CCC Leadership Team
Cascade Covenant Church is blessed to have a leadership team who are truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will at our church.
The Leadership Team (LT) serves to give overall leadership and direction for our church. This team is typically made up of 8-10 people who meet regularly and are elected by our congregation, serving up to 4 years before rolling off the team. The CCC Lead Pastor also serves on this team.
The role of the Leadership Team is to promote our mission and vision, protect the unity of our church, and provide support to staff.
This team is not engaged in daily operations of the staff and leaders, rather they look after the bigger picture and strive to support the staff and volunteer leaders. Each year the LT will develop a recommended annual budget and present this to the congregation for approval. The LT also oversees the financial life of the church.
For general LT email send to LT@cascadecov.com
John Lindberg
Church Chair
Our family started attending CCC in 1999. Lynne and I have been married for 36 years and have 4 children. Our youngest is 22 and our oldest daughter, Bekah, and our oldest son, Carl are both studying to be pastors. I work as a professor at Seattle Pacific University and spend my free time hiking the trails around the Snoqualmie Valley.
During my time at CCC I have served attended small groups, men’s retreat, Bible studies and community groups. I have served on the Tech team, have taught adult Sunday school and have served on the leadership team. I look forward to serving again with the leadership team.
Heather Dean
Financial Officer
Family: married to Clint, son Jacob
How long have you attended CCC? 15 years
Where else do you serve at CCC or elsewhere? Welcome/check in team; neighborhood leader for Team World Vision Global 6k, In the Field Ministries board member/mission volunteer at Integrity Primary School in Uganda.
What are your hobbies? reading, hiking, travelling, boating, XC skiing
What do you like to do on a Sunday afternoon? watching Seahawks football, napping, or a little of both. Go Hawks!
Kristina Schmitt
Secretary
Family: married to Chris, kids: Alex and Gabe
How long have you attended CCC? 5 years - since the first week we moved to North Bend. Cascade was the first/only church we visited and we felt at home right away!
Where else do you serve at CCC or elsewhere? Preschool/Sunday School, Rest Stop, Echo Glen, School Booster Clubs/ PTSA
What are your hobbies? Hiking, skiing, kayaking/paddle boarding, traveling, Pinterest
What do you like to do on a Sunday afternoon? Linger after church chatting with everyone until I am the last one there (or until I find Gabe 😂). I’m only half kidding- I really do love this church family!
Megan Beimer
LT General Member
Family: married to Scott, Kids: CC and Leo
How long have you attended CCC? Since 2018
What do you do for a living? I am a Supervisory Attorney Advisor for Medicare.
Where did you grow up? I mostly grew up just down I-90 in Sammamish.
What is your favorite color? Green
What are you listening to or reading right now? When the kids are in the car with me, I have to listen to Disney music. When I am driving by myself, I listen to NPR or drive in blessed silence. :)
What are your hobbies? I enjoy spending time outside, playing with the kids, and baking.
What keeps you close to the Lord these days or how do you seem him at work in your life? After the last two years, I try to be thankful for seemingly basic gifts, namely that my family is alive and together.
Jim Conner
LT General Member
Family: Janet and myself
How long have you attended CCC? Have attended CCC for about 18 years.
Where did you grow up? Grew up in Southwest Ohio.
What do you do (or did you do) for a living? Now retired. Three careers. Army aviator flying helicopters, Real Estate Management and Commercial airplane pilot, Flight Instructor, Director of Flight Safety and flying Air Attack on Forest Fires.
What are your hobbies? I love to do wood working and landscaping.
Where do you serve at CCC / other groups and organizations? Have served at CCC as greeter coordinator. Presently serving as president of The Pacific Northwest Chapter of The Distinguished Flying Cross Society and will soon be returning to Vietnam on a Citizen Diplomacy Mission for Peace Trees Vietnam.
What are you listening to or reading right now? I'm presently reading about historical figures and culture of Vietnam as well as learning more about PTSD and its treatments.
What keeps you close to the Lord these days or how do you seem Him at work in your life? My spiritual connection is kept alive by prayer and talking to others who are also on active spiritual journeys. This constantly challenges me to understand what it means to live a Christian life.
George Englund
LT General Member
Family: It's a little complicated but here's the short version...Carolyn and I have been married for 36 years, we have two daughters. I brought three children to our marriage for a grand total of five children. All are married and we have eight grandchildren.
How long have you attended CCC?: Since we moved to Fall City in 2001
Where do you serve at CCC / other groups and organizations? Carolyn and I started helping out in our children's ministry many years ago by registering children as they came in the front door, so geographically we haven't moved very far. Now, we hang out in our foyer before service to greet, check in, welcome newcomers and act as an unofficial information booth. Over the years, I have been involved in men's ministry at CCC and other organizations. I also volunteer as a cook in two non-profit kitchens.
What are your hobbies? Cooking, gardening, birding (very amateur).
What do you like to do on a Sunday afternoon? Go out for lunch, come home and watch some tennis, football etc.., take a nap, go for a walk.
Steve Miller
LT General Member
Family: Met Valerie in high school 1979, married 38 years. I have an adult daughter Tessa in Chicago (but still a loyal Packers fan), and another adult daughter, April, in San Diego, adult son, Charles, in North Bend. All my kids were born in Wisconsin where we became Packer fans and attended Elmbrook Church where Stuart Briscoe was our pastor.
How long have you attended CCC? My wife Valerie and I moved to North Bend around March of 2021, with my elderly mother, Betty, and son Charles (now 25). Valerie and I cared for my mother in our home during this time of Covid. We started attending CCC online. In July of 2021 my Mom passed away with us by her and we held the celebration of her life in the fireside room with the help of Danny Kolke.
What are your hobbies? My hobbies are sailing, biking, home mechanic, racing, and hiking. Just to be clear, we are spectators at Formula E.
What do you do (or did you do) for a living? I am the VP of R&D for Siemens Healthineers Ultrasound Systems with offices in Issaquah and groups in Palo Alto, Seoul, Bangalore, and Slovakia.
Where do you serve at CCC / other groups and organizations? Serve on the Tech Team at CCC.
Janelle McCarty
LT General Member
Family: married to Mike, kids: Carolee, Isaac, Elijah
How long have you attended CCC? Since 2015
What do you do for a living? I am a 6th grade Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher at Snoqualmie Middle School.
Where did you grow up? Yukon Territory, Canada, and Blaine, WA
What is your favorite color? Red
What are you listening to or reading right now? Personal narratives that my students wrote.
What are your hobbies? Hiking, backpacking, and traveling.
What keeps you close to the Lord these days or how do you seem him at work in your life? I’m trying to spend time in prayer every morning, read the Bible or a devotional and often write in a journal. When I start the day asking God for guidance I look for opportunities to help others and then I see God setting up ways to encourage people.
Matt Randles
LT General Member
Family: married to Merideth since 1995. Kids: Evelyn and Carolyn
How long have you attended CCC? We dropped in online during the pandemic, then started regularly attending in the spring of 2021.
Where did you grow up? Shoreline, WA (when it was just Seattle).
What do you do (or did you do) for a living? I’ve been a pastor and church planter with the Covenant in Montana. Now I write science fiction and fantasy.
What are your hobbies? Hiking, cooking (especially over fire), travel, board games, hoping the Mariners have a winning season
Where do you serve at CCC / other groups and organizations? Music and worship, preaching at CCC. I’m a board member of Alongside Ministries, which sends missionaries to Europe
What are you listening to or reading right now? With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray and The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
What keeps you close to the Lord these days or how do you seem Him at work in your life? Reading the Psalms daily, devotional reading, and prayer walks
Tom Watson
LT General Member
Family: married to Lyndsey, kids: Ellie and Eli
How long have you attended CCC? CCC has been my church home for 13 years.
Where else do you serve at CCC or elsewhere? I have served in many different ways at CCC over the years, primarily middle school, children’s, and missions ministries.
What are your hobbies? My hobbies are seasonal, but they mostly revolve around fish, birds, and plants. I am also an adequate golfer and terrible guitar player.
What do you like to do on a Sunday afternoon? My favorite thing to do on a Sunday afternoon is to spend quality time with my family. But if they let me choose the activity, then it would be fishing.
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