Shepherd Bios

SHEPHERD BIOS

Rick and Laura Espinoza

Laura and Rick were married in 1991 in Houston. They have lived in Houston for 28 years.

They have two children, Sarah and Samantha. Their son, Rick Jr., passed away in 2018 leaving a big hole in their heart. The family loves the outdoors, sports, and playing all kinds of games from board games to video games.

Rick served 10 years in the army. He is the General Manager at La Madeleine in Clear Lake. They came to CLCC in 2011. Rick says, “My sister in law, Elvia, made it obvious that this is where we belong. I love our church family and am grateful for the way our church is so quick to respond to the needs of others.”

Rick’s prayer for CLCC: “Heavenly Father, I come to you in prayer to ask that you be with your church, give us wisdom to see and hear what you want us to do. May we always feel your presence, may we always strive to fulfill our vision of R79 and may we always put your needs ahead of ours. Grant us humility to be a great example to our children and everyone we encounter and, Lord, we thank you for everything.”

Don and Tammy MacFarlane

Tammy and I met in 2010 at the Georgetown Church of Christ. I was retired military as well as law enforcement, and since I was still young, I took a job as a driver for a distributing company. Tammy was working with the Family courts. Taking classes at church together led to friendship, which led to love, which led to a wedding on June 29, 2013. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to Michigan to attend college. In 1999 I moved to Texas as most of my family lived in Austin and San Antonio. Tammy was raised in Pasadena and had settled with her family in Hutto, Texas.

Tammy has two children from her late husband - Shelley, the oldest, has two children, Colton and Sarah; and Emily, who is married, is expecting a little boy in October of 2022. I have two children as well: Sarah, who lives in Michigan, and Sumer, who lives here in Houston with our grandson Ares.

We both retired and moved down this way to be near Tammy’s family. Our home is in El Lago off of Nasa 1. We feel God led us to the Clear Lake Church of Christ, and I consider it an honor and privilege to serve our members as an Elder and Shepherd.

Gary and Lee Anne Robbins

Gary and Lee Anne have long and strong Christian family heritages. Married in 1988, God has blessed them with two married children - Amy and Wesley. Amy teaches Elementary age children in Clear Creek Independent School District. Her husband Sam is a Clinical Psychologist. Wes and his wife Samantha both teach Elementary children in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Gary retired from ExxonMobil in 2021. Lee Anne is trained as a nurse, with experience in pediatrics. But she has been home since Amy was born. The Robbins' love traveling.

Lee Anne says, "Clear Lake Church of Christ is the Robbins' family. It provides our home base for worship, fellowship, study, assistance, and outreach. Time and energy is easily given to those we love." Gary says, "My prayer for Clear Lake Church of Christ is two-fold. First, that we help connect faith experiences across generations (intergenerational). Second, that our church membership reflect our community (cross-cultural). This is how I think of Clear Lake's Revelation 7:9 vision."

Kevin and Jana Stafford

Kevin and Jana were married in 1993. They have two married daughters, Myklyn and Camryn. Both Kevin and Jana have lived in the Houston area most of their lives.

Kevin works at LyondellBasell Chemical Company. He came to CLCC in 1990. Jana joined him in 1993 when they were married.

“We have been blessed by God with amazing relationships in this church that have in turn poured into our daughters, leading to their incredible love for Jesus and a continuously growing faith for all of us. The church is truly family to us and we believe it is God’s calling to serve as a shepherd out of love for His church and His kingdom.”

“I pray that as CLCC seeks to follow the Holy Spirit in everything we do it will result in supernatural love and unity within His body, and that love would overflow into the community around us and impact His kingdom in a powerful way.“