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Our Elder Board (for 2026-2027)

Lay Elder Board Members Serving for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

The following men will be serving on our Elder Board this next year. Those elected/re-elected on April 26 are noted*; new officers were selected at the Tuesday, May 12, Elder Board Meeting, and are noted in parenthesis below:
Gary Bell*, Rich Bell (Chairman), John Borland, Michael de Neve*, Jaisen Fuson, Greg Hill* (Secretary), Jon Goodman, Rodger Keester**, Rob Lomicka, Larry Michel, Deric Moen, Austin N.* (Assistant Secretary), Steve Nelson (Vice Chairman), and Kenny Winter.

**Please note: Although Greg Mizel was elected to the board as a Lay Elder, he vacated that position when he was recently hired as EFCC’s new Executive Director. He will remain on the Board as a staff (pastoral) Elder. The Nominating Committee selected Rodger Keester to fill Greg’s vacated Lay Elder spot on the Board. In addition, Osvaldo Silveira d’Avila recently stepped down from the Board. His position is not being replaced at this time.

Those who will serve on the Nominating Committee are:

Tom Anderson*, Ron Peet* and Irene Phillips*.

(Photo above includes our current and past Elder Board members. Not all are included in this photo.)

Austin N.

Deric Moen

Esteban Tapia

Gary Bell

Greg Hill

Greg Mizel

Jaisen Fuson

John Borland

John Riley

Jon Goodman

Josh Rose

Kenny Winter

Larry Michel

Michael de Neve

Rich Bell

Rob Lomicka

Rodger Keester

Scott Smith

Steve Nelson

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