Mike Stelle
Senior Pastor
Office: 916.624.1609 ext 11
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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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Ruth Hills
Administrator
Office: 916.624.1609 ext 10
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Konrad Funke
Pre-Teen Ministry Intern
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Before Coming to Community Covenant Church served on the staffs at:
Life Community Church (2015-2017)
Pets - Two cats, Eleanor and Finn
Places I want to travel to - Europe
Favorite Things - Movies, Music, Video Games, and the Philadelphia Eagles
Favorite Bands - Beatles, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Wham!
Favorite Movies - Casablanca, Forrest Gump, Nacho Libre, Groundhog Day
Least Favorite Foods - Freakin' Hummus, Avocado, Indian Food, Cilantro
Favorite TV Shows - Seinfeld, Survivor, Great British Bake Off
Strangely addicted to - Going to the Dentist
Thing I fear - Fire
Emily Seyler
Director of Youth Ministry
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Favorite Things: Playing soccer, rock climbing, hiking, walking someone else’s dog, and getting to know new people
Strangely Addicted To: The Bachelor/Bachelorette and pickles
Pet Peeves: mornings, left over boba in my tea, and only playing half of a song
Favorite Bands: Just ask me, ‘cause its probably changed 4 times since that last time we talked.
Things I Fear: spiders and elevators. If I see a spider in an elevator, I think my heart might stop.
Places I Want to Visit: New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa
Places I've Lived: Omaha Nebraska, Chicago Illinois, Yakima Washington, Sacramento California
Personal Motto: Following God is inevitably an adventure
Debbie Bechler
Children's Ministry
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Family – Married to Ray since 1988 (30+ fantastic years!) and have 4 incredible adult-aged kids, and recently, a son-in-law (Kelsey, Brandon, Derek, Nicole & Tyler)
Education
· Sierra College AA – Behavioral Sciences, Early Childhood Education
· Liberty University BS – Psychology, Christian Counseling
Things you love: Games and winning!, every genre of music (except Country), connecting deeply with people, checking off my “to do” list, laughing, sarcasm, drumming, being surprised by God’s constant faithfulness.
Pets: Sadie (Mini Golden Doodle), and Jack (Havanese). My babies!
Things you fear: Missing opportunities to love people well and airplane flights
Game and TV Addictions: Candy Crush, Farkle, Any card game, This Is Us, New Amsterdam, Chicago Med, The Good Doctor and Madame Secretary.
Favorite bands: David Crowder, Lecrae, NF, The Cars, U2, Hillsong United, Jars of Clay, Phil Collins, Phil Wickham, Fleetwood Mac, Alanis Morissette, anything with a good beat.