We have all walked different roads, from very different places. Some of us are burdened, some of us are broken, and some of us are skeptical. But all of us are walking the Life Path together.

We believe that following Jesus is a group effort, and we walk together through the challenges and the celebrations, enjoying every step of the way.

Keith Miller

PAstor

Keith has served in full time Christian ministry since 2005, and moved to Newark from Pennsylvania with his wife Bethany in 2011 to plant LifePath.  His passion is to cultivate a multi-generational faith community, to help people experience the freedom of living in God’s kingdom, and to make disciples of Jesus who can walk with others through the same process.  He loves helping others fully enter into their own context, using the gifts God has given them to reveal God’s love to world around them.
​Keith and Bethany love camping with their teenage boys Judah and Kylan, and daughter Sariya, and opening their house up to new and old friends. Keith is also a middle school cross country coach and a fanatical trail ultramarathoner, so if you're out on the Delaware trails on any day, you're likely to see him go running by.

Duane Cottrell

Associate Pastor

​Duane served in full-time Christian ministry at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, Saddleback Church in California, and as a pastor and church planter in Raleigh, NC. After more than a decade of being a career pastor, he decided that he could make more of an impact as a bi-vocational (a.k.a. volunteer) pastor. Duane is passionate about teaching and spiritual formation, and loves helping people discover ways to deepen their inner life through contemplative practices and spiritual disciplines. His day job is Associate Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of Delaware where he helps young people become music teachers.
Duane and his wife Elisa love to travel with their daughter Cason and their son Jack, and spend almost every Saturday in the fall watching college football.

Bethany Miller
ASSOCIATE PASTOR

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Bethany has had many seasons of vocation throughout her life including dance and drama ministries, camp counseling, youth ministry, church planting, children’s ministry, and worship leading. She accepted the call to join Lifepath’s pastoral team in the fall of 2024 and is excited to see what God has in store for her as she explores a new season in this lifelong call to ministry. 

Bethany has a heart for prayer, a fascination with the scriptures, and a deep love of Jesus. She is passionate about crafting meaningful opportunities and interactive spaces for people to encounter Jesus in new ways. As an enneagram nine, it brings her great joy when the pieces come together and everything feels “just right.”

Bethany currently works in the theatre department at Eastern University as Theatre Program Coordinator and Resident Costume Designer. While you may have seen her portray a variety of different characters over the years as an actor, with LifePath she is always her true self. ​

Tori Meeder

Administrative Assistant

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Tori and her family have been part of the LifePath community since 2014, and she joined the staff as the administrative assistant in 2023. She has a background in social work and enjoys gardening and being in the woods. She spends her time chasing children and chickens. She believes that words, ideas, and stories matter deeply, and she likes the stories that the people of LifePath are trying to tell. 

Vision Team

LifePath is built on shared leadership. We have a rotating team of covenant members that help to prayerfully discern the vision and direction of the church, in collaboration with the pastoral team.

Lori Kellogg

That Jesus chooses us to be in partnership and relationship with him to do His will in the world is both humbling and awe inspiring.  Jesus has partnered with me through several seasons of my life already...through raising 3 children to adulthood; through homeschooling through high school; through marriage, divorce, and remarriage; through reinventing my career from housewife, to public school teacher, to case manager for families experiencing homelessness.  I'm honored to serve on the Vision Team at LifePath Church.    ​

Ben Meeder

Joined the LifePath community in 2014. Husband, father, musician, rides bicycles.

Ian Yue

A proud native of the Twin Cities, Ian grew up learning to love the outdoors (especially in winter!), performing arts, and civic engagement. He has a strong passion for Creation Care and exploring God's redemptive work within human-environmental interactions.  Brother, son, and uncle. ​

Kym Smythe

Kym is so thankful that God wired her with a passion for people, especially teenagers. She loves serving as an encourager, a hugger and a welcoming presence. Life Path is one of her favorite places to learn more about Jesus and do her best to love his way!!
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Kym also loves spending time with her family - hubby Doug, adult kiddos and grandbaby - and friends. She enjoys playing pickle ball, hiking, walking on the beach, playing games, cheering on her many favorite teams, and raising Seeing Eye puppies. If you spend any time with her at Life Path or elsewhere, you'll probably meet their current fur baby in a green Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program scarf or vest.

Kim GIvens

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Have you ever done yoga on a surf board in Baltimore’s inner harbor? No? Well, neither has Kim, but she bets it would be cool and may invite you to come with her some time!

Kim is the quirk and sparkle of life. She shows up and she’s all in. She’s learned that though life isn’t always easy, it might as well be interesting.

Kim has a gift for finding the silver lining in difficult things, and her joy is contagious. She loves people and works hard to make the world around
her a more kind, just, and loving place where people are free to be themselves and be fully loved. Kim is a career-long teacher in the Delaware public school system. She spends every free moment doing crafty things,
many of which involve crocheting. Kim and her family have been part of
​the LifePath community since 2020.

Sabrina Justison

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Sabrina spent 25 years informally pastoring as a mom, teacher, and writer until LifePath decided to give her a title, and now there's a picture of her and Fred on the website. Crazy.
She is all about honest prayer, sleeves-rolled-up acts of service, and practical application of the scripture. She loves to create strategies for communication and relentless forward progress as we grow together following Jesus. She also likes to sing, act and run her internet business.
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Life convinced her that we are not in control of outcomes. Stillbirth, divorce, a blended family, loved ones with mental illness, and a new normal after violent crime have all pointed Sabrina NOT to a formula for success, but to a Redeeming God who makes beauty out of life in a broken world. Gifted with resilience, she still has her sense of humor...even if it is dorky mom-humor!