NEW HOPE - Key Persons


Chella Maldonado

Job Titles:
  • Custodian

Deanna Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Business Administrator

Dee Carlson


Larry Williams


Margaret Murphy


Marvin Fann


Sarah Miller

Job Titles:
  • Lead Pastor

Susan White

Job Titles:
  • Counselor
BIO Susan graduated from Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN in 2002 with a Masters of Arts degree in Counseling. She is a licensed as a marriage and family therapist in the state of Indiana and in Michigan. Susan maintains a clinical membership in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and is also a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. Her specialty areas include the marital relationship and whole family struggles, integration of business and family life, women's issues and life adjustment challenges. In addition to counseling at the Beacon of Hope, Susan maintains a private practice in Michigan, and serves as an adjunct professor at Bethel College. For over thirty -five years, Susan and her husband have owned and managed a business together while raising their five children. Her family attends Porter Baptist Church where Susan sings in the choir, facilitates women's group ministries, and leads a class for teens.