionary.

Kids Ministries

I fell in love with serving and teaching children by jumping in with both feet, cold turkey. Having been married to my husband for 20 years before we had our first in 2004, being around kids was not within my comfort zone. After teaching children between second and fifth grade from 1998 to 2003 at Shoreline Community Church in Monterey, California, God showed me what a blessing it is to love on and teach these little ones. I thank God for guiding me into such an awesome and exciting ministry.

Kids Ministries

Ministry Team and Intercessory Prayer Leader

I have always had a heart for prayer, beginning when I was knee high. I joined the Vineyard Church in Greeley, Colorado in 1987. I served on the Children’s Ministry team for 13 years while in Greeley and my favorite memories are of the children praying for each other. This encouraged me greatly and although we did not have a formal prayer team, I was moved to begin praying for others and joining our Pastor for intercessory prayer. When Allen and Jennie planted the Billings Vineyard, I accepted the role of heading up the Prayer Team.

It is my honor to pray with you and for you.