Meet Our Team
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Early Childhood/ Family Ministries Director
Lisa is married to George. They have five children (Ben, Zach, Mary Ashley, Abby and Samuel). She started working at the church in 2004.
Beth Frueh
Custodian
Beth and her husband, John are longtime Bond County residents. They have two daughters Jocelyn and Megan. She is a member of the Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church and feels very fortunate to have found co-workers and a workplace that fills her heart with happiness and joy.
Associate Pastor
Greg has pastored our youth and is the directed Christian Education at our church. He will be on sabbatical from September-November 2023. He and his wife Sue have four children: Stephen (& Kelsey), Hannah (& Matt), Sarah (& Michael), and Silas (& Beth).
Children and Prayer Pastor
Pastor Christie and David have lived in the Greenville Community since 1991 and Christie has been on staff at the church for 17 years. Christie was a teacher before beginning in ministry at the church. Christie enjoys teaching, reading and being with her family. She and David have three children (Collin, Carter and Mylee). Christie loves introducing children to Christ, planting seeds of faith and teaching kids to listen and pray in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Finance Administrator
Gina’s greatest passion is to serve the Lord through assisting ministries with their finances. Since moving to Bond county over 20 years ago, she has worked with nearly a dozen ministries and non-profits and currently works with 7. She earned a BS of Business Education, accounting emphasis from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO and a Masters in Education from Greenville University. You can reach her at
gina.kester@greenvillefmc.org
Local/Global Missions Pastor
Justin is a returning Greenville resident, having grown up in Greenville as a kid, and graduating from Greenville College in 2016. After graduating, Justin got his start in ministry running an indoor Ferris Wheel and has spent the last 7 years in ministry around the Gateway Conference. Justin loves to see people experience wholeness in Christ. In his free time, he enjoys sports, reading, video games, hearing and sharing stories, and spending time with family and friends.
Stephanie Palmer
Weekend Custodian
Stephanie has been married to Jermey since 2015, they have a daughter Lily. She has been on staff at GFMC since 2021. In her free time she enjoys fishing, volunteering, hanging out with her family,
Lead Pastor
Pastor Steve and Beth came to Greenville in 2021 after 18 years of ministry in and around Peoria, IL. Steve spent 7 years in the Navy before completing seminary work at Duke and Asbury Seminary. Steve’s greatest loves are his wife, Beth, their four children (Megan, Matthew, Addison and Alex), and seeing people transformed as disciples of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. Steve also enjoys golf, tennis, and, more recently, pickleball.
Bob Rinella
Young Teen Director
Operations Manager
Lolly began working at GFMC in 1995. Lolly and her husband, Brent, have three grown children, Jesse, Logan, and Elle.
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Heather Summers
Nursery Coordinator
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Congregational Care
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Rachel and her husband Steve moved to Greenville in 2021 with their daughters Natalie and Alana. She spent 22 years serving alongside her husband as he pastored churches in Michigan and Illinois. She has a Masters degree from Asbury Theological Seminary and loves helping people find deep roots in their relationship with God and community in their Church family. In her free time she is a baker, quilter, runner and self described ice cream aficionado.
