Monica Ibarra first became acquainted with Village at a George Fox University chapel when the worship team from Village led the students in bilingual worship and Pastor Renjy Abraham shared a message. In 2019, Monica received an email asking if she would be available to volunteer at Village Church for the multicultural service. Though it seemed clear that she would not be able to serve at the time, the Lord made a way and then the Lord continued to make many more ways for her to continue this ministry at Village church.
In 2020, she received an official job offer to serve as a Worship Ministry Assistant to Dago Flores who coordinated much of the Worship Ministry at the time. After lots of doubts and prayer she accepted and has been serving in this ministry ever since. In 2022, she accepted the position of Assistant Director of Worship excited to continue discerning the voice of God and seek to embody the Kingdom of Heaven. She considers herself so abundantly blessed to serve alongside such amazing God-fearing brothers and sisters in Christ and is honored to love this beautiful multicultural community. Monica full-heartedly believes that everything that has happened since the first day she heard about Village Church was for a very special purpose that has continued to unravel before her today. She praises God for the ways that He has been actively present in this calling and strives to bring Him all the glory and all the honor all of the days of her life.