Church Staff

Senior Pastor - Rev. Bruce Duty

 

 

Email Pastor Bruce at Bruced@rbcniceville.org

                  (updated October 2024)

 

 

 

 

Minister of Worship Arts - Trina Sovereign-Weiss 

Trina grew up in upstate New York and became saved at age ten. She knew as a little girl she would sing for the Lord, and God instilled a calling in her heart to go into the ministry. She graduated from Buffalo School of the Bible with a degree in Biblical Theology, Pastoral Studies. After graduation, Trina had a successful career in sales, sales management, and sales training. She is also a licensed Realtor. Although a professional businesswoman, Trina always remained involved in church and ministry, including singing in worship teams, teaching with her husband, Richard, in the children’s ministry, leading kids’ worship, serving in the nursery, and serving with Richard as youth group leaders. She and Richard also taught a new believers’ class. Trina volunteered as a camp counselor at Lake Aurora Christian Camp in the Lake Wales, FL. She and Richard also helped plant and start a church which is now international, with two campuses.

Trina left Buffalo, NY in 2002 and moved to Ft Myers, FL, where she met her husband. They married and moved to North Port, FL in 2007. They felt God calling them to Niceville, FL, and made the move in 2022. Rosemont Baptist Church has always been their “church home in Niceville” when visiting Richard’s mom over the past twenty years. During a Sunday service at Rosemont, right after moving to Niceville, Trina answered God’s call to full-time ministry, assisting Pastor Doug and leading the worship. Richard and everyone at Rosemont gave confirmation of Trina’s calling to serve at Rosemont as Minister of Music and Worship Arts.

In her free time, Trina and Richard enjoy spending time with Richard’s large extended family who live in Niceville and the surrounding area. Trina and Richard love being with their two children, Ronin (15) and Allison (13). You can find them cheering Ronin and Allison on at their football and soccer games, eating out at their favorite local restaurant, and swimming in the bayou and creeks nearby. Family means everything to them, as they feel God has called us to evangelize our kids and family first; then “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” (Mark 16:15)

Trina believes in the need for evangelism for lost souls so they would come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. God desires for all men to be saved as stated in 2 Peter 3:9: “not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.” All glory be given to God, Amen!
Email Trina at  Music@RBCNiceville.org                           (updated: July 2025)

 

 

 

 

Church Pianist - Dr. Ellen Fannon
Ellen Fannon has been married to Pastor Doug for over 33 years. She has been a church organist/pianist since 1984, serving in six different churches including overseas on the mission field. Ellen is a practicing veterinarian, former missionary, and frustrated author, whose works have appeared in numerous publications including the Open Windows Devotional Fall 2020.  Her first novel, Other People’s Children, relating hers and Pastor Doug's experiences in foster care, was published in 2017.  Read her blogs at www.ellenfannonauthor.com.  Ellen co-teaches the adult co-ed Sunday school class and loves working in the Shoebox ministry for Operation Christmas Child. It is difficult for Ellen to choose a favorite Bible verse, but she said “I particularly like Rev: 7:9-10 because it reminds me of my time on the mission field when my heart was deeply touched by observing brothers and sisters in Christ worshipping in their own language. Although I might not have been able to completely understand everything that was said, the worship experience was just as meaningful to me.”     Rev 7:9-10  “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb . . . And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb.’ ”   
Email Ellen at EllenFannonAuthor@gmail.com         (Updated October 2024)

Administrative Assistant - Donna Vlasak

Email Donna at Secretary@RBCNiceville.org                        (updated October 2024)