Staff

Pastor Nate has over 20 years of Pastoral ministry experience, including work with youth and young adults. Nate has a passion to encourage others to grow in relationship with God through discipleship, preaching, and community engagement. He has a desire to meet people right where they are, both physically in the local coffee shop, and spiritually as they journey in, or into, knowledge of the living God. He loves hanging out in local spaces and having conversations with friends, meeting new friends, and engaging with members of the community. His hobbies include cycling, puzzles, and quiet time on Lake Champlain with his family. Nate is married to Miranda and together they have three teenagers; Olivia, Luke, and Levi. They also have a very friendly Cavapoo, Cocoa who loves meeting new people.

Mike and Kathy Prestia have been married since 1999. Mike is a graduate of Eastern Nazarene College and the New England Nazarene Bible College Extension program. Ordained in 1994 Pastor Mike has served as an associate pastor in Malden, Framingham and here in Beverly. In 2007 he became the lead pastor of Crossroads Community – a Church of the Nazarene in Ipswich, MA and served there until March 2013. God has led him back to Living Hope as a pastor serving in the areas of special events, Men’s Ministry, preaching and technology advisor. Pastor Mike also is a DoD contractor as an Engineer for the United States Air Force. The Prestias have four children: Michael (married to Lila), Nathan (married to Renee), Libby (married to Joshua), and Matt (married to Kyra). They have five grandchildren; Amelia, Joshua, Avery, Samantha and Dakota

Della first attended Living Hope Church as a pre-teen participating in Youth Group and after many years away returned in 1998. She and her husband Dan have been married for 31 years and have 3 children: Nick 29, Joey 25 and Annamarie 16. Della has worked as a Physical Therapist Assistant for 20 years. She attended North Shore Community College earning an Associate’s Degree in the Physical Therapist Assistant Program as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Masters in Education from Endicott College. In 2021 Della was locally licensed as a Minister with the Church of the Nazarene and is actively pursuing her District license. Della loves the outdoors, especially waterfalls, beaches, mountains and camping.

Sheila Karonis has been married to Ted for 40+ years and has two daughters, Joy and Kristina. She and Ted have been Christians for 40 years. Together they have been involved in church plantings across the US and have also helped to establish third world educational programs in Cambodia and Central America.
In addition to teaching women and being in ministry over the course of 42 years, Sheila also worked as a flight attendant for 18 years and an executive makeup artist for women in film.

April has been on staff as Office Manager since 2009 and enjoys serving the church family of Living Hope and supporting the pastoral team. April holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Eastern Nazarene College and in addition to her duties at Living Hope she also works as a Children’s Librarian in a local public library. When not at work, April can be found enjoying the beauty of the North Shore, eating dark chocolate or planning her next trip to England!