The Turk & The Nerd

Restoration Seattle

The Turk & The Nerd

February 11, 2017 • Matt Rosenberg, Aybars Uckun, Kelly Uckun

Aybars & Kelly Uckun have been involved in the Messianic movement since 1997. Aybars is from Turkey and raised Muslim. Kelly grew up in Washington state in a Christian home. Aybars is the Assistant Rabbi of Restoration and stay-at-home dad and Kelly works full-time for Seattle Children's Research Institute and is the Treasurer of our board. They began attending Restoration in 2012 and have six children.

The Engineer & The Mom

February 25, 2017 • Matt Rosenberg, Dan Behrens, Janelle Behrens

Dan & Janelle Behrens have been attending Restoration since 2010. Dan grew up in Colorado and Janelle in South Carolina. They met at a messianic congregation in South Carolina. Dan has been an elder/board member of Restoration since 2012 and Janelle has led several areas of ministry including helping to start Restoration kids. Dan is an engineer and Janelle is a stay-at-home mom and they live in Puyallup, WA with their three children.

The Jew & The Gentile

February 18, 2017 • Aybars Uckun, Matt Rosenberg, Laura Rosenberg

Matt & Laura Rosenberg moved to Seattle to lead Restoration in 2010. Matt grew up in a Messianic Jewish family in New York and Laura grew up in a Christian family in Minnesota. They met at Nyack College in New York and have been in full-time ministry since 2004. Matt and Laura live in First Hill in Seattle and have three children.

The Colonel & The Artist

February 4, 2017 • Matt Rosenberg, P.K. White, Wendy White

P.K. & Wendy White have been leaders at Restoration for over 10 years back to when our community was called Beit Messiah. P.K. served on the board of the synagogue for over 8 years and he is a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force. Wendy is an amazing artist and one of her murals can be seen in the Restoration office! This is their testimony & story through an interview with Rabbi Matt Rosenberg.