Clergy and Staff
Pastor Heather Ghormley, Founding Pastor/ Rector (On sabbatical) With the help of the Lord and a lot of other people, Heather founded Tree of Life in 2012. Heather is passionate about helping the church fulfill its mission to go to all the peoples baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and teaching them all that Jesus commanded. She loves to watch the Holy Spirit form bonds of love within the church between people who would otherwise be unlikely to know one another and to help the church do mission and evangelism as the church. Heather also cares deeply about brining healing and reconciling power of Jesus into the wounds of abuse, abuse, trauma, rejection and division She counts it a great privilege to help others discover the healing love of Christ in those areas.
Heather is married to a Bible Professor named Justus Ghormley and is mom to three wonderful kids. Before moving to South Bend, Heather attended Wheaton College, IL and Yale Divinity School, CT and spent a lot of time in missions and urban ministry.
Email: heather.ghormley@gmail.com
Phone: (574) 217-3898
Heather is married to a Bible Professor named Justus Ghormley and is mom to three wonderful kids. Before moving to South Bend, Heather attended Wheaton College, IL and Yale Divinity School, CT and spent a lot of time in missions and urban ministry.
Email: heather.ghormley@gmail.com
Phone: (574) 217-3898
Pastor Leslie Fairfield, Assisting Priest (Sunday Supply) "Les" was a founding professor at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania where he taught and raised up church leaders for many years. He and his wife Lynn now live in Goshen, Indiana where they are busy being grandparents and continuing to serve the Lord in many ways.
Deacon Brad Miller, Deacon, Brad serves both as a deacon and as one of our high school youth ministers. During the day Brad works as a financial planner. He often volunteers his financial planning services with many of our low-income members and immigration clinic clients.
Brad is married to Rima. He is a graduate of Bethel College, Mishawaka and originally from Fort Wayne, IN.
Brad is married to Rima. He is a graduate of Bethel College, Mishawaka and originally from Fort Wayne, IN.
Lynn Wade, Acting Director of the Tree of Life Immigration Legal-Aid Clinic In 2017 Lynn earned partial certification from the Department of Justice to act as a representative for immigrants to USCIS. She has a passion for people from other cultures and does a fantastic job advocating for our clients.
In addtion to serving at Tree of Life, Lynn works for the adult education branch of the Niles Public School System and teaches English as second langauge. She is deeply engaged in all kinds of social issues, especially those that affect immigrants.
Lynn is mother to a wonderful daughter. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University and originally from Buchanan, MI.
Email: treeoflifelegalaid@gmail.com
Phone: (574) 307-0561
In addtion to serving at Tree of Life, Lynn works for the adult education branch of the Niles Public School System and teaches English as second langauge. She is deeply engaged in all kinds of social issues, especially those that affect immigrants.
Lynn is mother to a wonderful daughter. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University and originally from Buchanan, MI.
Email: treeoflifelegalaid@gmail.com
Phone: (574) 307-0561
Justus Ghormley, Worship Arts Coordinator Justus loves to get the whole congregation involved in the worship of God and to learn the musical gifts and styles among our congregants. When he's not leading worship, Justus works as the Assistant Director to the Moreau College at Westville Prison.
He is married to Pastor Heather and a dad to their kids.
He is married to Pastor Heather and a dad to their kids.
Kathryn Quirk Bobbs, Ministry Coordinator Kathryn works behind the scenes with the Mission Team to help keep things trucking along at Tree of Life! Formally from Mishawaka, she currently resides in Kokomo, IN with her husband, Alex, their daughter, Zelda, and their three cats.
Mission Team/ Vestry
Stephen Mndalila, Warden
Dale Ingles, Treasurer
Debbie Bradley Debbie graduated from Grace College. She spent nine years working with elementary school children in the areas of special education and music before becoming a stay at home mom. She is married to Eric.
Diocese and Affiliation
Tree of Life Anglican Church ministers as part of the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes in the Anglican Church of North America.