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Bethel Leadership - Staff & Council Bethel Leadership Staff, Elders, & Deacons Staff 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... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More Nicole Wildeboer Administrative Assistant Nicole is one of the Administrative Assistants at Bethel Community Church. She has been part of Bethel since 2008... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More Council 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 Helen Krol - Co-chair Ron Van Der Linden - Co-chair Doug Barr - Treasurer Jessica Kalf Shawn Meidl Jeff Van Niejenhuis Gary Simpson Rebecca Werkman Details about the expectations for each of our Council roles: here Bethel Statement of Faith for Staff, Ministry Leaders, and Council: here NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS: Each year, a number of these leaders finish their terms and need to be replaced. We ask you to prayerfully consider who would make good, Christ-centered leaders for the different roles on Council To nominate someone: We recommend that you talk with the person you are discerning nominating so you can confirm that they are able and willing to prayerfully consider serving on Council Please confirm they are a member of Bethel Community Church Please send us an email with their name to clerk@discoverbethel.com and a brief reason why you believe he or she is qualified to serve in this role If you have any questions about the nominations process and the expectations of these roles, please contact Arnold Groot (Governing Elder). 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