Our Team
The first function of an elder is to lead. According to Acts 20 and 1 Peter 5, elders are to shepherd a church. And it's the shepherd's role that includes leading, directing, governing, and managing the church.
Elders also teach and protect. This is what separates them from boards of directors or trustees. Because elders do more than make policy and control the money.
The last function is what makes or breaks a good elder board. It's the function of caring. As shepherds, elders must be able to meet the individual practical, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of those in the church. This means visiting the sick, comforting those who are grieving, and praying for everyone. It means visiting new members or prospective members and counseling those experiencing difficult times. In other words, elders are pastors.
Elder meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. in the church office, and these meetings are open to anyone who would like to attend.
More From Bill
I am so grateful that God has brought me to the Little Log Church Family. I am eager to serve Him through a clear presentation of His Christ-Centered Word. I firmly believe this is how God works to save and sanctify His people. And so preaching and teaching Christ from the Scriptures has always been a leading emphasis in my shepherding of the flock.
God called me to pastoral ministry during my college years, and I have had the privilege of serving in the pastorate since 1987. As a result, I have a heart and passion for pastoring and teaching God’s people. As a preacher/teacher, my style is expository, verse by verse. My vision and goal as a Teaching Pastor is to teach the mind and shepherd the heart. In other words, it is not enough to simply teach the truths of a passage but to apply those truths with conviction – to continually examine the heart and ask ourselves, “what difference does it make?”
In preaching, I have grown in my passion for building up God’s people and reaching the lost with the saving message of Jesus Christ. First Corinthians 1 and First Corinthians 2 give us Paul’s standards for proclaiming Christ: purposeful, intentional, Spirit-empowered, ‘foolish’ in the eyes of men, and non-manipulative. A simple declaration of Jesus Christ and Him crucified (1 Cor 1:18-2:5). It is a foolish message (Christ crucified) communicated by a foolish method (preaching) dependent upon foolish means (the Holy Spirit). The standard for our methods must not be whatever works but what honors God; not whatever pleases men, but what pleases our Lord.
My family (Delinda, Zac, and Abby) and I moved to Palmer Lake in 2003, and we have fallen in love with the community, the beautiful mountains here, and, most recently, the Little Log Church family. Before coming to Colorado, I pastored a church in San Jose, California, for over eight years, then in Illinois for four years.