Meet the Staff
Senior Pastors
Adam and Michelle Bernal
Adam Bernal, Co-founder and Senior Pastor of Jubilee Bridge Church. He’s been in full time ministry for 30 yrs in numerous different capacities. His desire is to bring an exciting church experience every week to all who attend and/or watch online. With humor and a vast Bible knowledge he tries to bring the Word of God alive and allow each person to experience God in a new way.
Pastor Michelle Bernal pastors Jubilee Bridge Church with her Husband, Adam Bernal, in Morgan Hill, Ca. She has a heart for the lost and loves connecting with women and discussing God. In addition, she has a missionary heart and has 17 Leprosy colonies in India, where she provides medical supplies, treatment, and food to over seventeen hundred Hansens Patients. She loves the prophetic and lives a supernatural lifestyle. She is passionate towards the Move of God and seeks after God's Heart.
John and Hannah
Keller
John Keller has been on staff since 2022, working as the head of sound & lighting here at Jubilee Bridge. John is also one of the care pastors for 2023 along side his wife Hannah. Johns personal walk with God and life in general is that there is no final destination or prize but an evolving journey and adventure that deepens his relationship with Him every step.
Hannah Bernal-Keller started to work for Jubilee Bridge in 2021 after finishing college at Grand Canyon University. She takes on a variety of roles here at the bridge. Some including designing website, maintaining the JBMH app, teaching, and hosting services weekly. Hannahs' walk with the Lord has always been strong but over this past year God has opened new doors and opportunities to grow. Hannah loves her job and for the main reason of it glorifies God.
Jessica Heilman
Jessica is an assistant to Senior Pastors at The Bridge. One passion of her is working with the Heartistry Creative Arts Ministry. Jessica is a mother of 7 beautiful children, loving wife and good friend! Jessica's heart is to teach and encourage one another creatively - on point and on purpose! She have a passion for developing wholeness in families and marriages!
Scott and Kellie
Hubbard
Scott is a Care Pastor and employee here at Jubilee Bridge. Graduated from Bethany bible college in 1986 with an AA in Business management and a BA in Communication Arts. Scott married a gorgeous red head in 1989, they now have two children, Ian and Katie. He has a heart for people, young adults, marriages, and expressing God’s love by hosting people. He is involved with the Iron Men, 9th Hour of Prayer and bookkeeping at Jubilee Bridge. Scott is honored to be apart and very invested in the Jubilee Bridge family.
Kellie is a Care Pastor alongside her husband Scott. A sassy red head who has sold Pampered Chef, opened a daycare for several years, was a baker for Monta Vista School, took culinary arts classes in Junior College, home schooled their two kids, sang on the church worship team and high school choirs, and currently owns her own staging business called, Dress Your Nest Home. Kellie is very involved at JBMH with Girls on Fire, Heartistry, and 9th Hour of Prayer. Kellie loves to be apart of Jubilee Bridge and loves being with a church family who support her.
Jacqueline Garcia-Castrillo
Jackie is our Pastor and Director over Children’s Ministry, she loves God and has a heart for His children. She enjoys connecting with families and partnering with them to build the first foundations of faith for the next generations to come. She has completed 2 years of Bible College and has been working in children’s ministry for 12 years and with each passing year she is even more grateful and thankful for the opportunity to create a place for kids to connect and grow their faith.
Christopher Noah
Flores
Christopher, who goes by Noah at the Bridge. Has been a lifetime member of the Jubilee Christian Center and Jubilee Bridge family. He overseas the media department and is invested in Fuel young adults ministry. He gave his life to Christ at the age of 18 and hopes to use his talents to glorify God!
Sonia
Garcia-Rodriguez
Sonia has been a part of the Jubilee Family since her teenage years. Since the opening of the bridge, she became the Administrative lead to our head Pastors, Event Coordinator, and is always placed where she is needed. “A woman of all trades”. Sonia’s love for people speaks for itself. Her heart to serve and care for others is a gift given by God to be a light to many lives.
Care Pastors
Harold
Anderson
Harold Anderson was raised in an abusive home environment which drove him to be a better father and husband. He decided to give his heart and life to Christ in 2002 and has a heart to minister to young people through the power of his testimony. He is the Pastor for our Ignite and Ablaze Jr high and High School Ministry today.
Juanita
Bernal
Juanita was saved in 1980 during a marriage crisis caused by verbal abuse and her husband’s alcoholism. Her husband reached out to her brother Dick for spiritual help who was fresh back from Bible College. As a result the marriage was saved. Juanita learned to do battles against the enemy, the devil, instead of fighting her husband Ed. A Bible study in Juanita’s home led to the founding of Jubilee Christian Center by her brother Pastor Dick Bernal and his wife Carol Bernal. Juanita quit real Estate career to go into ministry in 1990 and still actively teaching and ministering to this day as a part of Jubilee Bridge Church.
Margaret E.
Deemer
Margaret gave her heart to the Lord in 1985 and filled with the Spirit on the same night. She was hungry to know more about God so she enrolled in Faith Bible College (Jubilee Bible College) and she graduated in 1987. God’s anointing was activated when she prays for people and she began to discovered the spiritual gifts she flows in - word of knowledge, discernment and healing. Margaret serve as a care pastor and leads a women’s life group at JBMH. Margaret serves because she loves God and wants to help people who are searching for God, who want to know Him more, who want to be healed and delivered. Her personal goal is to fulfill what God has called her to do and be a vessel for His purpose.
Irma
Ellis
Irma Ellis is a Care Pastor at JBMH. Born and raised in San Jose, Irma accepted God into her life in 1983 and has loved every minute of her spiritual journey. Irma graduated from Northern California Bible College and the School of Supernatural where she learned to harness her love and experience the Bible as an instrument to help others. In particular, she is motivated to helping and encouraging women through their own journey in life. God has blessed Irma with discernment, teaching and the love of the Bible. She is involved with the Girls on Fire, 9th hours of prayer and helps out in the café. Irma has been married to her best friend for 48 years, and has been blessed with three children and six grandchildren. She is an avid reader, loves to travel and loves meeting people.
Virginia (Gini)
Froehling
Virginia gave her life to the Lord in 1987. She decided to attend Jubilee’s Bible College in the early 90’s to get a strong foundation of the word. Virginia has the gift of administration, and she is an intercessor and teacher and has moved in the prophetic. She enjoys counseling and mentoring women wanting to grow in their relationship with the Lord. Over the years she has served in Children's & Women’s ministry, Life Groups, Encounters, and the Prayer team. Virginia loves teaching and sharing the good news to anyone who has ears to hear.
Cindi
Gonsalves-Edwards
Cindi has been given the gift of encouragement! Cindi knows God has assigned her to help develop a greater faith for those struggling with life challenges. Cindi does this through Girls on Fire and 9th Hour of prayer ministry here at the bridge. The Lord has carried Cindi through some of the hardest of times and she know God will move to give you victory too!
Tavita
Kenoly
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Sonya
Mancera
Sonya’s relationship with God is always growing. He makes her feel secure as a Child of God and speaks loudly to move when she need it the most. He allows her to have a positive outlook in life. Sonya uses her gifts in many ministries here at JBMH, which include Girls on Fire, Heartistry, Fuel, and Media. Sonya love being a part of this tight knit church family. "Serving gives me a sense of worth and I know it pleases God." Sonya's heart warms up when she get to see our congregation joyful and filled. Her personal goal as a care pastor is to be a role model for the young adults along with encouraging our congregation to grow strong in the Lord.
George
Pritchard
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Carol
Thornton
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Chris and Michele
Merritt
Chris and Michele are honored to be care pastors and participants of the intercessory prayer team at Jubilee Bridge. Parents of 4 wonderful children (all young adults now) and 2 precious grandchildren. Chris and Michele have the heart to see couples and families reconciled, strengthen their relationship with God and walk in their destiny. Michele loves to watch God move in peoples lives through prayer, encouragement and hope. As she has battled her own health journey, she enjoys inspiring and bringing hope to others in their walk through life. Chris has a passion to uplift Christian business men in their community. Chris and Michele are fired up to help usher in the presence of God for individuals, families and into the church.
Evey
Vallacqua
Evey is on the Intercessory Prayer Team and assist with hospice/bereavement related care situations at The Bridge. Mother, wife and grandmother of 3. Also, works for a local hospice care agency supporting both volunteer training and bereavement services. “Having this compassionate spirit to serve and assist the dying is a privilege as well as an honor." Evey is so grateful to be given this opportunity to support our amazing Jubilee Bridge family!
Fred and Carmen
Romero
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Isaac and Rebecca
Periyasamy
Isaac was raised by a Godly mother, He gave his life to Christ at the age 24 years old. It's been 24 years since that day and Isaac is filled with gratitude for His never failing faithfulness. Isaac’s gifts are to serve and to teach. Isaac’s initial calling is to be a facilitator, which made him get involved as an usher with his base verse as in Psalms 84:10. Isaac also likes to encourage people, teaching and pointing them to His promises found in His Word. Isaac’s goal is to see more people seek the Lord more through His Word.
Rebecca is a Fourth Generation Christian and great granddaughter of a Pastor of a Church in South India. She was raised in a pentecostal church. Her parents and her grandmother were instrumental in the growth of her spiritual life. She dedicated her life to the Lord in an encounter with Him, when she was 14 years old and since then, had been involved in Children and youth ministries at my church in India. Rebecca loves to teach God's word to the youth. Encouraging and building up women/ families, in the Lord, is her passion too.She and her husband conduct a bible study group at home. Rebecca also serve at the youth ministry - 'Ignite and Ablaze' at JBMH.She serves to help raise up the next generation sons of the Lord and in the expansion of His Kingdom.