Calling
While sitting in Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, Angelo hears children cheering in the fellowship hall and smiles with pride. The building is always alive with laughter, with questions, with movement—and that’s just how he likes it. As the church’s newest pastor, he’s grateful for a community that gives room for curiosity.
In high school, Angelo was openly skeptical of religion. It felt distant—polished, performative, and disconnected from real life. But just before graduation, something shifted. A pastor answered one of his hardest questions not with certainty, but with “I don’t know.” It was the first time faith felt honest. And that quiet moment opened the door he thought was shut for good.
That moment didn’t solve everything, but it sparked a quiet shift. It led Angelo into college carrying both questions and curiosity: and that’s where things began to take root. In college, campus ministry became everything. It was the first space where faith felt real, where he could ask honest questions, wrestle with scripture, and be taken seriously. He didn’t just attend; he led. He preached. He was mentored. And slowly, people began to see something in him he had not yet seen in himself: a pastor.
“Campus ministry is the vehicle God used to make faith real to me,” Angelo recalls. “And once it was real to me, I felt a deep call to make it real to others.”
Now, as a pastor, Angelo sees just how much campus ministry still matters. When he heard about Wingspan, it felt like coming full circle—a chance to support students today the way he was supported then. Angelo and his wife Amy joined Wingspan’s Flight Crew, a group of monthly donors committed to sustaining this ministry. For Angelo, it’s more than giving—it’s investing in the kind of faith that shaped his life. “There’s things I spend money on that aren’t exactly life giving. But Wingspan?” Angelo laughs, “Wingspan is a joyful dollar spent.”
If you believe in the kind of faith that makes room for questions, for growth, and for grace, we invite you to join Angelo and Amy in sustaining Wingspan’s work. Our goal is to grow the Flight Crew so that, together, we can ensure students have a space to explore their faith just as Angelo once did. This Summer, Wingspan hopes to recieve recurring monthly gifts up to $500 and we are over halfway there! Every joyful dollar makes a difference and we’d love for you to be part of it. To find out more about Flight Crew, visit www.wingspanilm.org.
