Pastor Bruce/Chaplain Jack/Pastor Dave/
Pastor Bruce Persenaire has been serving at Escalon CRC for 21 years. He and his wife Joyce, a teacher at Ripon Christian School, have three adult children. They thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to serve the church and community.
Chaplain Jack Copland assists Pastor Bruce with family life at Escalon CRC. Chaplain Jack and his wife Sharon have been members at Escalon CRC for many years. Jack also serves as Chaplain with Memorial Hospital in Modesto.
Pastor Dave has been with us for 4 years. He enjoys the opportunity of working with and ministering to the youth in our church and community and is in charge of the following groups: Young Peoples, "The Bridge" (Middle School Youth Group), and Post High Discipleship. Dave is married to Jen and they have 2 children.
Heidi Veldstra
Heidi is our Music & Education Director. She leads our many musical groups and is also in charge of our Vacation Bible School and oversees the Sunday School program. Heidi has been at Escalon CRC for 2 1/2 years and is married to Joe.
Donna Dykxhoorn
Donna is our church secretary whose office hours are Monday and Tuesday, 9am-3pm. She assists the Pastors and the Church Council with secretarial and clerical functions, and also is of assistance to members of the congregation for church related work. Donna is married to Rick and they have 4 children.
Sharon De Vries
Sharon is our church secretary whose office hours are Thursday and Friday, 9am-3pm. Her job includes preparing the weekly bulletin and orders of worship for our Sunday services. She also takes care of our website and is the editor of our newsletter. Sharon is married to Gary and they have 2 children.
Marv Leusink
Marv is our custodian and groundskeeper. Marv has worked here at Escalon CRC for 7 years. He is married to Laura and they have two grown children.