Staff
Pastor Stephen E. Wilson
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Paul Gilbert - Director of Church Administration
Paul joined the staff of Greeley Wesleyan in 2004, bringing a blend of ministry and business experiences to GWC. Paul previously pastored churches in Colorado, California and Arizona and served for four years as the District Superintendent of the Arizona/New Mexico District of the Wesleyan Church. Paul also worked as a Regional Director in the Call Center Industry working closely with Fortune 500 Companies, such as Sprint, Verizon, Bank of America, and the United States Postal Service among others. Paul and his wife Lynn, have six children between them, and seven wonderful grandchildren.
Nancy Buckingham - Director of Children's Ministries
Pastor Nancy has served as Director of Children's Ministry here at Greeley Wesleyan Church since August of 1995. She has over 25 years of experience in children's ministry and has served for the past six years as District Director of Children's Ministry for the Colorado/Nebraska District. Pastor Nancy is also a member of the Children's Ministry Cabinet of The Wesleyan Church, which serves as a leadership team for the Wesleyan denomination. She attended Bartlesville Wesleyan College and is currently working on the completion of her ordination degree. Pastor Nancy is passionate about sharing Jesus' love with children, so that they may come to know Him, personally, at an early age. She is married to Clay, a police detective, and they have three teenage daughters, Emily, Amy and Abby.
Dale Nash - Director of Pastoral Care
Rev. Dale Nash joined the Greeley Wesleyan Church family in July 2005. Previously, he had served for 39 years as a Senior Pastor in Wesleyan churches in South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and Michigan. He retired in 2003 to assist his son at Family of Faith Community Church in Kenner, LA, where he served 2 years. Pastor Nash is a graduate of Miltonvale Wesleyan College in Miltonvale, Kansas. He and his wife, Deloris have been married 43 years and have two children, Dawn Hartel of Greeley, CO and Rev. Dwight Nash of Plano, TX. They also have four grandchildren. As Director of Pastoral Care, Pastor Nash oversees the following ministries: Senior Adults (Hearty Souls), Ambassador's visitation, hospital visitation and prayer.
Dawn Hartel - Director of Lifestyle Discipleship
Dawn Hartel began her employment at GWC in 2000 as Administrative Assistant to Pastor Steve Wilson and then Director of Finance and Facilities. The majority of her working career has been in ministry positions. She previously served as Business Manager at Trinity Wesleyan Church for 10 years and also worked at the International Center of The Wesleyan Church, both located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over the years she has facilitated divorce recovery groups, single parents groups, support groups for children and parents from high stress families, and been actively involved in women's and children's ministries. In response to God calling her to full time pastoral ministry, she recently completed her Master's degree in Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University and was ordained as an elder in the Wesleyan Church in October 2008. Dawn has two teenage children, Danielle and Devin.
Alisha Ethridge - Director of Communications and Creative Arts
Alisha joined the church staff in 2004, bringing 10 years of experience in IT, Telecommunications and Graphic Arts. Alisha leads the PowerCrew team which consists of lighting, media, sound and video. Utilizing the latest technologies to enable GWC to accomplish its vision of reaching beyond the walls of our physical church and out into the world. Alisha and her husband Bobby have been married since 1991 and have two teenage boys, Clayton and Dylan.
Eric Ebbinghaus - Director of Student Ministries
Pastor Eric has been in full time youth ministry for almost 8 years and is approaching what he would call "VETERAN STATUS" as he nears his 30th birthday (he will deny any mention of this). A passionate advocate of the gospel, Eric is a 2002 Graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, Eric has served as the youth pastor for First Wesleyan Church in Bartlesville, OK and the Warrenton Wesleyan Church before joining the staff of GWC as the Director of Student Ministries in November of 2009. Eric is joined in Greeley by Brandi, his wife of 6 years (married 9/03) and his beautiful, three year old daughter, Ruthi.
