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Bethel Leadership

Staff

Cris Harper

Cris Harper

Lead Pastor

Pastor Cris joined Bethel Community Church in February of 2020. He is married to Christy and has two young children, Ruth and Gabe...

Selikke Duthler

Selikke Duthler

Children's Ministry Director

Selikke has been attending Bethel for most of her life and started volunteering in the Children’s ministry in her early teens. She joined the Bethel staff in 2021...

Jason Wisselink

Jason Wisselink

Media Ministry Director

Jason has been part of the community at Bethel for over ten years and has been volunteering with the technical team for the past 4 years...

Hilda Buisman

Hilda Buisman

Executive Administrator

Hilda has been a member of Bethel Community Church since moving to Edmonton in 1985.  She has worked as a trainer, manager, and director in the past...

Nicole Wildeboer

Nicole Wildeboer

Administrative Assistant

Nicole is one of the Administrative Assistants at Bethel Community Church. She has been part of Bethel since 2008...

Wendy Werkman

Wendy Werkman

Pastor of Congregational Care and Discipleship

Wendy has been a member of Bethel since 2003. She brought her diversified work experience to Bethel and became the Administrator in August 2011. Wendy went to seminary and received an MDiv from Kairos University...

Camila Lazzarotto

Camila Lazzarotto

Youth Director

Hi there! I’m Camila, the new Youth Director at Bethel Community Church. I’m from Brazil, happily married to Ed, and the proud mom of a sweet 7-year-old girl named Alice...

Kaitlyn Verveda

Kaitlyn Verveda

Summer Intern

Kaitlyn served as our Children’s Ministry Intern last year. She has attended Bethel her whole life and has served in various roles...

Cindy Harris

Cindy Harris

Support Services

Cindy is originally from Ontario and has lived in Edmonton since 1999. Through Bethel, she became a Christian in 2008 and was baptized in 2009...

Cathy Ferchau

Cathy Ferchau

Pastor of Outreach and Missions

Pastor Cathy has been a part of Bethel for almost twenty years, originally becoming connected through Dove Taekwondo. Cathy is passionate about prayer, building relationships, and pointing others to Jesus...

Lisa Vander Heide

Lisa Vander Heide

Worship Ministry Director

Lisa has been attending Bethel for 42 years. She has been involved over the years as the coordinator of Oasis, a volunteer for children’s ministry, and a volunteer for summer camps...

Elena Kroeker

Elena Kroeker

Summer Intern

Elena previously served as our Youth Ministries Intern in 2023. She has been attending Bethel since 2021, serving with the youth and children’s ministries and on the worship team...

Tara Kilkenny

Tara Kilkenny

Administrative Assistant

Tara is the Administrative Assistant at Bethel Community Church. She has been part of Bethel for many years and is excited to share this role with Nicole...

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Council

Governing Elders,  Shepherding Elders, & Deacons

Governing Elders

Ed Dening - Chair
Ivan Mast - Vice Chair
John Buisman - Clerk
Arnold Groot
John Lendein

Glen Oosterhof
Curt Rozendaal

Shepherding Elders

Peter Rietveld - Chair
Kevin Magnes
Jare Osho
Jeannie Visser

Deacons

Gary Simpson - Chair
Doug Barr - Treasurer
Jessica Kalf
Helen Krol
Shawn Meidl
Ron Van Der Linden
Jeff Van Niejenhuis

Rebecca Werkman

Do you have any questions, concerns, or comments? You can contact our Governing Elders, Shepherding Elders, or Deacons directly by the email address shown below. 

Governing Elders - governingelders@discoverbethel.com

Shepherding Elders - ShepherdingElders@discoverbethel.com

Deacons - Deacons@discoverbethel.com

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