Pure Desire | Staff

Diane Roberts
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A born-again Jew, Diane is the wife of a busy pastor and the mother of two married children, Nichole and Bryan, and a grandmother to Ashley, Jarrett, Annie and Benjamin. She graduated from California Polytechnic University, and taught elementary grades in both private and public schools for eight years. She now serves as Women’s Ministry Director of East Hill Church and counsels on a regular basis. Recently growth has exploded in classes that pertain to promoting emotional health in women. Because of this growth, Diane has authored two manuals entitled, Accept No Substitutes: The Journey to Healthy Love and Sexuality and Betrayed Heart: Dealing with Betrayal from a Female Perspective She has also been a contributing author with her husband, Dr. Ted Roberts, for, Pure Desire. Diane has developed a twelve week classroom syllabus for each of the two manuals she has authored. She also speaks to women’s groups and joins her husband in presenting marriage enrichment and Pure Desire Seminars.

Marc Gale
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Marc's ministry has spanned twenty-seven years as a church administrator, a staff pastor, and as an executive pastor for East Hill Foursquare Church. With a Masters degree in Business Administration, Marc put aside a successful banking career to obey God’s call into ministry in 1980. For the last twenty-two years he has been at Ted Robert’s side, supporting the growth in ministry that has brought about the healing of so many lives and given Marc all the tools necessary to make Pure Desire Ministries International a reality. Marc and his gracious wife, Diana, partner together serving the Mount Hood Foursquare District helping Pastor Ted oversee twenty-six churches as District Representatives. Marc will continue in this ministry as well as helping direct the Pure Desire Ministry. Marc and Diana have five children and nine beautiful grandchildren.

Kathy Wigle
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Kathy is a Pastor on staff at East Hill and assistant to Pastor Ted Roberts. Kathy has worked in the Pure Desire ministry for ten years assisting with the scheduling of seminars and administrative details as well as counseling women who have experienced the hurts of sexual addiction in their families. She is also involved in the Betrayed Heart classes for women whose husbands have struggled with sexual addiction. Kathy has been a Christian for over thirty years and married to her husband Mark for twenty-nine years. Mark and Kathy have two sons and five grandchildren. Kathy is uniquely qualified to speak into the area of sexual wholeness through her own life experiences and healing journey.

Dr. Kathryn Rodriguez
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Kathryn is a seminary-trained, licensed, clinical psychologist specializing in small group healing for over twenty years. Her areas of expertise revolve around healing the wounds of dysfunctional families in order for individuals to “grow up” in Christ, and include specialization in sexual abuse, father-wounding, and eating disorders. She holds a Master’s Degree and a Doctorate degree from Western Seminary and teaches Biblical Counseling at Oregon Institute of Ministry. She has been a Christian for over twenty-five years and married to Rocky, her husband, for twenty-eight years. Rocky and Kathy have two children, Tim and Abby.

Harry Flanagan
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Harry has attended East Hill Church since 1993, and oversees our men's ministry for sexual addiction called For Men Only. Harry comes by this ministry honestly as he has fought his own battles in this area. Harry also pastors a worship venue on campus that averages about four hundred people on a Sunday morning. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon and of Ministries Institute in Eugene, Oregon. His wife, Debby, also serves on the staff at East Hill.

Rick Kardos
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Rick is the Executive Director for New England of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families. He came to know East Hill Church in the spring of 2002 at a Pure Desire Seminar in Massachusetts while heading up the Men’s Ministry at his local church. After that initial meeting he and his wife, Vicki, visited East Hill to learn more about the full range of group work in the Pure Desire Ministry program. They returned to their home in Bedford, NH where he was the principal of an executive recruitment firm and member of a growing non-denominational church, Christ’s Church of Amherst.

In 2003 he and Vicki co-founded The Nathan Project, a ministry for men struggling with sexual addiction, their wives, and families. At the core of that new ministry was Pure Desire’s FMO (For Men Only) and FWO (For Women Only – Healing the Betrayed Heart). In 2004 he closed his business to pursue full time ministry with the National Coalition and they incorporated The Nathan Project and FMO/FWO as part of their ministry offerings. East Hill’s Pure Desire Ministries and the National Coalition became strategic partners in 2006 and as part of that partnership Rick was invited to join the Pure Desire Seminar team. He and his wife along with three grown children continue to make their home in southern New Hampshire where they celebrated the birth of their second grandchild in November of 2005.

Marilyn Hume
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Marilyn is a Pastor of the Prayer at East Hill Church in Gresham, Oregon. She and her husband, Doug, have four children and six grandchildren. Marilyn loves to see men and women released in their ability to hear the voice of God, experience intimacy with Him at deeper levels, and become all He has called them to be. Her teaching style frequently incorporates biblical teaching with worship, inner healing, and practical application. She is uniquely qualified to speak into the area of sexual wholeness through her own life experiences and healing journey.

Ray Young
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Due to his extensive education and experience as a former attorney, Ray Young brings a wealth of pertinent and practical knowledge to our seminar. A summary of his training and background in law and our judicial system includes: A B.S. from Southern Oregon University in Criminology and Political Science; Juris Doctor degree from Lewis and Clark College School of Law; member of Oregon State Bar since 1984; member of the Washington State Bar since 1985; Past President of the Oregon State Municipal Judges Association; past adjunct Professor of Law at Mt. Hood Community College; and a frequent CLE speaker on family law and legal Ethics. Ray is on staff as a Pastor at East Hill church, and is married to Laurie and has two children.