College Church Staff
Kendall Franklin--Senior Pastor
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Pastor Kendall Franklin and his wife, Denise, came to us from Hutchinson, Kansas on July 7, 2008. Pastor Franklin graduated with honors from Southern Nazarene University in 1983 and has an M.A. in Theology from SNU. Prior to his 13 years at Hutchinson First Church, he pastored the Church of the Nazarene in Cimarron, Kansas, and served as a youth pastor in Santa Ana, California, Bethany, Oklahoma and Sublette, Kansas. He has held district positions in Kansas as well as writing for
Come Ye Apart,
Preacher's Magazine and
The Communicator. He and Denise have three sons--Joshua, Brady and Trevor. Kendall enjoys spending time with his family, travel, reading, various sports and hunting for his golf ball.
Brian Smith--Administrative Pastor
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Pastor Brian Smith and his wife, Jamie, came to us from Hutchinson, Kansas on July 5, 2009. Brian graduated from Southern Nazarene University in 1991. He had served as Associate Pastor at Hutchinson First Church since September 1996. Before going to Hutchinson, he was the Youth Pastor at South Manor Church of the Nazarene in Waco, Texas, for five years.
Brian married Jamie (Olson) Smith on August 31, 1991. Jamie taught school for two years after graduating from Southern Nazarene University and now spends her time at home with their two daughters, Hallie, age 10, and Macie, age 7, and one son, Tyson, age 5.
Brian was ordained an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene on April 28, 1995 on the San Antonio District. He enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and playing sports, especially basketball.
Fred Meadows--Worship & Arts Pastor
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Fred Meadows began his ministry with us in March 2005 as the Pastor of Worship and Arts here at College Church. Fred has been worship leader in three previous congregations over the past 25 years. While his ministry has specifically been in designing and leading worship experiences for the church, Fred has also been active in teaching, mentoring and spiritual direction. He is a graduate of Anderson University with a B.A. in Church Music and has a completed the M.A. degree in Practical Theology from the School of Divinity at Regent University. He is currently a doctoral of ministry student at Asbury Theological Seminary studying in the areas of Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Direction. He is married to Pam and together have two children, Chad (21) and Chelsea (19). Fred enjoys chasing the little white ball around the golf course, reading, watching auto racing, being on a boat in the sunshine, and is a budding Cubs fan.
Deborah Bell--Pastor of Congregational Care
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Pastor Deborah Bell, a member of the full-time pastoral team since 1999, serves as Pastor of Congregational Care. An ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene, Deborah has earned a Bachelor of Music degree from North Park University, a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Deborah is married to Dr. William Bell who served for many years as the chair of the Division of Social Sciences at Olivet Nazarene University. They both enjoy music, reading, skiing and traveling. They have two grown daughters, Jennifer and Suzanne. Deborah's love is serving in the local church, but she also shares with her husband a deep interest in missions and in the training of pastors overseas.
Allen Dace --Associate Pastor
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Pastor
Allen Dace leads the bereavement services, hospital visitations, and
pastoral care. Allen received his TH.B., MCM and an honorary D.D. from
Olivet Nazarene University. He is certified in Grief Reconciliation
through Colorado State University and has had training in bereavement
care through Grief Recovery Institute, RTS of Gunderson Lutheran
Hospital and Association of Death Education Counseling. Before Allen
retired from full-time ministry in 2003, he was a senior pastor for 35
years and served as District Superintendent for 15 years. He has been
the associate pastor at College Church for three and a half years. He
and his wife, Virginia, have 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren living in
this area.
Donna Lagesse--Business Manager
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Donna has been a part of the College Church staff since 1991. Currently, as Business Manager, she is responsible for taking care of the detail work of the Church’s finances. Other duties that keep her busy are the work of risk management, payroll, and insurance policies. Donna is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University with degrees in Office Administration and Business Education. She is married to Todd and they have three children. They reside in Bourbonnais where their children are very active in sports.
Mike Morgan--Interim Senior High Pastor
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As interim senior high pastor, Mike oversees the programming, planning, and communication aspects of the senior high ministries. Along with this ministry, he is currently an engineering professor at Olivet Nazarene University and has held that position since 1997. He received his undergraduate degrees at MidAmerica Nazarene University and Kansas State University. Mission trips to South America have occasionally taken him out of the country in the past five years. He has been married to Diana for the past 30 years and has three children, Melanie (25), Angela (22), and Jared (16). In his free time he enjoys family activities, jazz, raquetball, golf, catching up on current events, and reading about youth culture.
Elizabeth Bjorling--Junior High Pastor
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Elizabeth joined our team in August of 2004 as the Pastor of
Preteen and Junior
High Ministries. She holds a Master's of Arts in Religion from Olivet
Nazarene
University. Elizabeth also received her undergraduate degree from ONU
with majors in Business Management and Marketing and a minor in Youth
Ministry. Before coming to us, Elizabeth served full time as a Youth
and Children's minister in Champaign-Urbana, IL. Some of her favorite
things to do include: keynote speaking around the country with a
Christian middle-school girls'
conference organization called Future Identity of Teens, laughing with
family and friends, shopping for new shoes, telling cheesy jokes, being
a "lunch lady" at the nearby middle school, and catching a milkshake
with a group of middle-schoolers!
David Caudle--Technical Director
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David
joined our team in August 2005 as Technical Director and coordinator of
media-related events. Prior to his current position, David served as
Assistant Audio Engineer at College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe,
Kansas. David holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from Olivet Nazarene University. As Technical Director he is responsible for the technical
coordination of all of our Sunday morning services, our Wednesday
evening services, the CD and radio ministry, and all special events
taking place at both of our campuses. David also provides leadership
for a technical volunteer staff of fifteen people
Rachel McLain--Program Coordinator
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Donna Lagesse
Fran Koerner--Administrative Assistant
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Melinda Bartling--Worship Arts Assistant
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Linda Stone--Publishing Assistant
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Building Services
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Richard Owen
Patti Marcotte
John Gardner
