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 […]
Kristy Klasa
Kristy joined our team in 2015. A native Clevelander, Kristy holds a BA in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Counseling, both from Liberty University. After spending some time working as a professional counselor, she became increasingly drawn toward ministry because it allowed her to unapologetically point people toward a relationship with Jesus Christ. She […]
Dahlia Orth
Dahlia is a New Jersey native and has lived here in Cleveland for over three years. Dahlia completed both her undergraduate and master’s degrees through Clarks Summit University. She has a Bachelor’s in Sports and Health Science and a Master’s in Organizational Leadership. Dahlia also volunteers with CVCYouth ministry. She desires to see students become passionate […]
Denise Petek
Denise led her first children’s ministry at 18, and has loved ministering to children and their families for almost 40 years. Her 18 years with CVC have allowed her to pursue her passion of encouraging parents to spiritually lead their children, and to make church a place children love to come. Kids at CVC know […]
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 […]
Jesus: God and Man – Week 8
The Cleansing Touch of Jesus: When you think of difficult to love people, who comes to mind? Is it people from different cultures or religions? People experiencing homelessness? Those who look different from you? By walking with us through Luke 5:12-16, Lead Pastor Chad Allen will show us how Christ responded to the most difficult […]
Jesus: God and Man – Week 7
Catch & Release: Lead Pastor Chad Allen helps us unpack the narrative in Luke 5, where Jesus calls His first disciples to Him and declares that they will be fishers of men. We learn that when Jesus gets into your boat (or life, for all of us non-fishermen out there) everything changes for the better!
