The elders

I am a native Montanan who spent my high school years in Grand Junction, Colorado. After graduating with a B.A. in History from Western State College in Gunnison, I moved to Lake City in 1981. I was part of the team that started Grace Fellowship of Lake City in 1987. In addition to pastoring, I have worked as a fly-fishing guide, writer, and editor. God has given me a heart for missions as well as pastoring and I have led numerous trips to the Apache Reservation in Arizona and to Managua, Nicaragua.

 I was born in Alaska but spent most of my growing up in Phoenix, AZ. Having a great love of travel, and adventure I bounced around a lot, both living and working in numerous places but also traveling in the US and internationally. I have lived in Lake City full time since 1999 and started a construction company a few years after I moved here. God blessed me in that endeavor and even more so with a wonderful wife Emily who I met in Lake City. We were married in 2007 and together we continue to build memories in our little mountain town.  I was raised in a Christian home and became a believer at a young age; however, I did not fall deeply in love with Jesus until later in life. What a ride that has been! I never thought you could have so much fun as a Christian.