Pastor Rob is married to Mitali and is the proud father of Timothy and James. Rob received a B.S. in Chemistry and an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. He earned a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary while working as Director of University Ministries at Malibu Presbyterian Church. After his ordination, Rob and his family ministered in Asia for seven years. Between assignments in India and Thailand with the PC(USA), Rob enjoyed a call as pastor of Dhaka International Christian Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He returned to the States to serve as the Interim Senior Pastor at Malibu Presbyterian Church, and was installed as NPC’s fifteenth Senior Pastor in January 2001. Rob serves on the boards of The Outreach Foundation and the Institute for Christian Leadership, and earned his Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with a focus on preaching.

Favorite Authors: J. R. R. Tolkien, Susan Howatch, C. S. Lewis, Mitali Perkins

Favorite Quote: ”He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot

Favorite Food: Thai, Indian, Mexican

Favorite Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life

Favorite Musical:  Les Misérables

Favorite TV Shows: Football, baseball, basketball … and stuff I watch with my wife

Favorite Outdoor Activities: Golf, skiing, body surfing

Favorite Sports Teams: Red Sox, Patriots

Favorite Games: Bridge, StarCraft

Favorite Animals: Zipper (our Labrador Retriever)

Kevin credits the ministry of Young Life with introducing him to Jesus Christ and for nurturing him in his faith throughout his high school and teenage years. After a two-year stint on Young Life Staff, he came to NPC and served for seven years as the full time Youth Pastor.
In 1997 he left our staff and went to seminary at Gordon-Conwell. Several years, one degree and three children later, he returned to NPC, excited about serving God in a new way.
Kevin lives in Hudson with his wonderfully supportive wife, Debbie and their three adorable daughters — Mary, Elizabeth, and Erin. He has a heart to see churches thrive and become spiritually healthy, and serves as a part-time ministry associate for Return Ministries, which seeks to bring peace to conflicted churches. Kevin is an avid golfer who also loves to cook and play in his garden.
contact: kcampbell@newtonpres.org

Favorite Place: Tuscany

Favorite Quote: “Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen”—Mark Twain

Favorite Food: Anything Italian

Favorite TV Show(s): Iron Chef America, Medium

Favorite Movie(s): Black Hawk Down

Favorite Ice Cream:  raspberry chocolate chip from Kimball’s Farm

Favorite Singer(s)/Band(s): Rodney Adkins, Rascal Flats

Favorite Outdoor Activities: Golf, gardening

Favorite Cereal(s): Frosted mini-wheats

Favorite Sports Team(s): Red Sox

Favorite Drink(s): Diet coke and coffee

Favorite Game(s): Anything Wii

My wife Nici and I are the parents of three wonderful children, Daliya, Zachary, and Ilana. I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, and my wife comes from the country of Namibia in Southern Africa. We were married out in the middle of the desert in Namibia.  I was raised Jewish, and became a believer in Jesus while I was living in Israel about fifteen years ago.  We raise our children in both the Jewish and Christian worlds as my wife comes from a Jewish background as well.  I also have a ministry working with Jewish interfaith couples (www.celebratelife.us) and a book, Comfortably Jewish: Practical Ways To Enjoy Your Family Heritage.
I have a Doctorate in Marriage and Family Counseling and Masters of Divinity degrees from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Business/Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. I am also the teaching elder at a local Messianic Jewish Fellowship that meets the First Friday of each month at NPC (www.sarshalom.us).

Read how I became a believer in Jesus – “Jewish Buddhist finds Jesus”

Favorite Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis

Favorite Quote: “My God is alive and well.  Sorry to hear about yours.”

Favorite Food: Love ethnic food – Ethiopian, Thai, Mexican, you name it, I will eat it.

Favorite Ice Cream: Dastardly Mash – Ben and Jerry’s stopped making it about 10-15 years ago, and I still have not recovered.

Favorite Singer(s)/Band(s): James Taylor, Gypsy Kings

Favorite Outdoor Activities: Basketball and Playing with my kids

Favorite Sports Team(s):  Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox

Favorite Drink(s): Milk Shake, Coconut Water, Lassi

Nici Smith, Director of Women’s Ministries
Nici was born in the country of Namibia.  Her Jewish Grandparents came to Southern Africa having fled the Holocaust, and Nici became a believer in Jesus when she was sixteen.  Nici, her mother, and her grandparents actually all became believers in Jesus in the same year. Nici is married to Garrett (who is also on staff) and is the mother of three children, Zach, Daliya, and Ilana. Garrett and Nici served together as missionaries with Jews for Jesus for twelve years.  Here at Newton Pres, Nici is in charge of the Mom Connection and theThursday morning Bible study as well as overseeing all the Women’s ministries and hospitality.
Contact: nsmith@newtonpres.org

Favorite Book(s):(other than the Bible) Life Together – Dietrich Boenhoffer

Favorite Quote: ”I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10

Favorite Food: Thai

Favorite TV Show(s) TV only came to my country when I was 13 so honestly I don’t watch any TV. I just never get into it.

Favorite Movie(s): Nowhere in Africa, Sarafina

Favorite Ice Cream: ooo, I dunno any kind. I have a real sweet tooth.

Favorite Singer(s)/Band(s): Right now Casting Crowns

Favorite Outdoor Activities: Walking along the Charles River, chasing my kids around

Favorite Cereal(s): You can’t get it here, it’s an African cereal called matabella pap

Favorite Sports Team(s): The Red Sox

Favorite Drink(s): Latte

John grew up in Hartford, ME.  He lives with his wife Ellie and daughter Juliet in Newton.  He likes riding his bike, playing the guitar and reading free books on his Kindle.  John is also enrolled in seminary at Gordon-Conwell.
Contact: jmacleod@newtonpres.org

Favorite Book(s):(other than the Bible) Crazy Love by Chan, Mere Christianity by Lewis, The Stand by King.

Favorite Movie(s): Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark,

Favorite Band(s): John Mayer, Foo Fighters, Audioslave, Ray LaMontagne, Jimmy Eat World, Gavin DeGraw, Sojourn, Ineloquent.

Favorite Outdoor Activities: Basketball, tennis, biking

Favorite Game(s): Vintage video games –NES, SNES, Genesis; Settlers of Catan!

Bethany grew up in Waltham, Ma and is a 3rd generation NPC’er! She lives here in Newton with her husband Jeff and her boy/s Moses and  Jasper.  Bethany tends to wear a variety of hats through the day to day. She is an occupational therapist that LOVES to work with geriatrics. She has her own photography business (www.bethanycarnes.com) and she loves directing the worship band here at NPC. That all being said, her favorite “job” is raising her family.

Favorite Quote: “Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen”—Mark Twain

Favorite Food: Ice cream

Favorite Ice Cream:  Breyers Black Raspberry with Chocolate Chunks

Favorite Singer(s)/Band(s): U2, Chris Tomlin, The Ineloquent, Alison Krauss, Rascal Flatts, Bare Naked Ladies, Ben Folds

Favorite Outdoor Activities: Being on the water

Favorite Sports Team(s): Do you have to ask a New England girl?

Favorite Drink(s): Any form of COFFEE!