About

Joel and Niki are college sweethearts with a passion for ministry! Joel is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and Niki has served in many roles in their 17+ years of marriage and ministry! They have twin boys who have always been a part of the many ministry projects and jobs they have worked on!

When they started in ministry, they found congregations in need of practical easy to use curriculum.  Niki and Joel utilized their gifts to create several Vacation Bible School programs, as well as youth ministry retreats.  They also wrote skits to enhance worship experiences.

Their creativity together was well received by the congregations and camps they served.  In 2017, Joel took a position beyond the local church serving as a Program Director in the mid-west.  The camp recognized and utilized Joel’s gifts in the area of curriculum.  Joel had time during the off season to write and created materials designed particular for a camp setting.  Several camps, also took advantage of the materials, preferring what we offered over other options.  This gave Joel and Niki the idea and confidence to continue to write and provide this material more broadly.

SMPL was born to help churches and camps have more of an impact in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the next generation.