Our friendly staff is on duty to help assist you with questions or problems and can be contacted any time using our Contact Page. We look forward to meeting you!
Rev. Dave Nieda, Senior Pastor
David came to serve Blaine from his native California in 1999 after serving churches in the Los Angeles area for 8 years. He is a graduate of UCLA and received his masters of divinity from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO. He is married to Lynne and they have two young children.
Rev. Kathleen Weber
Greetings! As Associate Pastor my responsibilities include adult spiritual formation, mission and outreach and children’s ministry. I’m very interested in helping people engage with God through prayer and mission opportunities. I am a native Georgian but have lived in the Seattle area for 10 years now. I enjoy watching movies, cooking, gardening and going to the gym.
Rev. Hiroyasu Iwabuchi, Japanese Language Pastor
Jason Yada, Youth Director
Hello my brothers and sisters! What can I tell you about myself? Who am I? Well here’s a few facts to get things started. If you want to know more about me or the Blaine Youth Group, feel free to email me at jasonjyada@hotmail.com.
B’Bless’d. Proverbs 16:9
- born and raised in Spokane, WA, but have been in Seattle since 1999
- fourth generation Japanese American
- Pediatric RN working the night shift at Seattle Children’s Hospital on the Medical Unit since 2006
- youth leader at Blaine Memorial UMC as either volunteer or paid staff since 2000
- co-director of the United Methodist Church Asian American Summer Camp since 2006
- favorite music – contemporary worship (DCB, Chris Tomlin, Hillsong), Kutless, KJ-52, Blue Scholars, Magnetic North, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Hawaiian R&B, Jake Shimabukuro
- sports and games? – basketball, volleyball, golf, foosball, ping pong, darts, Wii, board games, youth group games
- addicted to facebook? Yep!
- love to sleep, but don’t get enough
- love to eat, and get more than enough (Japanese, Hawaiian, Italian, Thai, Pho, and Dick’s Drive-In)
Eric Fujii, Middle School Youth Director
Eric Fujii currently attends the University of Washington where he studies Biochemistry and plans to graduate in the spring of 2009. At Blaine he will run sunday school for the middle school, as well as creating activites to strengthen the youth community. This upcoming school year Eric is also leading an Asian American Bible Study at UW as a part of the Inter-varsity Christian Fellowship leadership team.
Jeremiah Cawley, Choir Director
Barbara Nagaoka, Office Administrator
Pearl Yamamoto, Office Administrator
Donna Sekijima, Bookkeeper
Daphne Yamauchi, Bookkeeper
Quy Phi, Janitor