STEVE GIBSON // Lead Pastor
Serving as the Lead Pastor, it is a joy to work alongside the elders, helping to ensure that all programs and efforts here at Wellspring support the overall vision of making disciples of Jesus Christ. My primary duties are preaching and teaching God's Word and being available to the congregation as their pastor. • 📧Email
SCOTT GLISSON // KIDS & CONNECTIONS PASTOR
As Associate Pastor, I have the joy and the privilege of helping families connect to Jesus Christ and the mission He would call them to. I believe that we best make disciples of Jesus by modeling what a life with Jesus looks like: rooting everything we do in the Good News of the Gospel throughout the Bible. • 📧Email
JOHN KLUMPP // DISCIPLESHIP PASTOR
I have the joy and the privilege of helping to make and mobilize disciples of Jesus Christ here at Wellspring. In all that we do, we want to be making disciples who are making disciples. To accomplish this, I help train and equip our leaders as they lead life groups, women's groups, or men's groups. If you have questions about how you can be growing closer to God in this season of life, please reach out!• 📧Email
MICHAEL SWINDELL // EXECUTIVE PASTOR
My role as the Executive Pastor here at Wellspring involves overseeing operations, facilities, staffing (including HR), and finances. At the same time, I get the privilege of overseeing our “external vision” as a church, including how we go about making and maturing disciples outside of our four walls here in Hudsonville. Specifically, I lead our REACH Board (outreach to Grand Valley) and our Missions Team. • 📧Email
RACHEL BALE // MISSIONS & PRAYER COORDINATOR
As the Missions & Prayer Coordinator, it is my joy to help coordinate our prayer structures and missions team here at Wellspring. Specifically, I get to help create a culture of missions by representing our supported missionaries and ensuring they are well cared for. I also serve to make sure our church's prayer needs are being met by communicating requests and connecting individuals for follow up. • 📧Email
KAaSE BOER // DIRECTOR OF CARE & COUNSELING
As the Director of Care and Counseling, I have the privilege of walking alongside our members in need of support, and get to help our team learn and grow in our ability to care well by following in the footsteps of our loving Savior! I am grateful to also be able to serve the students and families of Wellspring, providing a setting where we can seek to know Jesus and learn how to grow together as a community. Join us as we discover together the hope and joy found in the presence of our Wonderful Counselor and Prince of Peace!
NOTE: Kaase is currently serving as the 7th/8th Grade Ministry Resident until 2025.
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JAKE BOERMAN // DIRECTOR OF FAMILY MINISTRY
As Director of Family ministries it is my goal and desire to equip and support families to follow Jesus faithfully in every season! We know that each family is different and each season brings its own unique joys and challenges. Regardless of where you and your family are at - know that we are here for you! • 📧Email
CHEYENNE BOLUYT // DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S MINISTRY
I get the joy of serving as the Director of Women's Ministry at Wellspring. The heartbeat of this ministry is providing space for women to connect with intention, authenticity and purpose around the Word of God. My job includes facilitating Bible studies, events, and mobilizing the ministry to make disciples of Jesus Christ. God has called me here with a passion to see women fall deeper in love with Him through a right understanding of who He is as He has revealed himself in His Word. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our ministry, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to hear from you! • 📧Email
JACKIE DeHAAN // Operations Assistant AdminISTRATOR
Serving as Operations Assistant Administrator, my job is to help schedule and maintain the church facility. God has called me to empower others by serving alongside them and to provide assistance to help them fulfill God's calling in their lives and bring Glory to Him. • 📧Email
JODI DeROO // ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
It is with great joy that I am able to serve as Administrative Assistant to our Discipleship Pastor. I look forward to working toward a common goal of seeing people get connected to Jesus, and grow deep in their faith as they walk with the Lord. I am excited to see how God continues to work at Wellspring, for His Kingdom and His glory, and I am blessed to be a part of it. • 📧Email
VICKIE DeSMITH // ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
I am overjoyed to be working as an administrative assistant at Wellspring. God’s complete orchestration of bringing me on as a staff member at Wellspring is a true gift and blessing. My goal is to assist staff and the Wellspring Family in doing God’s work to make disciples of Jesus Christ and furthering His kingdom. • 📧Email
AUSTIN EICHHORST // 5th/6th GRADE MINISTRY RESIDENT
It is such a gift to serve our fifth and sixth graders here at Wellspring! My heart is to see students fall in love with scripture, to equip them with the tools to study and understand God’s Word and become passionate disciples of Jesus. • 📧Email
JON Gamble // COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
My job is to steward the messaging for Wellspring Church, internally to the staff, to the congregation and to the rest of the community outside of our walls. This includes email, or mobile app, social media, graphic design, the website and more. God has called me to focus on making disciples by communicating and connecting people to the information they need to grow deeper in their walk with Jesus. • 📧Email
CATHY HASSENZAHL // PRESCHOOL MINISTRY COORDINATOR
In my role as the Preschool Ministry Coordinator I have the privilege of working with an amazing ministry team: people that see the value in working with young children and give of their time to share the love of Jesus with this impressionable age. It is my job to schedule, equip, and support this team to ensure that Sunday mornings are a good experience for the ministry team and the kids they serve. It is my desire that each week, children will experience the love of Jesus through the people that work with them, they will be introduced to Bible truths and learn what it looks like to worship and talk to God in prayer. • 📧Email
ERIKA HOOGERHEIDE // ELEMENTARY MINISTRY COORDINATOR
I have the joy of walking with kids and students as they discover who Jesus is, what He has done for them, and how the entire story of the Bible fits together for a great purpose! As they grow, we get to call them to live a life that reflects their deepening faith in Christ. We are passionate about making disciples of our Wellspring Kids and Junior High students by teaching them to root their lives in the Good News of the Gospel! I cannot wait to meet you and join you as we raise up the next generation of Kingdom Workers! • 📧Email
KEVIN TROUPE // DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
It's my job to oversee the day-to-day Facility Operations such as care, cleaning and use of our Building & Grounds, our Hospitality Ministry (Culinary), our Safety Team and our Technology Systems. It's a joy to be able to put my gifts, skills and experience to work for the kingdom of God. I am reminded of a verse from Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…” • 📧Email
BRAD WILLIAMS // FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR
As the finance administrator, I have the pleasure of maintaining the church's books which includes accounting for donations as well as tracking and paying expenses. It is my passion to serve the Lord by being a great steward of the monies that He has provided. I am happy to be a part of Wellspring as we grow and continue to serve others. • 📧Email
STUDENT FACILITIES ASSOCIATES
WELLSPRING LEADERSHIP
The Elders of Wellspring Community Church are the spiritual leaders of the church. They shall be male members in good standing whose character, wisdom, knowledge of Scripture, spiritual maturity and devotion to Christ are commonly recognized, and thus provide reason for them to be considered qualified to lead this congregation and to oversee the care of the needs of its individual members.
I Timothy 3:1-7; 5:22; Titus 1:6-9
“Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.”
“An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. Since an overseer is entrusted with God’s work, he must be blameless – not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.”
THE ELDER BOARD OF WELLSPRING CHURCH
WELLSPRING CHURCH DEACONS
Aaron Alsgaard • Life Groups
Bob Buikema • Facilities
Travis Cook • Finance
Eric Diepenhorst • Treasurer/Finance
Paul Hardaloupas • Missions
Drew Helder • Family Ministries
Jeremy Kwant • Facilities
Brian Little • Connections
Brad Newman • Congregational Care
Randy Norman • Technology
Dale Radcliff • Missions
Jacob Savola • Congregational Care
Andy Shinabery • Missions
Kevin TerBeek • Reach/Worship
Craig Travis • Lead Deacon
Mike Vredevoogd • Men’s Ministry
Gray Warner • Congregational Care
Mark Wetters • Family Ministries
Jay Wyllys • Safety