Meet the Team

Our staff and ministry teams serve faithfully, caring for our church and supporting God’s work in the community.

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Chris Hodge

Senior Pastor

Chris Hodge is a joyful receiver of God’s grace. He is married to Karen, an amazing wife, woman, mother, leader, teacher, and friend. Karen and Chris have two grown children. Chris grew up in South Carolina but has spent his life serving Christ by loving and leading His church all over the United States. He gets excited about sharing God’s Word and investing in relationships that help others know, love, and enjoy God more through Christ. While he enjoys most sports, his favorite team is Tottenham Hotspur FC in the English Premier League.

Staff leadership team

Worship Director

Discipleship Pastor

Adult Discipleship Pastor

Visitation Pastor

Ministry Services Director

Administrative Pastor

Children's Discipleship Director

Student Ministries Director

Team members

Teaching Elders are our Pastors. Teaching Elders, along with Ruling Elders, are part of the governing body of the church. In addition to governing the church, Teaching Elders have been ordained by the presbytery and are authorized to preach and administer the sacraments.

Ruling Elders are men who have been called and ordained by the church to oversee the church spiritually and organizationally.

Shepherding Team members are non-ordained men and women who have successfully been trained, examined, and approved by the Session. They are equipped to help the elders shepherd the people in various situations (marriages, discipleship, family or personal crises, and guidance).

Teaching Elders

Chris Hodge
Senior Pastor  

Don Roberts
Clerk of Session & Administrative Pastor 

Lee Taylor
Discipleship Pastor 

Rich Wolfe
Adult Discipleship Pastor

Ruling Elders

Jonathan Anderson
Cornerstone

Joe Baker
Compass

Terry Bradley
One Accord

Greg Buchalter
Compass

Page Clark
Compass

Jason Cunningham
One Accord

Steve Cutter
Kingdom Builders

Donavan DeJong
Lighthouse

Gordon Golden
Sojourners

David Kliewer
Lighthouse

Mark Morley
Lighthouse

EJ Nusbaum
Common Ground

John Paulton
Lighthouse

Shawn Peterson
Compass

Bill Petro
Sojourners

Rusty Powell
Cornerstone

Steve Roth
One Accord

Joel Schuster
Cornerstone

Robert Spees
Kingom Builders

Randy Thompson
Catalyst/Crossroads

Shepherding Assistants

Lisa Anderson
Compass

Cynthia Baker
Common Ground

Connie Bradley
One Accord

Loretta Halliday
Kingdom Builders

Jill Hill
Essentials

Schwan Hill
Essentials

Kim Kime
Compass

Nicole Lavender
Common Ground

Joan Nusbaum
Common Ground

Deacons are ordained officers of the church called to serve the sick, the widows, the needy, the friendless, and any who may be in distress.

Deacon Apprentices are men who have completed the necessary officer training required by Village Seven Presbyterian Church, and then one year of apprenticeship prior to ordination.

Deacon Assistants are non-ordained men and women who have successfully completed Village Seven’s School of Mercy Ministry, required interviews and approvals, and have been appointed to serve the body of Christ by assisting the Deacons in their ministry.

Deacons

Jim Adams
Compass

Tom Baird
Kingdom Builders

Leonard Faimon
Happy Daze

Matt Holcomb
Kingdom Builders

Jimmy Kralosky

Adam Lawton
Sojourners

Bill McBride
Happy Daze

Caleb McConnell
Sojourners

Spence Nelson

Tim Schwager
Kingdom Builders

Mike Seay
Compass

Lance Slocum
Lighthouse

Kevin Tebedo
Essentials

Kaleb Trumbly

Dave Willers
Kingdom Builders

Deacon Assistants

Len Bryant
Koinonians

Jim Covey
Essentials

Kirit Frank
Koinonians

Sally Heseltine
Happy Daze

Allen Knapp
Compass

Lydia Lawton
Catalyst

Gil Miller
Koinonians

Pam Morley
Lighthouse

Bobbie Oxley
Happy Daze

Olivia Rader
Essentials

Jackie Robinson
Koinonians

Scott Saxon
Sojourners

Renee Seay
Compass

Betty Shumate
Kingdom Builders

James Leonard
Compass

Timothy Twombly
Koinonians

Cameron Yee
One Accord

Lee Taylor
Discipleship Pastor

Rich Wolfe
Adult Discipleship Pastor

Andrew Friedrichs
Worship Director

Lisa Keaveny
Worship & Music Specialist

Stewart McKee
Associate Worship Director

Kristi Davis
Music Administrative Specialist

Saul Valadez
Audio Engineer

Scott Bruce
Music Administrative Specialist

Caroline Lehman
Production Specialist

Caroline Correa
Children’s Discipleship Director

Morgan VanderHart
Children’s Discipleship Associate Director

Matthew Hedinger
Youth Ministry Director

Darren Terpstra
Asst. Director for Middle School

Will Owens
Asst. Director for High School

Beth Wilcox
NextGen Administrative Specialist

Don Roberts
Administrative Pastor

Lisa Shannon
Church Accountant

April Hammel
Admin Specialist, Database Integrity

Kate Bryant
Receptionist

Lucy Gray
Receptionist

Charlene Adams
Receptionist

Julianna Wiskow
Ministry Services Director

Anne Ziegler
Communications Specialist

William Nelson
Video Production Coordinator

Sam Albshara
Facilities Manager

Sam Holst
Assistant Facilities Manager

Tatiana Anderson & Stephanie Mendicki
Women’s Ministry Co-leaders

Karen Knapp, Beth Cutter & Lauren Mote
Equip Team 

Marti Nelson & Taylor Felker
Connect Team

Jennifer Brown
Care Team

Kristen Strong
Encouragement Team

Beth Trumble & Lori Wolfe
Prayer Team

Jim Adams
Roland Burchard
Bob Cabell
Kenny Jenkins
Jake O’Brien
Steve Milvain
Dan Smith
Rich Wolfe
Steve Sauer
Lee Cooper
Paul Holcomb

Elders, Deacons & Shepherds

Teaching Elders are our Pastors. Teaching Elders, along with Ruling Elders, are part of the governing body of the church. In addition to governing the church, Teaching Elders have been ordained by the presbytery and are authorized to preach and administer the sacraments.

Ruling Elders are men who have been called and ordained by the church to oversee the church spiritually and organizationally.

Shepherding Team members are non-ordained men and women who have successfully been trained, examined, and approved by the Session. They are equipped to help the elders shepherd the people in various situations (marriages, discipleship, family or personal crises, and guidance).

Teaching Elders

Chris Hodge
Senior Pastor  

Don Roberts
Clerk of Session & Administrative Pastor 

Lee Taylor
Discipleship Pastor 

Rich Wolfe
Adult Discipleship Pastor

Ruling Elders

Jonathan Anderson
Joe Baker
Terry Bradley
Greg Buchalter
Page Clark
Jason Cunningham
Steve Cutter
Donavan DeJong
Gordon Golden
David Kliewer
Wes Lavender

Mark Morley
EJ Nusbaum
John Paulton
Shawn Peterson
Bill Petro
Rusty Powell
Steve Roth
Joel Schuster
Robert Spees
Randy Thompson

Shepherding Assistants

Lisa Anderson
Cynthia Baker
Connie Bradley
Loretta Halliday
Jill Hill

Schwan Hill
Kim Kime
Nicole Lavender
Joan Nusbaum

Deacons are ordained officers of the church called to serve the sick, the widows, the needy, the friendless, and any who may be in distress.

Deacon Apprentices are men who have completed the necessary officer training required by Village Seven Presbyterian Church, and then one year of apprenticeship prior to ordination.

Deacon Assistants are non-ordained men and women who have successfully completed Village Seven’s School of Mercy Ministry, required interviews and approvals, and have been appointed to serve the body of Christ by assisting the Deacons in their ministry.

Deacons

Jim Adams
Tom Baird
Leonard Faimon
Matt Holcomb
Jimmy Kralosky
Adam Lawton
Bill McBride

Spence NelsonTim Schwager
Mike Seay
Lance Slocum
Kevin Tebedo
Kaleb Trumbly
Dave Willers

Deacon Assistants

Len Bryant
Jim Covey
Kirit Frank
Sally Heseltine
Allen Knapp
Lydia Lawton
Gil Miller
Pam Morley
Bobbie Oxley

Olivia Rader
Jackie Robinson
Scott Saxon
Renee Seay
James Leonard
Timothy Twombly
Cameron Yee