Leadership & Staff
“We’re here, we care.”
Intern Workers
Interns are members of Grace Harbor Church who have both the time and desire to serve and care for the church. They often are part of our Re:Build Discipleship Program, and are learning God’s word and how to minister to others.
Urban Missionaries
Urban Missionaries serve both our church and our city. In our church they can be found discipling new believers, preparing for our weekly gatherings, and meeting with members. To our city, they seek to be positive role models, faithful friends, and evangelists in the neighborhoods that they live. All Urban Missionaries are support-raised funded.
Carrie Selby
Women’s Worker/Urban Missionary
Carrie is in her 60s, and while most other people her age are preparing for retirement, she did the unthinkable: she sold her belongings, left family, and moved across the country for the Gospel. Why? Because life isn’t just about serving ourselves, it’s about serving others. Just because someone is retirement age doesn’t mean they get to stop serving. They can walk alongside someone and be a friend. They can speak the hope of the gospel to someone that has no hope. They can listen when they want to talk. They can communicate that they are known and loved by God. It’s pretty simple, actually. God has equipped Carrie in the most simple of ways and has given her both new life and new direction. He has equipped her to do the job he has set before her. She is giving my life to the people of New Bedford, because they need to know the love of Christ. If no one tells them, how will they ever know?
If you would like to financially support Carrie, please join her Support Team.
Jamie Wynn
Urban Missionary
Jamie was born and raised just outside of Atlanta, Ga. Thankfully, he grew up in a Christian home that truly loved the Lord. Jesus radically saved him the summer following his freshman year of high school while attending a youth event with a friend's church. He met his wife Cara the summer after high school. They have been married since 2006 and have three wonderful children - Bryson, Owen, and Annistyn. He completed a Masters in Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2014. In the Summer of 2023, after serving nine years on staff as a Student Pastor and Missions Pastor in Douglasville, he joined the staff of Grace Harbor Church.
If you would like to financially support Jamie, please join his Support Team.
Jess Proudfoot
woMen’s Worker/Urban Missionary
Jess was born and raised in Massachusetts. The Lord grabbed hold of her heart a young age and has never let her go. Jess has a bachelor’s degree in Christian Education from Nyack College, and is passionate about biblical literacy for all ages. She has been married to Morgan for 20 years and has spent most of those years raising and homeschooling their amazing children.
If you would like to financially support Jess, please join her Support Team.
EVAN WEST Urban Missionary
Evan was born in and spent most of his life in Florida. He knew the Lord from an early age but was faced with difficulties that caused him to question what it meant to be a Christian. Through God’s faithfulness, Evan’s faith was deepend and he felt the Lord’s call to full-time ministry. He has a degree in youth ministry, and a Master’s degree in Ministry Leadership. He married his wife Chelsea in 2018 and they have two boys, Olan and Ezra. They moved their lives to New Bedford in 2021, and joined the staff of Grace Harbor in 2022.
If you would like to financially support Evan, please join his Support Team.
JESSE DANNER CHURCH PLANTING RESIDENT
Jesse was born and raised in North Carolina. He is blessed to have parents who are Christ-followers and spent the better half of their lives serving Jesus in full-time ministry. God poured out his gracious saving grace on Jesse’s life at 9. His parents and others invested countless hours in his discipleship and growth. He is married to Carrie. They met at a Camp Caswell, serving as part of the summer staff, and were married in 2008. They have one son, Bryson, and two daughters, Carsie Grace and Lawrence Rae. He is finishing a Master’s in Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In the summer of 2024, Jesse joined the staff of Grace Harbor Church.
If you would like to financially support Jesse, please join his Support Team.
Deacons
Deacons are men and women in the church who serve and uphold the ministry of the word and prayer by freeing the elders up to do devote themselves to the ministry of the word and prayer. Deacons and deaconesses do this by giving oversight to particular ministries and in so doing protect the unity of the church (Acts 6:1-4).
Kat Izzi
DEACON OF ADMINISTRATION
Kat grew up in Southern New Jersey, surrounded by farms, suburban wealth, and more pizzerias than you can count. Her parents were believers, and so she went to every church service. After spending her childhood following the rules and checking off the boxes of Christianity, God used two youth leaders who talked about the gospel constantly to allow her to see her need for Him, and she gave her life fully to Christ. She studied Culinary Arts in college, but she has mostly worked as a bartender, which God has used tremendously to hone her people skills. Their family’s decision to move to New Bedford was a slow one; but the Holy Spirit faithfully softened their hearts and gave them a love for this gospel-starved city. Kat and her husband Anthony married in 2020 and have a one year old son, Elias.
If you would like to financially support Kat, please join her Support Team.
DIANA DESMARais
DEACON OF HOSPITALITY
Diana was born and raised in a Catholic Portuguese family in New Bedford. She and her husband Steve recently celebrated 25 years of marriage and have two adult children, Keenan and Makenzie. Diana came to know Christ in her late twenties, after facing many hardships and trials. Since growing in her faith, her desire to serve and care for others as Christ has for her has developed into a big passion. In her role as the Deacon of Hospitality, she is responsible for different events that take place at Grace Harbor, as well as making sure that the building is cleaned and rightly ordered!
JESS PROUDFOOT
DEACON OF WOMEN’S MINISTRy
Jess was born and raised in Massachusetts. The Lord grabbed hold of her heart a young age and has never let her go. Jess has a bachelor’s degree in Christian Education from Nyack College, and is passionate about biblical literacy for all ages. She has been married to Morgan for 20 years and has spent most of those years raising and homeschooling their amazing children.
If you would like to financially support Jess, please join her Support Team.
CHELSEA WEST
DEACON OF FINANCE
Chelsea grew up as a military brat and didn't spend a significant amount of time anywhere until high school when her dad retired in Alabama. She knew the Lord from an early age and was always in church when the doors were open. Church life proved difficult as imperfect people led to imperfect churches, but the Lord was faithful to her. In 2016, she met her spouse in college and they felt the call to full-time ministry. She has a degree in youth ministry, and a Master’s degree in Biblical Counseling & Christian Education. She married her husband Evan in 2018 and they have two boys, Olan and Ezra. They moved their lives to New Bedford in 2021, and joined the staff of Grace Harbor in 2022.
Elders/Pastors
Elders/Pastors, are men in the church who, according to scripture, are to devote themselves to the ministry of the word and prayer (Acts 6:4). The qualifications for men called to serve the church in this way are laid out in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
Morgan proudfoot
lead pastor
Morgan and his wife, Jess, along with their 5 kids, 1 grandson, have deep New England roots. Though Morgan originally grew up in inner-city Seattle, most of their family is in New England. Since being married 20 years ago, Morgan has served at a couple of small churches, planted a church in Pittsburgh in 2007, and then served on staff at The Village Church. Most recently their family made one last and final move back home in August 2018 to New Bedford, Massachusetts to plant and establish a new church in the city. Morgan has a degree in Sociology from Edinboro University, and is finishing his M.Div from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Their family lives in the West End of New Bedford.
If you would like to financially support Morgan, please join his Support Team.
Luke Callender
associate Pastor
Luke was born and raised in Texas and heard the scriptures preached faithfully from and early age. He heard the gospel at children's camp and submitted to the Lordship of Jesus. While pursuing a career as a musician and completing a degree from the University of North Texas, Luke began working at the Denton County Jail, eventually becoming the Chaplain where he served for 7 years. During his time as Chaplain, Luke began seminary where the Lord called him to pastoral ministry and birthed in him a burden and love for New England. Luke and his wife Dominee prayed for years asking the Lord where He would send them. The Lord answered these prayers in early 2018. In February of that year, Luke and Dom, along with their three sons Augustus, Rufus, and Virgil moved into a house in the same neighborhood as Grace Harbor Church. In 2018, Luke completed a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
If you would like to financially support Luke, please join his Support Team.