Ohio Hunger Network of Ohio - Sunday, November 22

Deacon Nick Bates, J.D., M.T.S., currently serves as the director of the Hunger Network in Ohio (HNO) our ELCA State Advocacy Office. He is also serving, part-time, as the interim executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches. He will be our guest preacher on Sunday, November 22. Deacon Bates graduated from Capital University Law School and Trinity Lutheran Seminary in 2012. He was ordained in 2014 in the ELCA to ministries of Word and Service, focusing on advocacy and justice. Deacon Bates has an extensive background in non-profit management and advocacy, beginning his career in 2004 by advocating on homelessness and housing issues. He has policy expertise in anti-poverty efforts, affordable housing, civil rights, and state budget and tax policies. Deacon Bates lives with his wife and two children in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus. In his free time, Nick volunteers as a member of the Greater Hilltop Area Commission, with the Hilltop Y, and their local Scout troop.