Stephanie has been following Christ since she was very young, and has been part of roughly a dozen churches around the country. She moved to Billings in 2001 to begin her career as a television reporter. She decided to check out the newly-formed Harvest Church her first Sunday in town and was grateful to quickly connect with its fun and welcoming people.
Six weeks later, she met Bryon Hobby and they started attending and serving at Harvest Church together. They left in 2004 to attend the University of Washington, and got married in 2006. They maintained ties with Harvest, keeping up with the podcasts and making a point to visit every time they came back to visit family. They were thrilled to move back to Billings with their two adventurous children and rambunctious dog in 2016.
Stephanie has led women's Bible studies in various churches and has served in children's ministry at Harvest Church, Restoration Life Church in Sacramento, CA and Sagebrush Community Church in Albuquerque.
Stephanie is a science writer and worked for the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of New Mexico, and Sandia National Laboratories. She transitioned to freelancing so she could be home more with their children and now contracts with Stanford University and contributes regularly to Simply Family Magazine.
She is a graduate of the School of Journalism at University of Missouri-Columbia, has a master's degree from university of Washington, and sailed with Semester at Sea in college.
