STAFF & LEADERSHIP

Stanley & Monica Groothof have been baptized members of the church all their lives. Both grew up in the Christian Reformed Church – Monica at Prince George CRC and Stan at Gateway Community CRC (formerly First CRC) in Abbotsford; their families continue to live in those communities. Stan & Monica met at The King's University in Edmonton and have been married for 25+ years. They have two adult children (their daughter lives and works in Abbotsford, and their son is at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD).

To become a minister, Stan received an MDiv degree at Regent College in Vancouver and then completed additional coursework at Calvin Theological Seminary for ordination in the CRC. Stan & Monica lived in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula for a year where Stan served as the student intern pastor at Smithville CRC. Stan was ordained at Telkwa CRC in 2005 and the family lived there in northern BC for just over 7 years. In 2012, they moved to northwest Iowa where Stan has served as the associate pastor at Trinity CRC in Rock Valley for the past 13 years. We welcome them as they join us in ministry at VCRC!