Jeff Ellis has served at Walloon Lake Community Church for thirty years.
His great joy is to dig into God’s Word and teaching the story of Jesus in a clear and understandable way. Jeff enjoys golfing, reading, & hanging with his family. He and his wife Denise have 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren. - Contact Pastor Jeff -
CHAD OVERBEEK // aDMINISTRATIVE PASTOR
A Michigan native and father of four, Chad and his family really enjoy the outdoors and the activities of the seasons. Chad left the commercial work place and started in full time ministry in 2016.
His heart is to see the church stay fresh and relevant. Known as the "Marshmallow Guy", Chad strives to keep an idea of flexibility blended with the structure and organization of the church.
Born and raised in Michigan, Andy was brought up in church from a young age and is a pastor's son. At the age of thirteen, he began playing music in worship services. In his early twenties he spent time writing and producing his own songs in a recording studio in Nashville TN. Andy formed a band and started leading worship at youth events, festivals and churches around Michigan and the mid-west.
Andy is married to his wife Rachelle, has four children, and currently lives in Ellsworth with their youngest son, Kyle. Andy is very passionate about seeing people connect with God through music and worship.
BRANT COLE // WLCC YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS Pastor online campus pastor
Brant loves life up here in Northern Michigan! Gifted in relational connections and transformational preaching, he considers it to be one of his highest privileges to do ministry with Millennials, Generation Z, and the culture of the internet.
With an M.A. in Pastoral Studies and Congregational Leadership from Moody Theological Seminary and a B.A. in Pastoral Studies from Moody Bible Institute, Brant currently serves as our Youth & Young Adults Pastor, and recently, as our Online Campus pastor, too (we know, it’s a mouthful…). He also speaks each summer at Lake Ann Camp.
Sheri oversees the Community Kids team at our Walloon Lake campus. She feels privileged to be part of such a great team of people who love and care about kids. She has spent most of her adult life in children's ministry and finds it an exciting place to serve. Sheri is married to Ed, and 10 kids call them mom & dad, while 12 call them grandparents. Sheri believes that the best gift you can give any child is one that will last for eternity! She loves to teach kids and equip families to live strong for Jesus.
Rachel Bradley // WLCC Community Kids Midweek Director
Rachel oversees our Midweek program on Wednesday nights. Married to Keith and mom to Emma, Levi and Luke. Rachel enjoys serving families with young kids and connecting them to our church body and to each other. She is privileged to show kids Jesus in the church setting and be His example out in the community. Her prayer is that Community Kids is where kids feel safe and know they matter. She is thankful for the opportunity to share Jesus with the kids and families at Walloon.
Kelli Wellert // WLCC Community Kids Sunday Morning Director
Kelli Wellert currently serves as the coordinator of Sunday morning community kids service. She is married to her high school sweet heart and they have 5 children.
Stacey Overbeek // WLCC Infants and Nursery
JASON RICHEY // EJCC CAMPUS PASTOR
Pastor Jason, his wife Kelly, and their two children joined the WLCC family in 2005. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute in Youth Ministry, he served as a Youth Pastor for more than 15 years, including six years at our Walloon Lake campus.
Jason was surprised to see how God used all those past experiences to uniquely prepare him to go to East Jordan as the campus pastor in 2011. He's also very grateful that he's not alone.
Josh and Kristy, his wife of 23 years, along with their two teenagers, live in Central Lake. He grew up in a large family that was very involved with their local church in Lansing, MI. Josh began serving the in music ministry in middle school and continues today, almost 25 years later.
Josh has been working with young adults and youth ministry for years and loves to teach people of God’s love. Before arriving at EJCC, he worked for the State of Michigan for almost 18 years, in management for 16 years.
John felt God calling him into full-time ministry in 2008 at a Bible internship in Texas where he worked to mobilize leaders for short-term youth missions trips. After leaving the internship and marrying his wife Brittany in 2010, he began working for Liberty University while pursuing his B.S. of Religion in Biblical Studies and Master of Divinity in Homiletics.
In 2019, John moved to Northern Michigan to start with Walloon Lake Community Church and currently serves as the Associate Campus Pastor at the Alanson Campus. His greatest passion in life is to see Jesus transform lives through the truth of God’s Word lived out with authenticity and grace! He enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, and can’t say no to a hot sauce!
KAREN Bayak // ACC Children's Ministry Director
Brittany Jones // ACC Worship Director
Brittany was born and raised here in northern Michigan as an active member of Walloon Lake Community Church. Music, and specifically worship, has been a passion of Brittany’s since childhood, and she has always felt it would be a large part of her calling and ministry.
Brittany and her husband John prayerfully and excitedly moved back to northern Michigan last year, feeling God strongly call them to serve alongside WLCC with their new church plant endeavor in Alanson.
Brittany's prayer is that ACC’s worship will be a catalyst for every individual to meet with, hear from, and ultimately look more like Jesus through spending time in His presence, in His word, and doing it together with His people.
Greg Mitchell // ACC Technical Director
Jodee hissong // administrative assistant
JoDee Hissong has been part of the WLCC family for many years. In addition to bookkeeping, scheduling, and a million other essentials, she keeps everything running smoothly - including the pastoral staff! She is married to Dave Hissong and has three growing boys.
KEITH BRADLEY // CUSTODIAN, chief investigation and security advisor
Keeping order and cleanliness, and organizing and facilitating building usage, Keith has served since September, 2020. He and his wife, Rachel have three children. Keith is thankful that WLCC is a welcoming, friendly church that teaches God's Word.
Keith also holds the current world title for most handsome man alive (...or at least that's what Rachel tells us.)
