Welcome to Red Tree

Bruce grew up on a small farm in Charlotte, Michigan. On the farm, he learned to garden, bail hay, raise livestock, and love the land. Under his mother's direction, he received the seeds of a liberal arts education. After graduating from Charlotte High School, Bruce commuted to Olivet College. Between semesters, Bruce worked at a Christian summer camp in Northern Michigan. Savannah and Bruce met at this camp during their zipline training in 2017. Two years later, on the family farm, Savannah and Bruce took their wedding vows. 

Bruce started his Master of Divinity degree online while coaching track and field at Olivet College. Eventually, he would leave that position to serve as Youth and Children's Ministry Director at City on a Hill Community Church in Olivet, Michigan. After four years of youth ministry, part-time seminary, and coaching the high school cross country, Bruce moved to Orlando FL to complete seminary in person at Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando. In 2024, Bruce finished seminary, became a father, and joined Red Tree Presbyterian Church as a Church Planting Apprentice. He, and Savannah, are excited to be back in Michigan and look forward to exploring Ann Arbor. 

Bruce listens to a lot of indie-folk music with the occasional punk-pop playlist. He's a Wendell Berry super fan. He prefers biking to driving. He enjoys board games complicated enough to give you a headache. His go-to snack is a cup of coffee complimented with a peanut-butter-smothered baked sweet potato. His friends might describe him as eccentric, but his siblings just call him weird. He can't wait to meet you.

Margot, originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, moved to Ann Arbor four years ago to attend the University of Michigan. She recently graduated from the School of Music in May, earning a degree in Viola Performance. Beginning her college journey during the pandemic, Margot discovered our campus ministry, Reformed University Fellowship (RUF), and quickly became deeply involved in its community and leadership. Over the years, her passion for RUF and the local church grew, leading her into serving the communities that have profoundly shaped her faith. 

In her free time, Margot loves attending concerts, traveling, spending quality time with friends at coffee shops, and diving into a good book. 

Sarah Kettel grew up down the road in Brighton, MI. After graduating high school as a homeschooled student, she attended (the "other school") Michigan State University. While there she earned a degree in Exercise Science and also competed as a cross country and track athlete.

It was during college that her faith really became her own and she first started thinking about doing vocational ministry. After graduating in the midst of covid, May 2020, Sarah moved to Macon, GA to take part in The Fellows Program. This is a nine-month program hosted by churches around the country where recent graduates explore how to apply their faith to the workplace. She stayed two more years in Macon as a youth intern in her church. It was at this time she felt called to continue in vocational ministry with RUF.

Sarah still loves to run and also enjoys hiking, camping, and traveling in her free time, especially with friends, family and her dog, Boone.

Robert grew up along the coast of Virginia Beach, VA where he developed such a love for his native state that he decided to attend Washington and Lee University. He graduated from W&L in  May of 2014 with a BA in Religion and German. Most importantly though (thanks to RUF), he  carried with him a new-found love for the person and work of Jesus Christ.  

From 2014-2016, he served for two years as a RUF intern at the University of Georgia. It was  during the internship that he met his wife, Katherine, who also served as a RUF intern. Even though she attended Wake Forest University during her undergraduate years, Katherine originally hails from Leland, MI.  

Upon graduation from Reformed Theological Seminary at Charlotte in 2019 with a Masters of  Divinity degree, Robert planted RUF at Michigan in the Fall of 2019. He was officially ordained  in March 2020 as a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).

When he is not on campus, you’ll most likely find him taking his son, Peter (July 2018), his daughter, Abigail (December 2019), and/or his son, Thomas (January 2023), for a walk in the park. He will find any excuse to play the board game "Settlers of Catan" with friends, or especially on nice days, explore downtown Ann Arbor with Katherine. Go Blue! 

Megan grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas and became a Christian while in college at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Upon graduation, Megan was married to Ryan and worked on staff with Campus Outreach to start two new college ministries in the Midwest.  

Following their time in college ministry, they moved to Orlando, Florida. While Ryan was studying toward his Master of Divinity degree at Reformed Theological Seminary, Megan assisted lobbyists in Tallahassee working with the Concrete industry in Florida. 

In 2012, Megan, together with Ryan and their three children (Nevin, Molly and Anna) moved to Royal Oak, MI to plant New City Presbyterian Church and to establish the Detroit Project, a ministry that exists to be a catalyst for a church planting movement throughout the Detroit region.

After ten years in Royal Oak and upon seeing New City grow into a thriving, fruitful church, the McVicar family was persuaded God was calling them to begin the privileged work of a new church start-up in Ann Arbor.

Megan enjoys pouring into her children and into the lives of other women. When she's not doing that, you might find her working out at the Detroit Athletic Club, enjoying a local concert, walking her dog, or enjoying backyard games with her family in the backyard.

Monse was born and raised in Mexico City in a very religious and syncretic family (between nominal Catholicism and New Age gnosticism). While pursuing her BA in International Relations at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), she was introduced to the gospel through RUF Mexico and gave her life to the Lord. She grew quickly in her Christian faith, served RUF as a student leader, and joined a local church. Upon graduation, she became the first RUF Mexico native intern.

After her internship years, she pursued a Master's degree in Political Science with the goal to make a career in the foreign service. It was during her graduate studies that the Lord started to change her heart about campus ministry, and called her back to RUF. From 2015-2020 Monse served as Campus Staff for RUF Mexico joyfully and faithfully, however, she still struggled with her desire to be a diplomat. Her passion for international politics did not wane, but neither did her deep love for the students she served and for the ministry of RUF.

With the encouragement of her pastors and missionary friends who recognized her ministry gifts and her academic-driven mind, she moved to the United States in 2020 (in the midst of the pandemic) to start her Seminary studies at Westminster Seminary California. After three "grinding" years, she graduated in May 2023 with double Master's degrees in Theological and Biblical Studies, and with the deep-seated conviction that the Lord was calling her, all this time, to be an ambassador for the Kingdom of God!

Monse is a "fun nerd": she enjoys reading and learning as much as making friends, traveling, dancing, and laughing!