Rev. Joe Valenti
Joe Valenti is the Lead Pastor of Cuyahoga Valley Church. Joe has served at CVC for over 20 years in various roles. Joe and his wife Linda met at CVC and enjoy laughing, boating, traveling, and hanging out with their two kids – Grace and Logan. Joe holds an MA in Theology and enjoys reading, […]
Jeff Ford
Jeff joined the team in 2016 and is responsible for the technical needs of CVCKids, including coordinating sound, video and lighting for “blast!” productions, Night to Shine and Sports Camp events, as well as technical support in children’s classrooms. He also produces video and animation for the children’s ministry and occasionally for the weekend services. […]
Laurie Weiser
Laurie is a 1997 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications. She joined the Cuyahoga Valley Church staff in 2015 and enjoys serving the CVC body by working at the Information Center. She also coordinates facility usage for the many groups and events here on campus and facilitates “Meet […]
Jeannie Hasman
Planning and coordinating the technology needs of CVC, Jeannie has been serving CVC since 2008. With decades of working in IT outside of the church, it has been a pleasure to bring her gift for planning and implementing technology for our attenders and staff. When not working with technology, she is working on home renovations […]
Patty Highlander
Patty, known as “Ms. Patty” to the kids, is the Childcare Coordinator at CVC. She worked as a preschool teacher for 10 years before joining the CVC staff. She truly loves teaching children about how much God loves them. She is also a nanny for a CVC family. Patty has been married for 37 years […]
Steve James
Steve joined the CVC family in 2019. He oversees the audiovisual infrastructure, technical needs of various events, and awesome volunteers on the technical arts team. Steve graduated from Full Sail University (2007) with a degree in show production. He is an audio engineer at heart, having always loved the energy and excitement of live music […]
Lorrie Kaczmarek
Lorrie serves as a receptionist/administrative assistant at CVC and performs routine operations of our office to provide informational support. Lorrie’s ministry includes being a friendly, welcoming servant to all who call and visit CVC. She serves on the CVC Altar Prayer Team, as well as on a Prayer Team for CVCYouth and CVCKids. Lorrie and […]
Rev. Rick Duncan
Rick and his wife, Maryanne, relocated to Northeast Ohio to pursue their passion to plant a new church that would reach the unchurched, planting CVC in 1987. He continues his role at CVC through regular teaching, as well as leadership development. He also serves with the North American Mission Board’s Send Network as a Certified […]
Jesus: God and Man – Week 12
Jesus THE Change Agent: There are plenty of moments in life that at first glance are terrifying, and maybe even at first step are terrifying, but eventually you recognize how good they are. Maybe it’s a child’s first day of school. Maybe it’s going swimming in the ocean for the first time. For some, it’s […]
Jesus: God and Man – Week 11
Jesus Lord of the Sabbath: We all know the Ten Commandments….but what about those extra-biblical, self-imposed rules for how we do life? How do you let your own personal ways for living influence how you interact with, and maybe even judge, how others do life? Tune in as Pastor Josh Stone guides us through Luke […]
Jesus: God and Man – Week 10
Reach Your One: We all know people who would never dream of walking through the front doors of a church on Sunday. The good news is, Jesus often reached out to these people, befriended them even, as He shared the Father’s love for even the vilest of sinners. Join us as Executive Pastor Brian Howell […]
Jesus: God and Man – Week 9
Who’s Your One?: If you knew where your loved ones could find true healing for their most debilitating illnesses, how far would you go to bring them to that source of life? Founding Pastor Rick Duncan asks us that same question as he expounds on the narrative in Luke 5:17-26, where are group of friends […]
