Meet the team.

Senior Pastor, Head of Staff

The Grace of Christ Family is so blessed to have Bill as our Senior Pastor! He first served Grace from 1995 to 1999 and thankfully, God called Pastor Bill and his wife, Debbie, back to Yakima in 2018 and, inevitably, back to Yakima Grace in 2019...
Meet Bill.

Assistant Pastor

Curt returns to Grace to serve as Assistant Pastor and will focus on assisting the Deacons with congregational care, and the enrichment of Community and Spiritual formation. From 1995 to 2005 Curt served on staff as pastor/director at Ghormley, and then for four additional years here at the church...
Meet Curt.

Pastor, Gracia de Cristo

Pastor Alex serves “Gracia de Cristo," the Spanish-speaking community of our Church Family; he also spearheads our outreach to the Latino community at Adams Elementary...
Meet Alex.

Family At Grace

Melissa is blessed to call Grace home since her teenage years.  She was involved with the Trek Ministry and later began teaching in the preschool.  She is now our Family Ministries Director at Grace - supervising several ministries including Grace Kids, Preschool, Students. Family Dinners, and Life Groups...
Meet Melissa.

Contemporary Worship

Nathan was born and raised in the Yakima Valley, calling Selah home for most of his life. He started writing songs at a young age, and has led worship since he was 16 years old, with Psalms 96 & 150 being instrumental Biblical passages in his development as a leader...
Meet Nate.

Traditional Worship

Jason is our Traditional Worship Director at Grace - working primarily with our Temple Choir and Jon Waite, organist, who lead our worship service at 11:00...
Meet Jason.

Business Manager

Tammy Nunley celebrated 25 years at Grace as Business/Finance Manager in 2020! (Happy Anniversary, Tammy!)  She was born and raised in Nebraska although she loves living in the Pacific Northwest...
Meet Tammy.

Worship & Tech

Debbie loves worshiping the Lord and loves technology – so she has the perfect job -using technology to bring Glory to God! She joined the staff in 1991 following a stint as the volunteer newsletter editor,..
Meet Debbie.

Pastor's Assistant

Ericka joined the team in 2001 and has loved serving in the front office and now, as Pastor's Assistant. If you have a question, she’ll find the answer! She also shares her passion for Jesus by leading our Prayer Matters ministry...
Meet Ericka.

Front Office

Preschool Director

After some time away, Jessica Van Horn is happy to be back at Grace of Christ as the Director Position of our Grace of Christ Preschool. She continues to teach Music and PE classes, as well as her director duties...
Meet Jessica.

Preschool Teacher

Jenifer loves sharing Jesus' love with our Grace Kids and preschoolers, especially now as her youngest of three daughters is graduating from High School...
Meet Jenifer.

Custodian

Serving now as Head Custodian, Dan Barela started at Grace of Christ in 1987 - yep, that's 34 years ago! He loves serving with the staff and all the people of our ministries, from Preschool to Golden Circle...
Meet Dan.

Facilities

During John's youth in the Lower Valley during the 60's & 70's, John "attended" First Pres via KIT Radio. Then in the 80's he moved to Yakima and, on a Sunday morning invitation from a classmate, John found his in-person Church home with Grace!
Meet John.

Pastor, Emeritus

Steve joined the pastoral staff at "First Pres" in 1984. He helped write two books on small groups: Small Group Leaders Handbook and Good Things Come in Small Groups. Steve is an evangelist and believes that God has an absolute claim on our lives as our Creator.
Steve was honored to be Pastor Emeritus when he contracted Parkinson’s Disease and retired with a disability in 2007.  

Lay Pastor

Dennis received his Certificate in Lay Ministry from Whitworth College in 2002.  He was ordained as a Lay Pastor and commissioned to serve as the Pastor for the Tieton Presbyterian Church where he and his wife Barbara served for three years. Dennis was commissioned by our Session in January 2014, to serve as a volunteer Lay Pastor for Grace of Christ Church.

Dennis currently serves as a Deacon, conducts worship services at retirement homes, performs memorial and funeral services, serves on the Pastoral Care Team and assists during Sunday worship. He enjoys quilting with his wife Barbara, target shooting, trap shooting, and golf.