Elders
Mick Bennett, ‘Big Mick’,was born in Grand Junction and moved all over the Western Slope with his family as his dad worked as a school administrator. He graduated from Western State in Gunnison where he met and married Jan. They devoted their lives to teaching, living and teaching in Aspen for many years. More recently Mick has worked as a builder, Real Estate agent and now is the Headmaster at Alpine Christian Academy. Mick previously served on our Leadership Board before he and Jan moved to Silt and they began attending New Hope. Since moving back to Glenwood Springs last year, they have returned to their ‘home’ church, C@C, where Jan is Doug’s personal assistant. Mick accepted Christ later in life and credits a family in Grand Junction with helping him develop His faith. His heart for serving as one of our Elders/Shepherds is to disciple newer believers into a mature relationship with Jesus the same way the Meacham’s did for him in Grand Junction.” Mick and Jan have two grown children, Chris in Denver and Jessica in Glenwood Springs, mother of their grandson, Kaden. Mick and Jan have been offering marriage enrichment retreats for C@C people over the past year.
Collin Boyle, ‘Irishman‘, was born in Phoenix Arizona, but grew up in California where he went to high school and college. In 1987 he moved to Glenwood Springs along with his wife Suzy and their first daughter Danielle. They were drawn to Colorado because of God’s beautiful creation reflected in the Roaring Fork Valley, and had hopes of raising their family here. They immediately started going to Church at Redstone and a few years later, daughters Amanda and Rachael were born. Collin and his family have been involved at Church at Carbondale from the beginning. Collin has taught many Sunday school classes, served on the Elder Board, been involved in Youth ministry and led various bible studies through the years. His current passion is Saturday Church@Nite service held on Saturday nights. Along with a great team, he plans, purchases, and cooks a meal for 50-70 people each week Collin and Suzy have been married for 27 years. Their oldest daughter Danielle graduated from CSU and is currently the Student Ministry Intern at Church at Carbondale. Amanda is a new student at Fort Lewis College majoring in graphic design and Rachel is a senior at Basalt High School. Collin loves to play golf, bike ride, and hang out with his family. The Boyle family has been very blessed to have great friends from being involved at Church at Carbondale and look forward to many years to come.
Jay Fowler, ‘Elder Statesman’. Jay and Roz both grew up in Glenwood Springs and were glad to have raised their family in this wonderful valley! Their daughter Sara (25) graduated from CU with a degree in Journalism. She currently lives in Glenwood and is employed at Colorado Mountain College as a Marketing Editor. Caitlyn (21) also lives in Glenwood and is attending CMC working towards a degree in Early Childhood Education. The Fowlers began attending Church @ Redstone in 1988 after relocating to Glenwood from Denver and have been involved with C@C since its beginning. Jay works for Sourcegas and has served as an elder and youth leader in his years at C@C. Roz is a dietitian at Valley View Hospital and enjoys ministering to women through a weekly Bible study and serves on the Missions Committee. They both were blessed to have been raised in families that loved God and laid the foundation for them to make personal commitments to follow Christ in their teens. They are grateful for the C@C family and the growth opportunities C@C has given them in their faith.
Rob Goodwin, Board Chairman, ‘Man on Fire’, and Theresa have lived in the RF valley for over 30 years. Rob was raised a preacher’s kid with 4 brothers and sisters. Theresa was born in Wisconsin and raised in Illinois and Wisconsin. She has 4 brothers and sisters. Theresa was raised as a Catholic and came to Christ over 23 years ago. Rob and Theresa met in 1984 and married in 1986. They both knew that bringing a mixed family together would be tough and that truly turning their lives to Christ was the only way to make it be a successful family. They have five children together: Nick (wife Kristen) 32, Derek (wife Jamie) 30, Jessica (husband Zach) 29, Charles 29 and Meagan 23. They also raised a nephew John Madl for 8 years and two nieces for a couple of years, at one time having 8 children in the house! Rob was the deputy chief at the Carbondale Fire Department for 12 years and a fireman for 18. Rob and Theresa believe that their faith in Christ is the central to their marriage and outstanding children and the Holy Spirit’s anointing to empower that faith.
Charley Hill, Associate Pastor or ‘Gnarly’, has been in Christian ministry since 1985 as Youth Director, Youth Pastor, Young Life Leader and Sr. Pastor. He and his wife Gwen have three children, Morgan, McKenzie and Henry. Charley has been with C@C since October, 2000.
Ken Jammaron, ‘Jam Fam #2′, was born and raised in Glenwood Springs – yes, he is a native and good ol’ local boy! A few years after graduating high school he took a job at the Diamond J Ranch which, by the way, is the farthest he’s ever lived from home. In 1985 he met his future bride, Karen, who is also a native of CO – born in Denver. They married on 1987 and still like each other to this day. Ken was raised Catholic while Karen was raised Methodist. Like the Collier’s they have found many ways to ecumenically share their love of Jesus with each other. They have a daughter Megan and a son Zachary. Ken & Karen like to do things together: at 24 yrs they were married, at 34 yrs they both “came back” to Christ and at 37 yrs they each went on their pilgrim “Walk to Emmaus” which they say have been the greatest spiritual weekends of their married life. They enjoy camping, hiking, hunting, boating, and beating each other at multiple games of “gin”. The family came to Church at Carbondale in February 1997 and Ken became an Elder in 2000.
Randy Parker, ‘Macman’, was born in California and traveled with his family all over, including stints in France and Belgium where his dad worked for the Federal Aviation Administration. While a boy his grand parents bought a ranch near Basalt, where Randy and Sue now live, and Randy enjoyed many summers visiting them. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked as an engineer and eventually Vice President of a company in California developing underwater communication technology. While there they were active in Santa Barbara Community Church where they hosted a home group. Several years ago Randy had an opportunity to make a career/geographical change and moved back to the valley, to the ranch purchased by his grand parents and where his mother now lives. He presently works for White River National Forest as Forest Engineer. Randy and Sue have two children, Aaron and Katie. Randy works with our Sunday morning technical team.
Doug Self, Senior Pastor or ‘Cheese’, was born and raised in the wilds of New Mexico. He graduated form Wayland Baptist University where he met and married Rebecca. He earned his Masters Degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1972. The Self’s came to Colorado in 1976 and started the Church at Redstone in 1977. Doug worked on his Doctorate while pastoring Church at Redstone and finished it the same year Church at Redstone built its building, 1986. Doug and Rebecca moved to Carbondale and founded Church at Carbondale in 1990, and has climbed all 54 Colorado 14ers as well as innumerable other high mountain peaks. Doug and Rebecca have three children, Daniel, Bethany (married to Craig) and David (married to Heather).
Doug Stewart was raised in Gunnison, Colorado and became a Christian early on through a backyard Good News Club when he was five. He and Ellen met at Whitworth College, married and moved to Carbondale where Doug was a photo student at Colorado Mountain College, then later employed there. They attended Church at Redstone beginning in the mid 80’s and raised their children there, Katie and Collin. Doug served as an Elder with C@R and led music Worship when Church at Carbondale was planted. Ellen led our Children’s ministry for many years as C@C began. He continue to serve as an Elder and led worship at C@C until the mid-90’s, when they returned to Church at Redstone. Several years ago, they again became part of C@C and have been active working with high school and college kids. Doug is Marketing and Communications Director with CMC and they live at River Valley Ranch in Carbondale.
William Daniells and Patty came to C@C 6 years ago. They live in Glenwood Springs and have 3 grown children that know Jesus. They moved to the area from southern California. William is a paint and decorative finishes contractor and Patty works at CMC as the RSVP Coordinator. William came to know about Christ as a boy and committed his life to Him at 17. He would say that at this point in his life, he is most passionate about the Holy Spirit, Spiritual gifts, Outreach, Worship, Prophesy, and more specifically concerning the End Times, the Rapture of The Church and the anticipated return of Christ.
Brian Magee and Holly were married in the summer of 2008 on the top of Sunlight Ski area. Brian met Holly at church and courted her, even though he found out that she was Hadley’s little sister. Brian began attending C@C when we were meeting at the high school and wasn’t a Christian at that time. However, over a period of time, attending church, being involved in a home Bible study and observing the lives of some C@C people he put his trust in Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Brian brings a fresh perspective to our Elder group, from his vantage point of being a newer Christian and a younger man. Brian is a network engineer at Alpine Bank and Holly teaches 4th grade at Glenwood Elementary. They are both avid outdoors people, taking every chance to bike, kayak, camp, hike and climb in our beautiful area.
Elder Responsabilites & Qualifications
The New Testament describes the leadership/nourishment structure for the church: Pastors/Elders who function primarily as shepherds to the flock and deacons who serve the needs of the church. Acts 6:1-7; 20:17-21; 1 Timothy 3:1-15; 1 Peter 5:1-4.
Elders are chosen for their Christlike character qualities and relational skills.
1Tim. 3:1 “Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.”
Elder Character:
1Tim. 3:2 Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable,
1Tim. 3:3 not given to drunkenness, not a lover of money.
1Tim. 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
1Pet. 5:2 not greedy for money, but eager to serve.
Elder Relationship Skills:
1Tim. 3:2 hospitable,
1Tim. 3:3 not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,
1Tim. 3:4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.
1Tim. 3:7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
1Pet. 5:3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
Elder Skills (duties):
1Tim. 3:2 able to teach,
1Tim. 3:5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
1Pet. 5:1-4 To the elders (presbuteroi, older ones who lead because of experience) among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Be shepherds (poimaenoi, shepherd/pastor) of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers (episkopoi, bishop, those who watch over) not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be.