darrel & barbara bosworth, lead pastors

Darrel & Barbara Bosworth have lived in the Lakewood Community for their entire life and ministry. They have four grown children, and many grand children, but they also have many spiritual children due to their combined 40+ years of ministry.

Darrel was called to ministry after he retired from 30 years at General Motors. He began his ministry as Associate Pastor of Sunfield UB Church in 1999, and from there went on to pastor several other regional UB churches. He brings a great gift of assisting the Church in understanding our purpose in Christ and helping to reframe her awareness of her true identity in Christ through the lens of grace. He consults with our United Brethren denomination, especially in the area of "church revitalization." Many consider him a "pastor's pastor," due to his strengths in discipleship, teaching, mentorship, and leadership.

Barbara was called to ministry in her 20s, and began to step out into her calling in various ministries as a gifted speaker, teacher, mentor, and  servant-hearted leader. She is a well-known artist in our region, with a national following for her paintings, drawings and Christian depictions. She operates in a heart of love that draws people to her, and serves as a mother in Christ to His people.

nancy carpenter,
​office manager

Nancy joined our team in the fall of 2023 as our office manager, bringing many years of administrative experience to our team. She has been a member at SUBC since 2020, but has been a part of our United Brethren denomination for many years. She brings gifts of administration, leadership, helps, spiritual care, and is a prayer warrior. She also has gifts of service, and volunteers regularly at our community food pantry. Nancy is a devoted mom and grandma, and lives in Vermontville, MI with her dog Beau.

elizabeth & Richard busk, Worship & Youth

Elizabeth & Richard Busk serve as Sunfield's worship/tech duo, and also are in the roles of youth ministry coordinators. Elizabeth also directs our children's outreach program, Kids Hope USA. They began service at SUBC in 2019, and have been called to ministry, evangelism, and church-planting since they were young. They live in Woodland, MI and have a dog named Charlie.

 Richard was raised in a ministry family in leadership of an international church-planting organization (The King's Word Ministries). He was raised in Arizona and Hawaii, but he says he loves our Michigan weather! He has been the audio visual team leader at SUBC since one fateful Sunday when as a visitor, he said out loud, "been there, done that," when the sound system went haywire. He was recruited on the spot, and has been serving ever since. He co-leads  the youth ministry at SUBC with Elizabeth, and has gifts in mentoring, teaching, and servant leadership. 

Elizabeth has 25 years experience leading worship, and brings that as her main gift to Sunfield. She also has served in many teaching and administrative roles both in secular work and ministry. Elizabeth has gifts in leadership, worship/music, and teaching, and coordinating regionally with like-minded members of Christ's body to advance His Kingdom.

jennifer him,
children's ministries

 Jennifer Him joined the team at SUBC as our children's coordinator after spending 21 years on the mission field of Cambodia. Her family found SUBC during the 2020 covid virus shut-down, when they had recently moved to Sunfield. Jennifer tells the story that they were actually looking for a different church using GPS, but they couldn't find it. They asked God where to go and found their way to SUBC that morning! Jennifer has gifts in teaching, evangelism, mercy, mentorship, and discipleship. On any given Sunday, you will find her teaching and sharing the Gospel in the Kids' Zone. Jennifer is originally from Maine, and her husband Heap is a Cambodian native. They raised their family doing incarnational mission work with "the poorest of the poor," and actively co-lead a ministry for disabled children in Cambodia called Lina's Hope. They have three adopted children with special needs who also attend SUBC, as well as four grown children (three married, one in college) and several grandchildren.