Administrative Assistants

aka Team Secretary

Krista and Janelle were both born and raised in Southern California.  They have been Adventist their whole lives, and members of the Eagle Rock SDA Church for over 25 years.  Their powers combined, this sibling duo makes up Team Secretary - the duct tape that holds the office together.  

Krista is the brains of the operation.  She’s the one to go to if you need someone who knows what’s going on.  She handles the human interaction and the thinking and stuff (yes, “thinking and stuff” is the main part of her actual job description).  In addition to keeping our office running, she is also a Sabbath School teacher, praise team member, Pathfinder leader and often acts the unofficial worship coordinator (plus all the other behind-the-scenes stuff we don’t even notice).  Her years of experience as an elementary teacher have taught her the patience to deal with children (and childish adults), which helps her tackle the aforementioned tasks.  She has two completely awesome, brilliant and wonderful human children (please note: while the writer does admit her bias, she stands by the validity of the statement) who are already helping at church, and her husband is also pretty awesome (but don’t tell him I said so).  She enjoys NASA trivia, chai lattes, quoting favorite childhood movies at/with her sister and volunteering at her children’s school (plus all the other stuff I can’t remember).

Janelle came on board in late 2020 and considers herself "the pandemic secretary."  She’s the one to go to if you need someone to do an impression of a deer in headlights (she's really good at that).  At the end of 2021, the world started to open up again and she realized just how much human interaction this job would actually require.  She immediately panicked and dragged her sister in to help ('cause Krista is much better at humans than she is – also, this really isn't a one-person job).  In early 2022 they agreed to officially share the administrative assistant job, and Team Secretary was born.  So, for the sake of their sanity, they split one "half-time" position.  Janelle has since happily relegated herself to the role of sidekick, offering moral support like only a little sister can (when she’s not hiding in a corner), fetching things for the other secretary and providing occasional comic relief (sometimes while hiding in a corner - she's a multitasker, that one).  She is responsible for a large portion of the office snark and is often clever and witty (mainly when no one is around to hear).  She enjoys singing at the top of her lungs (also when no one is around to hear), drinking coffee while staring off into space, quoting favorite childhood movies at/with her sister and hiding in a corner (plus all the other stuff I can’t remember).