About Our Pastors

Todd Follette Teaching Pastor Pastor Todd has served in Iowa Yearly Meeting for over 20 years as a pastor.  He has been ministering in Grinnell since he moved his family here in 1999.  Todd received his Bachelor's degree from Barclay College, in Kansas. He and his wife, Brockie, have four children. Anthony Nieuwsma Pastor of Youth & Family Ministry Pastor Anthony has been on staff with First Friends for 11 years.  He receive his Bachelor's Degree from Vennard College in 2001 in the field of Pastoral Ministries with an emphasis in Youth Ministries. Anthony and his wife, Rachel, have two girls.