Church Staff
Rev. HT Lee
Pastor HT was born in South Korea and raised in Western Washington. He is an alum of the University of Washington and Fuller Theological Seminary. His ministry emphases and experience include: children’s, youth, college, adult ministries, creative and technical ministries, and chaplaincy. HT serves on the nominating committee for Seattle Presbytery, and coordinated the annual UNITE youth retreat and ministry partnership, connecting a diverse group of youth around Western Washington. He also serves on non-profit boards, including Northwest Family Life. HT brings a great sense of humor, excitement for ministry, wizardry in technology, extensive ministry experience and a deep, abiding love for Jesus Christ.
rev. lottie macaulay friedman
Pastor Lottie began serving at OPPC in 2022 and is energized by the ways this community takes seriously Jesus’ call to radical love.
Lottie was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She is an alumna of Dartmouth College and Princeton Theological Seminary. Before coming to OPPC, Lottie served as an associate pastor at the Presbyterian Church of Western Springs in Chicago. She is currently a member of Seattle Presbyter’s Commission on Ministry and volunteers with the Interlake High School Volleyball program.
In her free time, Lottie loves playing in an adult rec volleyball league, reading, craft projects, and spending time outside with her husband, daughter, and dog.
Rev. tasha hicks mccray
Pastor Tasha is grateful for the gift of her husband Glenn McCray and their two amazing daughters, Nia and Kadence, who remind them daily of the love and wonder of God. She is deeply shaped by her multicultural roots, being Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese and Caucasian and growing up on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation.
Before joining the OPPC team, she served as a solo pastor for 9 years and coached varsity high school girls basketball for 10 seasons, as well as doing some interim and contract work. She also co-creates with her husband through their small business ChopSueyRoots Design, and is a part of the chaplaincy team serving the WNBA Seattle Storm.
nalena joseph
Nalena was born and raised in Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka, India. She finished her Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor in Theology from Karnataka Bible College. Since she was interested in Air ticketing, she also completed IATA.
Nalena loves gardening, cooking, and learning different languages. She speaks 5 languages that are spoken in India. She loves spending time with her family, and always likes and wants to share good news about our Lord Jesus to the people who need him the most.
Neah Lee
Neah grew up on the east coast in Queens, NY but has lived in Seattle since 2013 after marrying her husband Tai who is from here. They both get to be parents to their extraordinary daughter Esme who never ceases to keep them in awe and wonder.
Neah's spiritual roots stem from the long family history of Jesus lovers, movers, and shakers birthed from the Pyongyang Revival of 1907 in Korea. After receiving her Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary she served in Asian American churches and culturally and sociology-economically diverse churches within different denominations including the ECC, PCUSA, C&MA, and FM churches all ranging from 100 member to 4,000 member congregations on both coasts. Some of her other experiences working outside of churches have been in education, non-profit work, and music. In addition to serving as the Worship Director at OPPC, Neah is privileged to walk with people on their spiritual journeys as a spiritual director.
RACHEL KROHN
Rachel is the director of the Crossroads Community Choir and helps to lead music at OPPC. Rachel directed her first choir in high school as a student conductor of middle school singers at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and has since directed choirs for decades in Sammamish and Bellevue. An accomplished soloist, Rachel’s true joy has been choral singing, beginning at 8 years old with the Melody Lane Singers in Yakima, WA and continuing in Iowa as part of the Des Moines Children Chorus’ touring choir. A fan of many genres, Rachel’s high school jazz choir performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and as a singer in the University of Washington Chamber Singers a tour of the Baltic countries inspired her to study the unifying power of song and the “Singing Revolution” of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Rachel has long dreamed of facilitating a choir that fosters community and encourages joy, where singers of all ages and levels of experience can grow together in the collective making of hopeful music.
jenni morales
Jenni is our Principal Organist and Accompanist and also the pianist/accompanist for our Crossroads Community Choir. She grew up in the north Seattle area and started playing piano when she was eight or nine years old. The next year she started violin lessons and continued with both through high school. Jenni and her three sisters play the instruments to form a string quartet, so that is a fun fact. In tenth grade, Jenni began organ lessons and continued through college. A few years after college, she also picked up the viola which has become one of her favorite instruments.
Beginning in Junior High and continuing through college, Jenni was a choir, ensemble, and solo accompanist. Her maternal grandfather said she was the best at it (may have been slightly prejudiced though). She has played service music for countless churches and chapels, and has accompanied and done synth work for community choirs. Playing with others is a joyful experience for Jenni, and she is very grateful for this ability.
Music touches everyone in so many ways, and Jenni enjoys most styles, especially those with inspirational lyrics and moving melodies and harmonies.