Rev. Dr. Phil Hoyer
Lead Pastor, Worship and Music, and Congregational Care

Pastor Phil has been this church’s Worship Pastor since May 2000.  He has over thirty years of experience in leading worship.  Since coming here, he has expanded and developed the church’s choir, orchestra, children’s choir, and other musical ensembles. He also leads several small groups. Pastor Phil has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Church Music and a Doctorate of Worship Studies from the Robert Webber Institute for Worship Studies.  He and his wife, Susan, have three adult children and three grandchildren. [Email]

Saskia van Leeuwen
Director of Children’s Ministry

Saskia has worked with children since she came to the Lord in her high school years. During college, she attended Lake Avenue Congregational Church and was mentored there for six years in Children’s ministries. She served as a volunteer and paid summer staff there. After moving to Orange County, she served on summer staff at Mariners Church and continued an education in Volunteer Management at CSLB. She has written curriculum, planned, organized and run weekend church camps for six different churches over a 20 year period. Some of the children she taught came back in later years to be helpers. Wednesday Night clubs have also been a highlight for Saskia. She was involved with Pioneer clubs at EV Free Church of Fullerton and started a Pioneer club program at Calvary Church Newport Mesa. A move to San Diego County brought Saskia to CCC where she got involved with the Wednesday club program and Sunday School as a lay person. In January of 2001 she began her position at CCC as Director of Children’s ministries. [Email]


Arv Trostrud
Director of Missions and Evangelism

Arv and his wife, Beverlee, have been members of CCC since 1980.  He began believing in Jesus Christ as a child attending a Congregational church in Minnesota.  He made a confession of salvation as a teenager at a Christian-Missionary Alliance church in Santa Monica.  It was in 1978, after the intervening years of military service, university and industry, that he rededicated his life and acknowledged Jesus Christ as Lord as well as Savior.  He has served on the Missions Team for some 16 years, off & on, since 1986 and has been active with Evangelism Explosion (EE) for 3 years being EE Clinic certified Jan 2007.  He served on the CCC Long Range Planning Committee in 1984-1986, taught adult Sunday school classes, led a growth group and served as an Elder on three separate terms, led the mid-week Praise & Prayer group for 20 years and now, on a volunteer basis, he has been appointed Director of Missions and Evangelism by the Board of Elders. He holds a BSEE (Cal, Berkeley), an MBA (National) and studied at Westminster. He retired in 2002 from his career in aerospace engineering.  [Email]

Sam Harrell
Director of Student Ministry

Sam Harrell’s passion is to see the beauty and truth of the gospel transform lives for the glory of Jesus’ name.  He came to Christ in 1997 at age 20, and originally began attending Carlsbad Community Church as a member of the college group.  Sam is a graduate of Biola University and has been studying the Word and serving in ministry since 1999.  As the Director of Student Ministries, he disciples those in our College, High School, and Junior High groups.  He also works to create gospel based discipleship groups.  His wife, Chris, sings in our choir and assists in leading the Worship team.  Sam, Chris, and their boys Isaac and Joshua live in Oceanside. [Email]

Bill Nix
Director of Business Administraion

William (Bill) Nix joined Carlsbad Community Church in 1999.  He accepted Jesus as his savior when he was 20 years old and was baptized at Rice Temple Baptist Church in Houston Texas.  He and his wife Louise have three children and seven grandchildren.  Bill graduated from the University of Houston Texas with a degree in Business with a major in Finance.  His career was in the health care field.  He was CFO at Stanford Medical Center, Chief Operating Officer at UCLA Hospital and clinics; founder of William Nix Associates, Hospital Consultants, and Executive Director of Valley Medical Center.  Bill has been the Director of Business Administration at CCC since June of 2009. [Email]