Free Christian Church

SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES

8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 A.M.

	Jack L. Daniel Senior Pastor email Jack Jack Daniel has been Senior Pastor of Free Christian Church since 1977.. We credit our church health to a congregation with a growing passion to help people find the Lord and become devoted followers of Jesus Christ and to the constant work of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Daniel has a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1973) and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Counseling from Andover-Newton Theological School (1978).
	Dan Dzikowicz Teaching Pastor email Dan Dan is a regular teacher at our worship services, is the director of our Small Groups Ministry and functions as FCC’s “associate pastor”. He is passionate about spiritual development for our adults and seeing FCC become a "church of small groups". Dan got his Masters of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA .
	Kim McElfresh Executive Minister email Kim Kim's role is to develop, manage and communicate church processes and procedures - ensuring the smooth and efficient management of the church staff, ministries, programs and facilities. She guides the staff planning and measurement processes by evaluating activities against our church vision, Kim helps to direct us toward our common goals.
	Eric W. Lindahl Minister of Worship Arts email Eric Worship Arts Ministries are a dynamic part of life at Free Christian Church, where gifted artists of every age gather and grow together to glorify God and minister to the community members worshipping during Sunday services, ministry gatherings, special concerts and outreach events.
	Kathy Shannon Children's Minister email Kathy Kathy invites children of all ages into our Sunday school program to experience a sense of community, belonging, and Christ-like love. Recruiting, training and supporting teachers and assistants has become her specialty. Kathy has created a child-centered environment that is attractive to children with a program that appeals to adult volunteers as well.
	Elizabeth Lerman Assistant Children's Minister email Liz Liz has been attending since she was four and volunteering with the children since age 10. She attended Northland Baptist Bible College in Dunbar, WI and received her BA in Church ministries. She has been on staff since June 2005, working side by side with Kathy Shannon. Her ministry focuses mainly on the 5th and 6th graders. Varying from teaching Sunday School, to pioneer club to club 365. Her passion is to truly see the children grow in their faith and love of Jesus Christ.
	Jonathan Paul Youth Minister email Jon Jon or “JP” is serving in his fourth year as the Director of Youth Ministries. Jon provides pastoral care for teenagers while assuming responsibility for directing, shaping, and advancing this growing youth ministry program. Concurrent with his work at the church, Jon is completing his Master of Divinity degree at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
	Bryan Long Assistant Youth Minister email Bryan Bryan serves as the Assistant Director of Youth Ministries at Free Christian. Through different ministries such as SPUR, Fireside, and the worship band, Bryan works closely with Jon Paul to create an environment for students to connect and grow. Along with his work at the church, Bryan attends Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for his Masters of Divinity degree.
	Jo-Anne Middleton Director of Connecting Ministries email Jo-Anne Jo-Anne’s role is to recruit, encourage, and equip the team with what they need in order to do what they love - welcome people. The very effective Connecting Ministry Team will be the first people you see when you visit. Their members stand outdoors to greet or assist you with parking and will direct you and your children to the Sunday school classrooms, they serve you coffee and answer your questions at the Welcome Desk.
	Maureen Smith Missions & Service Director email Maureen Maureen motivates, inspires and leads the congregation to become involved in Mission service through short and long term hands-on opportunities. Spearheading FCC community involvement, Maureen also leads the Missions Committee.
	Roselle Heckendorn Outreach Champion email Roselle Roselle is the champion for outreach at FCC. She is developing an outreach strategy that will raise up folks to pray for the advancement of the kingdom of God as well as equip and motivate others to help their friends, family members, neighbors and colleagues come to faith. Roselle works with existing ministries, small groups and events to help elevate the outreach value.
	Wendy Nevin Pastoral Care Minister email Wendy Wendy oversees Pastoral Care and is responsible for building a sense of community care in the church. She leads and participates in a visitation ministry for those who are sick or hospitalized, nursing home residents and homebound seniors. She offers spiritual and emotional support to grieving members and their families.
	Andrea Bliss Lerman Minister of Spiritual Direction email Andrea For the past 17 years, Andrea, trained at Shalem Institute of Spiritual Formation, has offered spiritual direction at Free Christian Church. Spiritual direction is a spiritual discipline offered with the intent of deepening one’s relationship with and focus on God in the midst of all of life.
	Sarah Cathey Communications Assistant email Sarah Sarah serves the church in taking our communications to the next level. Working with Church Staff and Ministry Leaders to provide internal and external communications in a spirit of cooperation and teamwork, Sarah serves as our webmaster as well.
	Karen Bomberger Church Secretary email Karen Karen Bomberger serves as our church secretary and is the friendly person you most often speak to when you call the church office. Karen maintains our very full church calendar, scheduling events and space for ministry leaders. She produces the weekly bulletin, does numerous mailings, makes tapes, and letters etc. assisting all where needed.
	Lorna & Chuck McDonald Property Managers email Lorna Property Managers Lorna and Chuck take great care to enable all of our weekly meetings and functions take place without a hitch. Lorna's standard is noticeably clean. Visitors actually comment on our cleanliness. Lorna also manages all maintenance of the church inside and out.