OUR LEADERSHIP
Ken Wood
Senior Pastor
In 2010, Ken was appointed as the Sr. Pastor, and has been pursuing a vision to see our church be the visible demonstration of God’s Love and Grace ever since. Ken and his wife Amy met in the Youth Group at this church back in 1991. Ken graduated from Southwestern College (now Arizona Christian University) and served as youth pastor at churches in Phoenix, AZ and Leander, TX. He moved back to Pueblo in 2005 to be the Youth Pastor at Temple Baptist. Ken enjoys spending time on his mountain bike, being in the mountains, and literally anything with his family, even trips to the grocery store.
Chance Rodriquez
Family/Discipleship Pastor
In 2024, Chance joined our team as the Discipleship/Family Pastor after he served with Fellowship of Christian Athletes in the Greater Pueblo area as the director from 2020-24. He is married to Kelsey Rodriquez who loves working with FCA at CSU-Pueblo and discipling girls through FCA. He has two boys and hopes to continue to grow his family. He grew up in the church but really came to understand the gospel in college by being discipled by a local church planter and a couple other men. They helped him understand that none are good and God is holy and the only way to be right with God is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 2:8-9) He is passionate about biblical counseling, seeing believers grow in their walk with Christ, be discipled, disciple, and to see parents/families equipped to do discipleship in their homes. Chance likes to compete in sports, watch sports, exercising, and having people over to their house. Kelsey works as a nurse part-time, and loves to be active, connect with people, and raise their kids.
Holly Hoch
Children's Ministry
Holly Hoch recently joined The Avenue family and now serves as our Children’s Ministry Director. She has a deep love for helping children learn about Jesus and is passionate about nurturing their faith in meaningful ways. Holly’s heart is to lead children’s hearts to Christ with wisdom and creativity. When she’s not serving, she enjoys gardening, crocheting, and spending time with her twenty-two grandchildren.
Administrative Assistant
In August 2016, Barbara joined our Church Staff. Barbara and her husband, John, moved to Pueblo “officially” in April 2014 from Broomfield, CO to be near their oldest son and his family. Prior to moving to Pueblo, they lived in Panama where John worked for 5 years. John and Barbara have three adult children – Christopher, Jeremy, Valerie, two beautiful daughter-in-laws, and eleven grandchildren. Barbara has served on staff as an administrative assistant at a large Baptist church in Denver as well as in various other ministries. Barbara and John enjoy spending time together hiking, biking, fishing, camping, skiing.
Ministry Coordinator
Erinbeth, a Pueblo native and alumna of County High School, raised her two daughters with Pueblo traditions. Now, she takes pleasure in passing on these traditions to her grandchildren. Erinbeth has been a member of The Avenue since 2013; as the Ministry Coordinator she is responsible for ensuring everyone who wants to find a place is well-informed about what is happening here. Her aim is for everyone to deepen their connection with Jesus through engagement and community involvement. When she's not busy with her role, Erinbeth adores spending time with her family, savoring a cup of coffee, getting crafty with sewing and cozying up to Christmas movies.
DEACONS
The Deacon Ministry of The Avenue Church functions to assist the Elders in leading the church primarily in personal care and discipleship of it's members.
Brian & Melody Thomas
Graham & Kali Hoch
TRUSTEES
The Trustee Board at the Avenue oversees the physical property of the church. These individuals maintain and improve our material space so that it can be a place where people encounter the love of Jesus. Our current board consists of:
Michael Galli
Bob Wood
Jeff Lytle
Bennie Addington
Nate Smith