Our Staff
Lead Pastor - Dave Lippman
Dave is a lover of Jesus, a friend, a leader, a listener, a tea-drinker, a song-writer, a spiritual director, and, of course, a pastor. Dave loves High Street Community Church and has been on staff since 2016 serving in a variety of roles, everything from office manager, to worship leader, to college/young adults lead, to preacher, to associate pastor, interim pastor, and is now the Lead Pastor! His favorite verse is Jeremiah 9:23-24 and is passionate about seeing God’s Word and His Holy Spirit integrated into our real-lives through sermons, meetings, prayer, teaching, and all of church life.
Dave is also a poet, an author, a loving husband, a father (finally!), and co-directs Soul-Care a nonprofit Spiritual Care ministry based at HSCC and Mount Hermon.
Worship Director - Joe Strock
You’ll see Joe most Sundays leading the church in music from the piano or guitar. He has been leading worship for 32 years and works closely with Danny in crafting flow and content for worship services as well as building teams for weekly experiences in worship. One of Joe’s passions is loving God, walking with him and worshipping him in corporate worship as well as solitude.
He has been blessed to serve High Street Community since 2016. Joe lives in Aptos with his wife Tricia and Micah his son. He enjoys spending quality time with his family by the fire or eating great food his wife prepares. He also loves outdoors—the ocean, the redwoods, running, hiking, as well as strength training and working his little plot in Aptos.
Kid’s Director- Sarah Lim
Sarah is a gentle, tenderhearted friend of Jesus, who loves spending time with children and teaching them about Jesus. During the week, she teaches 5th and 6th graders at Mount Hermon’s Outdoor Science School. She is also a nurse!
Sarah is passionate about living in community and intergenerational ministry, and she has a heart to see children and adults grow towards Jesus together.
Some of her favorite things include running, the outdoors, learning to play guitar, sitting in coffee shops, chai tea lattes, game nights, and of course, babies and children!
Youth Director- Zionne Spagnuolo-Lee
Zionne is a new member as well as a newlywed here at High Street. She walked through our doors almost a year ago and expressed her passion to work with our Youth. One of her earliest dream jobs from a young age was to be a Christian camp counselor because she said growing up she admired their passion for Jesus as well as how joyful they were. “My mission working with the youth is for them to know how big of an impact they hold, and to encourage them to use their power for good," says Zionne. She also loves to surf, draw and send letters.
Youth Director - Gabriel Spagnuolo-Lee
Gabriel is a new member of the body of Jesus' church. Baptized in '22, He has since devoted his life to the study and pursuit of Truth through The Gospel that is the Son of God. Gabriel recalls that: "As a person, who experienced addiction starting at a young age, I realized that I also wanted to help people. Now through my own story of Healing and Salvation I am blessed by God to help those who are still struggling." Gabriel especially has a heart for young people who are living in this fallen world and believe there is no way 'onward and upward' for them.*
A word of hope for Gabriel comes from the bible verse Romans 8:28
Gabriel enjoys: reading & listening to audiobooks, learning, playing games of shogi with his wife, ping pong, watching movies, surfing, and producing music.
A playlist of all the curated worship sessions led by our Worship Director, Joe Strock. May this be a refreshing time for you to be with the Lord…