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.

MARGOT STERN

Administrative Assistant

AMY BLUMENTHAL

Treasurer

ART OSTRANDER

Choir Director

MICHAEL STERN

Director, Worship Ensemble

JONICA LEROUX

Director of Christian Education

JIM VAN DUREN

Director of Vacation Bible School

JIM VAN DUREN

Chairman of the Board of Elders

CORDELL GEISSINGER

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BJ KIM

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GARY CHECKSFIELD

Facilities Committee

REV. STEVE FELKER

Senior Pastor

REV. BEN HUTTON

Associate Pastor

ART OSTRANDER

Finance Committee

DEBORA AXTELL

Deaconess Committee

DEBORA CHECKSFIELD

Deaconess Committee

DEBORAH MARTIN

Finance Committee, Church Clerk

GAIL FELKER

Deaconess Committee

GEOFF STERN

Facilities Committee

HANNAH HUTTON

Deaconess Committee

KC MANDEVILLE

Facilities Committee

SOO MEE KIM

Deaconess Committee

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.