2025 INSTRUCTORS
We are very excited about the team we're assembling for FCP National – and there's many more to come! Please keep them in prayer as they prepare to share with us throughout the week during devotions, workshops and performances. You may read their biography by clicking their image. This staffing list is tentative and may be subject to change.
Pastor Brett Belleque is the Director of Children's Ministry Resources for InFaith where he encourage, educates, and equips missionaries across the US who work directly with children. He is also known as "The Magical Mr. B" a Balloon Sculptor and Gospel Magician who delights children, adults and families at churches, libraries, community events.
Creative ministry has been Britney’s passion for over 30 years. She has been sharing her experiences and talents through workshops for the past decade at regional and national conferences. She co-directs the Celebration Puppeteers in Indiana and has passion for directing out-front pieces, using mime, rods, signing, and more.
Linda and her husband Ray directed the Patchwork puppet ministry for over 35 years. She now leads "Patchwork Gen 2," an intergenerational puppet ministry that presents the Kingship of Jesus Christ in a variety of settings with a variety of techniques! Linda's a registered nurse and retired as a System Director of Education for the School of Nursing in Elmira, NY. She serves as Treasurer for the Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers.
Kristofer is the man behind beloved ministry brands as Puppedcation, PlaySoup and One Way Squared and has 15+ years of experience in multi-media, puppetry, creative arts, and children’s ministry. Kristofer has trained under some of the nation’s top puppeteers. He previously served as president of the Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers (FCP). Kristofer is the founder of Kristofer Sommerfeld Productions.
Lynette Lee has been leading the iBlast Creative Ministry at Grace Church in Hummelstown, PA since 2017. She was previously an assistant director and served on the team alongside her son and daughter for many years. A teacher by trade, Lynette is passionate about equipping the next generation to use their gifts for Christ. She is currently a teacher at a private Christian school in the Harrisburg, PA area.
Vicki Knuckles has decades of experience in puppetry, creative ministry, and children's ministry. She faithfully serves at Allegan Christian Center alongside her husband Paul Knuckles, Senior Pastor. She is also on the Board of Education for Allegan Public Schools. She takes great joy in equipping the next generation of leaders for creative ministry through the SPROUTS Kids Program at FCP.
Gabriel has been passionately involved creative arts for over 20 years and God has accomplished infinitely more than he might have ever imagined! Gabriel has a heart for teaching young people the value of pouring their gifts at Christ's feet. He is the Creative Ministries Director at his church in the San Francisco Bay Area and has trained teams and leaders throughout the United States and Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua and Ecuador.
Melissa and Elijah Knuckles have been involved in puppetry and creative ministry for a combined 50+ years. Together, they are skilled in puppetry, clowning, videography, face painting and beyond! Their greatest joys are Christ and their family.
Patsy has been working with and making puppets for 25+ years and has been teaching children's church for 45 years. She has been involved with FCP throughout the decades as Secretary, Conference Registrar and a Workshop Leader. She has been on two mission trips to Honduras where she taught how to make and manipulate puppets. She also has puppets in Ecuador, Philippines and China.
Peter Wray has shared a life-long fascination with puppetry and has served on the ministry team, Christ in Action, alongside his wife and 3 grown children. Peter is a puppeteer, music procurer, prop builder and enjoys exploring puppetry style outside of the traditional rod-arm puppets.
Debbie is a dynamic ministry leader and certified coach that has been involved in puppet ministry and leadership for 20+ years. She directed ministries in VA and MD, with new ministries branching off into other parts of the country! She is the Co-Director of Milestones Ministry, LLC and a Past President of the Christian Education Network of the ELCA.