LEADERSHIP

Gabriel’s been passionately involved in creative arts for 20+ years. His heart lies in teaching people the value of pouring their gifts at Christ's feet and letting God do more than we could ever ask or imagine.

 

Gabriel has taught regionally, nationally and internationally at children's and creative ministry conferences and has also trained teams throughout Latin America. He was also a contributor for the 20th Anniversary I-Fest resource “It Works for Me!” He leads bilingual creative ministry services for special events at his church and serves on the church board as Secretary.

 

When he isn’t working or volunteering, he enjoys traveling, trying new foods, and flying on the trapeze.

Lynette Lee has been leading the iBlast Creative Ministry at Grace Church in Hummelstown, PA since 2017. She was previously an assistant director and served on the team alongside her son and daughter for many years.

 

A teacher by trade, Lynette is passionate about equipping the next generation to use their gifts for Christ. She is currently a teacher at a private Christian school in the Harrisburg, PA area. 

 

Lynette attended her first FCP National Conference in 2017 but was previously on the host team for One Way Street’s Harrisburg Regional Festival for several years. She has been serving as our Newsletter Editor since 2022, co-Director of FCP National’s Sprouts program since 2023, and was elected to the Board as Secretary in 2024.

Kristofer Sommerfeld is a respected puppeteer and puppet builder in the field of Christian Puppetry and teaches at international, national and regional conferences as well as “one-on-one – team training” for churches and ministries.

 

He is a master puppeteer as well as an advanced puppet designer/builder. He has been involved in puppetry, creative arts and children’s ministries for most of his life. His ministry experience began with kids camps, children’s church, school clubs, and YMCA preschool clubs.

 

His ultimate passion is for people to know the true Heart of God and His love for them. He loves to see God do the “impossible” and bring complete healing to people – body, soul and spirit – through Christ’s finished work on the cross and His resurrection.

 

Kristofer is currently serving as the Past President of the Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers organization and the Director of Evergreen Creative Ministries™.

Peter has been involved in puppet ministry and live theater for 40 years and very actively involved in ministry the last 15. He and his wife Laura are both puppeteers and served on a puppet ministry alongside their 3 (now grown!) children.

 

Peter is fond of alternative puppetry styles and has led workshops on shadow puppets, bunraku and beyond. He hopes to help FCP continue to grow and feels blessed to have this opportunity to serve as Vice President after years of attending National Conference and volunteering with the organization.

 

Peter lives in Colorado with his wife and has welcomed his first grandchild. 

Linda and her husband, Ray, directed the puppet ministry, “Patchwork” for over 35 years. They used puppets, props, blacklight and human visualizations to present the Kingship of our Lord Jesus Christ in a variety of settings.

 

Linda enjoys directing the choir in their Church, teaching the teen Sunday School Class, directing the next generation of of her ministry team-Patchwork Gen2, and singing on the Worship team.

 

She is a RN, retired as a System Director of Education/School of Nursing in Elmira, NY. She has presented programs on “Humor” for various Health Care facilities, ladies conferences, businesses and community organizations. She enjoys sparkling her world with Joy and Purple.