Meet the team
Pastor Marc de Waard
Pastor
Pastor Marc and his wife Kathy became part of this loving congregation in August 2017. Kathy teaches piano, heads up our Sunday education team as well as our Praise Team, and substitutes at Parker schools. PM loves preaching and teaching, making disciples, and getting area churches to work together. He has an Hons. BA, a B.Ed., a MA (in history) and a M.Div. He loves it when people borrow books from his library -- or come and help him weed at the community garden!
PastorMarc@chancellorreformed.org
Amber Hostetler
Administrative Assistant
Bringing expertise in the technology field, Amber aids our church with website design and maintenance, church management software entry, mobile app, as well as aids with print and communication.
Amy Abbas
Director of Youth Ministries
Junior and Senior High students from various school districts all come together under the umbrella of one Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amy has been a long-timer with us and we see the fruit of her passion and perseverance what with her having made deep connections with students and a whole new generation of them now.
Melanie Klock
Custodial
Melanie has been keeping our building clean as well as serves with so much passion in other creative areas (bulletin boards, signs, arranging rooms). We're so grateful to have her on the team.
Board of Elders
2020
Gene Heeren, Dennis Ihnen, Jay Ihnen (clerk), Joe Plucker, David Smit, Duane Smit (vice president)
Board of Deacons
2020
Jamie Boomgarden (treasurer), Brad Dykstra, Sue Oldenkamp, Barry Olson (chair), Doreen Weeldreyer
Praise Team
List members
Blending the hymns of earlier generations but to a new beat -- with the contemporary, this team has a passion to lead the congregation to the throne of God. At CRC we have the freedom to worship as the Spirit leads, be that kneeling, standing, raising our hands. We extol our God in our words and in our body language, all with the support of vocalists and many instruments.
(We have pianists bi-weekly, and the Praise Team bi-weekly, making for a great blend of music to proffer our King.)