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Rev. Fred Harrell

Senior Pastor

The Rev. Fred O. Harrell is a native of Central Florida and is a graduate of the University of Florida (degree in economics) and Reformed Theological Seminary (graduate degree in theology and ...

 
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Rev. Mike Hayes

Executive Pastor

The Rev. Michael Hayes is a native of California who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1969. He and his wife Cathe have been married since 1974 and have two adult children, Meggin and Joshua....

 
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Rev. Dr. Chuck DeGroat

Director of the City Church Counseling Center

Chuck has enjoyed a fluid combination of pastoral ministry, clinical counseling, and seminary teaching for the past 10 years, most of it spent in Orlando, FL. In 2008, he took a position with City ...

 

Rev. Anni Mingin

Director of Spiritual Formation

Anni is a graduate San Francisco Theological Seminary. Before entering SFTS, Anni served at Mendocino Presbyterian Church in Mendocino, a small village on the coast of northern California. Previous ...

 
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Rev. Frances Bragdon Nelson

Director of Congregational Care

Frances was born in Lima, Peru, but lived most of her adult life in New York City until mid 2006, when she came to City Church to serve as Pastor of Congregational Care (serving deacons, community ...

 
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Rev. Scot Sherman

Executive Director Newbigin Seminary Project

Scot Sherman is the executive director of the Newbigin Seminary Project, a cooperative venture between City Church and the Reformed Church in America. Scot served on the staff of Redeemer ...

 
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Rev. Paul Trudeau

Director of City Hope San Francisco

Paul is the director of City Hope ministries and International missions. He is also a chaplain in County Jail where he pastors a weekly worship service for inmates. Paul grew up in Portland and New ...

 

Melisa Blankenship

Information Manager

Melisa was born and raised in the San Francisco bay area and loves living here. She and Darren were married in 1994 and have one son. In 1998 they ran their own coffee shop for three years and ...

 
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Karl Digerness

Director of Worship Arts

A native of Birmingham, AL, Karl received a degree in Music Education from Berry College in Rome, GA with an instrumental emphasis on trumpet. He then moved to Atlanta where he taught music for two ...

 
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Wendi Digerness

Nursery Coordinator

Wendi Digerness grew up in Atlanta, GA where you can only be outside, comfortably, for about three months a year. She enjoys being outside in SF everyday with her three boys: Joe, Andy and Owen--and ...

 

Dan Gannon

Director of Family Ministries

Dan hails from the cultural mecca of Richland, Washington and is a graduate of Washington State University (degrees in Social Science, History and Secondary Education) and Fuller Theological Seminary ...

 
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Marilyn Gaule

Accountant

Marilyn loves the cultural diversity and many delights the San Francisco area offers after moving here from a farm in Iowa. She is a San Francisco State University graduate and enjoys working in the ...

 
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Matt Nault

Director of Community Groups

Matthew B. Nault is a native of San Diego, CA. He moved to San Francisco in 2004 to be the team leader at USF with InterVarsity. Since then, he has increasingly fallen in love with the beauty, ...

 
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Kirsten Oates

Director of People & Planning

Kirsten Oates started as the Director of People and Planning in 2007. Kirsten grew up in Australia and graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor in Economics and a Bachelor ...

 
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Maggie Rockers

Executive Assistant

Maggie Rockers, a native to Chicagoland, moved to the Bay Area over two years ago after graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Though a Midwestern ...

 
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David Starfas

Director of Children's Ministry

A native of Ventura Ca. David moved to San Francisco in 2001 after graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute. He paints. He writes some. He and his wife Deborah got married in March 2006. When he ...

 
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Steven Starfas

Director of Communications

A native of Ventura Ca. Steven moved to San Francisco in the summer of 1996 to pursue a Fine Art Degree from The San Francisco Art Institute. Steven began working for City Church in January 2001. He ...

 

Jonny Whitaker

Director of Church Life & Sunday Operations

Jon is a native of the Bay Area but grew up in Phoenix. After attending Arizona State, Jon moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in golf until it occurred to him that he actually needed to be good ...

 
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Brett Wise

Communications Manager

Brett loves San Francisco, but has most of his roots back in Texas. Born and raised in the Dallas suburbs, Brett attended The University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a degree in Advertising....

 
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Jay Wilson

Counseling Center Intern

Jay grew up in the Central Florida area and is a graduate of the University of Florida (degree in Finance) and Reformed Theological Seminary (MDiv and MA degrees). He has a heart for walking with ...

 
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Jeanette Park

City Hope Intern

Jeanette is excited to be working with City Hope in stirring hearts for the underserved and forgotten of San Francisco. Jeanette graduated from Dartmouth College and NYU School of Law and practiced ...

 
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Jonathan Gundlach

Community Groups Intern

Jonathan spent most of his life in South Florida and Chicago before moving to San Francisco. He is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary - Orlando (M.Div.) and, being a major coffee-geek, had ...

 
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Kyle Doebler

Spiritual Formation Intern

Kyle Doebler is a Pastoral Intern with our Spiritual Formation ministry. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Kyle graduated from the College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics ...

 
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