Meet the Team
Pastor Brian Talty
LEAD PASTOR
Brian became the lead pastor of First Christian Church in June 2022. However, he has held various roles on our church staff since 2004. Brian and his wife, Jessica, have four children (Cole, Camden, Case, Callynn) and a dog.
Pastoral Team
BRIAN TALTY
Lead Pastor
btalty@firstdecatur.org
JONATHAN GRUNDEN
Executive Pastor
jgrunden@firstdecatur.org
BJ LEONARD
Missions Pastor
bleonard@firstdecatur.org
ADAM HAMERLINCK
Discipleship Pastor
ahamerlinck@firstdecatur.org
TIM REVIS
Care Ministries Pastor
trevis@firstdecatur.org
ROBERT HENDERSON
Pastor of Community Care
rhenderson@firstdecatur.org
THOMAS HAGAN
Young Adult Pastor
thagan@firstdecatur.org
HEATHER VANCE
Family Ministries Pastor
hvance@firstdecatur.org
DR. RICK GRACE
DHF Church Liaison
rgrace@discipleheritage.org
WAYNE KENT
Pastor Emeritus
wayne@firstdecatur.org
Kids & Youth
HEATHER VANCE
Family Ministries Pastor
hvance@firstdecatur.org
MEGHAN FRITZSCHE
Elementary Director
mfritzsche@firstdecatur.org
VICTORIA BEHNER
Elementary Asst. Director
vbehner@firstdecatur.org
BRANDY RAY
Pre-K Director
bray@firstdecatur.org
MELISSA PETERSEN
Pre-K Asst. Director
mpetersen@firstdecatur.org
Outreach
HANNAH BEERY
Hospitality
hbeery@firstdecatur.org
ANDREA GRUNDEN
Arts Academy
agrunden@firstdecatur.org
LISA WEATHERFORD
Mosaic Café
lweatherford@firstdecatur.org
MARLIN BAKER
Community Missions
mbaker@firstdecatur.org
ABBEY JORDAN
Club 305
ajordan@firstdecatur.org
DON DOTSON
Chaplain
ddotson@firstdecatur.org
DEE FRANZ
Chaplain
dfranz@firstdecatur.org
SUSAN LIU
Chaplain
sliu@firstdecatur.org
NIC MAYBERRY
Chaplain Resident
nmayberry@firstdecatur.org
JEFFREY RUFFIN
Chaplain
jruffin@firstdecatur.org
Creative
STEPHANIE CAMPBELL
Choir Director
scampbell@firstdecatur.org
BILL CUNNINGHAM
Music Director
bcunningham@firstdecatur.org
CRYSTAL KIRKMAN
Communications Director
ckirkman@firstdecatur.org
Administration & Support
DAN STEFFENY
Director of Operations
dsteffeny@firstdecatur.org
PEGGY ANDERSON
Office Manager
panderson@firstdecatur.org
LEANNE KUHN
Office
lkuhn@firstdecatur.org
DAWN WENDT
Office
dwendt@firstdecatur.org
TOM HOWARD
Maintenance
thoward@firstdecatur.org
GREG HART
Weekend Support Staff
KENZIE KANE
Weekend Support Staff
KEN SUHR
Weekend Support Staff
BARB WOOD
Weekend Support Staff
Elders
Ann Eaton
Nolan Gillett
Bradley Grant
John Guymon
Wayne Kent
Rick McKibben / ELDER CHAIR
Kathy Mueller
Russ Reimer
Mark Reynolds
Debbie Sullivan
Administrative Team
Russ Reimer / CHAIR
Todd Banning / VICE CHAIR
Rick McKibben / ELDER CHAIR
Sally Hodges / SECRETARY
Michelle Reynolds / TREASURER
Jonathan Grunden
David Little
Tom Pistorius
Tracy Smithers
Dan Steffeny
Brian Talty
Trustees
David Zelhart (2020-2022)
Shane Mendenhall (2021-2023)
Rob Robinson (2021-2023)