LifeStream Europe has a team of leaders incorporated into 3 teams:
- Leadership team
- Operations team
- Reference team
Leadership Team
For oversight and all major decisions
Reint den Toonder & Annette Ficker
are married and they are based in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. A mathematical couple who met during their studies in Eindhoven. Annette works as Algorithm expert at Delmia Quintiq. Reint is a teacher in mathematical courses at the Technical Business department of Avans. They share a love for numbers and a passion for youth work. Both are active youth leaders at Lifestream Europe and at their local church (Rafael Den Bosch).
Margreeth Heemskerk
lives in Harderwijk in the Netherlands. As a consultant at TwynstraGudde she works with health care institutions and hospitals across the country. She is part of the worship team at the Doorbrekers in Barneveld and enjoys being creative. During the past years she has been part of the Something Else team (youth 11-18s) and has now joined the Leadership team organizing this year’s festival. She enjoys deep conversations and sharing knowledge about the brain.
Johan and Sandra Offereins
live in Amersfoort in the Netherlands. Johan works for ING in Amsterdam and ‘works out’ by playing squash and golf. He loves to watch practically any kind of sport. Johan is the secretary of the LifeStream Europe. Sandra is involved in worship ministry at SONmusic. She is a songwriter, sings and plays the piano and published 2 CD’s. You can find her music on Spotify. She loves to get creative. Johan & Sandra have two daughters, a son-in-law, two lovely granddaughters and serve at Celebration Church Netherlands, an international church in Hilversum.
Operations Team
For organising the various ministry areas
Benjamin Arthur
is married to Leigh Ann and is a professional photographer. As part of the Publicity team, Benjamin has provided LifeStream with brilliant photo’s. He also is passionate about books and loves to host the book stall.
Leigh Ann Arthur
is married to Benjamin, and is a consultant . She is a member of the LifeStream foundation and together with her husband Benjamin she takes care of publicity within LifeStream Europe.
Lis Mobbs
lives in Church Wood, Kent, in the U.K., is a pastoral counselor and heads up our prayer ministry team. She served in prayer ministry in various churches and at New Wine Conferences in the U.K. Lis has two sons and a daughter-in-law, and is proud grandmother of grandson Noah. Lis attends Vineyard church in Ashford.
Reference Team
For consultation and reference for the Leadership
Carolyn Jones
is a New Zealander by birth and moved to the Netherlands at the age of 12. In her early twenties Carolyn became involved with the English-speaking wing of what was then known as Women’s Aglow Fellowship, serving as local chapter president and assistant-director. In 2015 Carolyn became the director of the European English Aglow, overseeing English-speaking Aglow groups on continental Europe. Her ministry flows in the multi-cultural, multi-contextual landscape of Europe’s international Christian community. Carolyn and her British husband Mark live in a new town just outside The Hague, called Zoetermeer in The Netherlands. This is where they raised their three sons. Carolyn and Mark are active members of St John and St Philip’s Anglican church of The Hague.
Lynn Nwagbara
has dual British/Nigeria nationalities and has been a missionary in Brussels since 1991. She has been married to Timothy since 2007. Lynn is the current Executive director for African Enterprise Europe. She has travelled for ministry in nearly 20 African countries and enjoys meeting different people in their own settings.