PASTORAL STAFF
REV. STEVEN FELKER
Senior Pastor
Pastor Steve came to Christ Chapel with his wife Gail and four children in 2001, having served pastorates in Kansas and Massachusetts. A graduate of Grove City College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, he is ordained in the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference. He is active in the Ithaca community, serving as a volunteer firefighter and chaplain with the Cayuga Heights Fire Department. Gail is a teacher at Covenant Love Community School http://www.clcschool.org/wp/ and holds a Masters degree in Christian Counseling. If you ask nicely, he will show you pictures of his grandchildren.... He can be reached at (607) 257-2846 or steven.felker@gmail.com.
REV. BEN HUTTON
Associate Pastor
Ben has served Christ Chapel since 2017 as Director of Campus Ministries and Small Groups and since 2020 as Associate Pastor. A graduate of Cornell University and Westminster Theological Seminary, he was ordained by Christ Chapel in 2018. He works bivocationally as a web developer, and also volunteers with Cru at Cornell. Ben, his wife Hannah, and their three children live in Northeast Ithaca. He can be reached at (203) 556-4251 or benhutton@gmail.com.
MINISTRY LEADERS & KEY CONTACTS
ASCHLEY ASH
Administrative Assistant
AMY BLUMENTHAL
Treasurer
GAIL FELKER
Director of Vacation Bible School
JULIANA KAN
Director of Nursery
JONICA LEROUX
Director of Christian Education
ART OSTRANDER
Choir Director
MICHAEL STERN
Director, Worship Ensemble
BOARD OF ELDERS
JIM VAN DUREN
Chairman of the Board of Elders
ENOCH ABOI
REV. STEVE FELKER
Senior Pastor
REV. BEN HUTTON
Associate Pastor
BJ KIM
STEVE MAKI
GEOFF STERN
DIACONATE
DEBORA AXTELL
Deaconess Committee
DEBORA CHECKSFIELD
Deaconess Committee
GARY CHECKSFIELD
GAIL FELKER
Deaconess Committee
HANNAH HUTTON
Deaconess Committee
SOO MEE KIM
Deaconess Committee
KC MANDEVILLE
Facilities Committee
DEBORAH MARTIN
Finance Committee, Church Clerk
LORA MYERS
Finance Committee
ART OSTRANDER
Finance Committee
PASTOR EMERITUS
MEROLD STERN
Pastor Stern served as pastor of Christ Chapel from its founding, in 1984, until 2001. Born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa, he is a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa). During his 60 years of ministry, Pastor Stern represented a mission agency based in London, England; served as a chaplain at Cornell University; and held three pastorates.