Jody Dietel
Business Administrator
Jody Dietel serves as our Business Administrator and oversees all Operations, including Finance, Facilities, Human Resources (HR) and Payroll, Information Technology (IT), Security, and the Holy Grounds Café. She’s attended Emmanuel Faith since 2001.
You’ll often see Jody singing in the Classic Worship service and at Worship nights. Jody lives in Escondido in the Harmony Grove area.
Mike Goulet
Pastor of Congregational Care & Senior Adults
We're pleased to welcome Mike Goulet to our staff in a "caring-for-the-congregation" pastoral ministry role. Mike brings many years of experience and ministering with and to people to this role.
Luke B.
Luke joined our staff in the summer of 2020, coming over to our staff from another local Southern California church. Luke brings a passionate heart for ministry, and a solid background of both community and global outreach to our church family.
Cheri Wright
Cheri Wright serves as our Communications Director and oversees our various communications-related efforts including overall church and event promotions, social media, the printing and graphics team, and graphics/creative project management. She’s attended Emmanuel Faith since 1973 and her 2 children also grew up attending the children’s and youth programs here. She and her husband, Dave, live in Valley Center.
Nate Keating
Nate was born and raised in San Diego and Jesus found him when he was 15 years old on a camping trip. The Holy Spirit spoke through the words of Jesus in John 6:35 which says, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
Nate has an extensive career in both ministry and business. He has a strong passion for the areas of worship and creative arts, but especially songwriting and production and loves seeing others walk and grow in their gifting. As our Modern Worship & Creative Director, Nate oversees our Modern Worship and our Creative initiatives.
He also loves spending time adventuring with his wife and two boys. When he's not at church, you can find him and his family creating lifelong memories somewhere around the world.
Randy Carter
Randy was born in Los Angeles, California. He was called to North County San Diego in 2003 to serve in a ministry where he was Maintenance Director for eight years, and then Food Service Director for seven years.
He has since become a part of the Emmanuel Faith team, joining the staff in 2017. However, his true passion is coaching and leading men to know and walk with Christ.
Randy is happily married to his wife of 26 years, Jennifer. They have two daughters, Jorgie and Tommie, and reside in San Marcos, Calif.
Lynette Fuson
Lynette was born and raised in Escondido, and grew up attending Emmanuel Faith. She has a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish from Wheaton College as well as a Certificate in Spiritual Direction.
Josh Rose
Husband of Beth and proud father of Caleb, Alli and Josiah, Josh was born and raised in Pasadena, CA. Josh’s spiritual journey began at a young age, but it wasn’t until high school, through the ministry of Young Life, that he made the decision to follow Jesus.
Scott Smith
Born and raised in Alta Loma, CA, Scott came to San Diego to attend UCSD. After graduating with a degree in Economics and a minor in Political Science, he entered the work world for ten years before entering vocational ministry.