Senior Pastor David Delaria

and his wife, Joie

        Senior Pastor David A. Delaria was born in 1942 in Akron, Ohio, grew up there, graduated from high school, and lived there for many years. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1960, spent four years with them, which included a Mediterranean Cruise. (This was not a vacation cruise.)  While still in the Navy, he met and married Betty Zinn, who is called "Joie" and is also from Akron, nearly forty-one years ago. They have two sons, five grandchildren and they are uncle and aunt to many of our church families.

        He worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company until God literally called him to the ministry.  They packed up and moved to Prescott, Arizona in 1972. In August of 1973, he was appointed pastor of the Church of God in Boulder City, and then to Henderson in August of 1977.

        Pastor David has been a pastor for thirty years and pastor of Giving Life Ministries for twenty-five years.

Associate Pastor John Bagwell

 and his wife, June

        Associate Pastor John Bagwell was born in 1948 in southeast Missouri. Twelve years later he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, graduated high school and joined the U.S. Army. He served one year in Vietnam.  In the last months of service, he met June in Colorado Springs while she was on vacation at her uncle's home. He was pastor of a local church there.

        June, truly a farm gal, was born and raised in Story City, Iowa, which is ten miles north of Ames. She married Pastor John in 1970.  They have two married daughters, one son and four grandkids. 

        Pastor John has done a multitude of jobs, mainly in the mortgage and financing industry.  They met Pastor Dave and Joie in Prescott, Arizona in 1972 and have been with them ever since.  John finally became full time Associate Pastor in 1995 and serves as the Emergency Assistance Director.  He enjoys golf, fishing (not good at either) and most all sports.

        June, being from the farm, loves animals, gardening and mainly her grandchildren.

Children's Directors Rick Whittaker

and his wife, Edwina

       Rick Whitaker and his wife Edwina, are the directors of our children in Giving Life Ministries. Rick was born in Paintsville, Kentucky and  raised in Alexandria, Virginia. After high school, he moved to San Diego and there obtained an Associate of Arts Degree in Business Management.  While in college, he also studied golf to be a Club House Teaching Pro. After college, Rick worked as a area manager for Gemco, when he transferred to Las Vegas in 1980.  He is now an Assistant Manager at Costco. His hobbies are golf, coaching Little League, and more golf.

        Edwina has been all over the world, literally. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and raised in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, then finally Story City, Iowa. (If you are wondering, yes, her father was in the United States Air Force.) She has an Associate of Arts Degree in Computer Science from a college in Des Moines. She moved to Henderson in 1979.  She worked for Manpower, then  Centel Phone Company for fifteen years after that.  Today, she teaches her children at home, works at City of Henderson Safe Key program, and part-time at Robinsons May.  Her hobbies are crafts, scrap booking, gardening and music.

        Rick and Edwina were married in 1982 and have 3 sons.

Praise & Worship Leader,

Dave Delaria Jr.

      Dave Delaria Jr. was born in Akron Ohio in 1963 and moved with his parents to Prescott, AZ, then to Boulder City in 1973 where he graduated from Basic High School in 1981. He has an Associates of Science in Biblical Studies from Tomlinson College. He has had many jobs but is now presently, a talented goldsmith. (God given)  He and his brother, Jeff, are owners of Delaria Brothers Goldsmiths, a business established eight years ago. Together, they have over twenty years of experience in this field.

      Dave, a talented musician, plays the trombone, bass guitar, guitar, and the piano. He is a wonderful singer and leads us in our worship at our local church.

      He met and married Teresa Keplinger, a native Nevadan. They have been married eighteen years and have three daughters and one son. They have spent a few years in the mission field serving in Mexico at a local orphanage there, helping to teach and train abandoned children.

      There is not much Dave does not enjoy. He spends his spare time fishing, golfing, sand-dune railing, camping, watching and playing most all sports.