David
Rev. David Foxgrover, Pastor, has served our church for the past 20 years! David leads our worship services, conducts several Bible studies and works closely with the Care and Prayer, Evangelism and Worship Teams. A graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, David has a Ph.D. in the history of Christian thought. David and his wife Marsha are the parents of three adult children.
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Marcia Schneider, Dir. of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, was active in our church’s high school program for several years before being called to this position. Marcia developed the junior and senior high ministry teams, and recently began YAMs (Young Adult Ministries). Marcia and her husband Jim are the parents of two adult children. (Oops. Let’s not forget “Gibson,” their German Short Hair, of whom they are overly fond.)
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Laura Bernabei, Director of Children’s Ministries, loves working with kids of all ages. Laura works with the Logos (mid-week youth program) Team, the Sunday School Coordinators and teachers and supervises our summer programs for kids—including our annual Vacation Bible School. Laura and her husband Chuck are the parents of Katie, Nick and Erika.
 Pam
Pam Russell, Director of Connections, works with the Evangelism, Outreach and Fellowship Teams to find ways to “connect” people within our church with each other and with the ministries of our church. “Connecting” our church with people who have no church home is an integral part of Pam’s calling .
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Vicki Linich, Director of Worship and Music, leads our staff and Worship Team in planning the themes of our worship services, as well as directing the Chancel Choir and scheduling instrumental and vocal music for our services. A gifted singer, Vicki has a master’s degree in music from NIU and offers voice lessons to numerous adults and youth in the area.
debbie
Debbie Poole, Office Manager. Everyone knows how important the office manager is! Debbie has served our church faithfully and creatively for almost ten years. Her duties include everything from preparing the worship bulletins to brewing coffee for various groups to dealing with the fire-detection system. Talk about multi-tasking! Debbie and husband Geoff have three adult children and two grandchildren.
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Nancy Gasioroski, Director of Sunday Morning Nursery, has been taking care of our “little ones” for seven years. We are blessed to have Nancy share her skills and dedication to kids with our church, and to supervise Sunday Morning Nursery volunteers.
 
Gene Ton, organist-pianist, leads our congregation in worship as he plays the organ and piano for our services and accompanies the Chancel Choir, soloists and ensembles. A member of the American Guild of Organists, Gene serves on the Worship Team, along with his wife Mary. Gene and Mary are the parents of two adult children and two grandchildren.
 
Fred and Judy Neitzel, custodians, have been cleaning our facilities for almost 20 years. During those years, all of their four children have worked with them and “grown up” on the job. Now Fred and Judy can boast of having seven grandchildren.

 

Last Published: March 18, 2010 2:58 PM