Ernie Morales
Lead Pastor
Ernie has been in full-time ministry for over 20 years. He has led as a pastor in many areas of the church including children's, youth, outreach, missions, teaching, etc.
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​He is passionate about scripture and seeing lives changed by Jesus. He has a passion for leadership and loves to develop others. He has a Master's degree from Fidelis International Seminary.
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Ernie is married to his beautiful wife Becky and his daughter Zoe who is in her final year of college.
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Hobbies: Ernie loves spending time with his wife and friends, watching sports, and loves to laugh.
Heather Piper
Associate Pastor
Heather Piper was born in Munster, Germany, raised in Glasgow, Scotland, and then moved to Coventry, England. As an adult, Heather and her five children lived in Trollhattan, Sweden for 15 years, & Shanghai, China for 6 years.
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Heather has been participating in ministry for over twenty years. She started a women's groups for international women in Sweden, led children's Sunday school classes, bible studies, and worked with students with learning difficulties. Heather moved to Palo Alto in 2016, and jumped right in helping at PAFCC! In her role as Associate Pastor, Heather leads our women's ministry, fellowship events, and other pastoral responsibilities.
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Heather is passionate about people becoming free to be all they were designed to be. She hopes to help break off the restraints people feel because of past traumas or lies that they have believed. Her heart is to see people healed, whole, and confident in their uniqueness.
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Some of Heather's favorite bible verses are Exodus 23:20, Deuteronomy 31:6, and Isaiah 46:9-11. These scriptures always remind her that God has a plan, it will happen, He will always show us the way, and I can trust that He has it all covered.
In her free time, you can find Heather cooking, baking, feeding people, cycling, walking out in nature, reading, or traveling.
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