Mike Stelle
Senior Pastor
Office: 916.624.1609
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- Diablo Valley College
- California State Univ. Sacramento
- Fuller Seminary
- Ordained to Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Covenant Church (2008)
Before Coming to Community Covenant Church served on the staffs at:
- Community Presbyterian Church, Ventura, CA (1991-1998)
- Harbor Covenant Church, Gig Harbor, WA (1998-2014)
Pets - We're a dog family and all of our dogs have been named after jazz musicians
Travels - Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic
Favorite Things - Movies, March Madness, and Milkshakes
Favorite Books - The Ragamuffin Gospel, Chasing Francis, Playing for Pizza
Favorite Movies - Casablanca, Field of Dreams, Fletch, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sting
Favorite Movie Quote - "We're lost but we're making good time" - City Slickers
Clothing - Casual on Sundays...even more casual during the week
Favorite Musicians - David Crowder, Dizzy Gillespie, Vivaldi, Billy Joel, Tim Hughes, Needtobreathe
Strangely addicted to - Nature shows and Sporcle
Thing I fear - settling for less than significant
Chris Gothold
Assoc Pastor of Worship & Family Ministry
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Jeff Kaetzel
Associate Pastor of Youth Ministry and Parent Discipleship
Office: 916.624.1609
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Family – Married to Chrissy Kaetzel since 2015
Education and Ordination
- Merritt Community College
- University of California, Berkeley (BA – U.S. History)
- San Francisco State University (MA – U.S. History)
- Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv)
- Ordained to Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Covenant Church (2021)
Before Coming to Community Covenant Church
- First Covenant Church, Oakland (2008-2014)
- Creekside Community Church, San Leandro, CA (2014-2017)
- Community Covenant Church of Goleta (2017-2021)
Favorite Things – Comics, History, Coffee and Baseball
Favorite Books – Agatha Christy novels, Fahrenheit 451, the Great Gatsby and East of Eden
Favorite Movies – The Rocketeer, Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Captain America: The First Avenger, the Princess Bride, Dr. Strange and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Favorite Movie Quote – “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller
Favorite Musician – Switchfoot & Jon Foreman
Strangely Addicted to – Vintage Hawaiian Shirts
Things I fear – not being good enough
Chrissy Kaetzel
Director of Children's Ministry and Missional Serving Communities
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Ruth Hills
Administrator
Office: 916.624.1609
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