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)