our leadership
our leadership
BOARD OF ELDERS
Walnut Hill is a nondenominational, evangelical church. We have a Board of Elders, elected by our members, who are responsible for providing spiritual leadership and oversight. In any given week, our Elders can be found praying with individuals, serving alongside the congregation or supporting our pastoral team as they lead and direct daily ministry. You can contact our Elders at leadership@walnuthillcc.org.
BOARD OF ELDERS
Walnut Hill is a nondenominational, evangelical church. We have a Board of Elders, elected by our members, who are responsible for providing spiritual leadership and oversight. In any given week, our Elders can be found praying with individuals, serving alongside the congregation or supporting our pastoral team as they lead and direct daily ministry. You can contact our Elders at leadership@walnuthillcc.org.
LEAD PASTORS
Walnut Hill is led by a team of three pastors: Brian Mowrey, Adam DePasquale and Craig Mowrey. They serve in partnership overseeing and advancing key areas in the life of the church.
LEAD PASTORS
Walnut Hill is led by a team of three pastors: Brian Mowrey, Adam DePasquale and Craig Mowrey. They serve in partnership overseeing and advancing key areas in the life of the church.
ONE CHURCH, FOUR LOCATIONS
We are one church family with four locations in Connecticut. Each campus has a campus pastor who shepherds the people at the campus.
OUR TEAM
We also have a team of pastors who are directly responsible for specific areas of ministry, from children, youth and adults, to care, worship & the arts, prayer and evangelism. Additionally, directors provide support and guidance to the staff to keep the mission forefront and the infrastructure healthy and running smoothly.
OUR TEAM
We also have a team of pastors who are directly responsible for specific areas of ministry, from children, youth and adults, to care, worship & the arts, prayer and evangelism. Additionally, directors provide support and guidance to the staff to keep the mission forefront and the infrastructure healthy and running smoothly.
Karen Sergey
Joe Vaichus
Chris Vitarello
Mike Gaynor
Ray Pennoyer
Brian Prue
Crystal Ellington
OUR STAFF DIRECTORY
LEAD PASTOR TEAM
Adam DePasquale Lead Pastor, Executive adepasquale@walnuthillcc.org
Craig Mowrey Lead Pastor, Development cmowrey@walnuthillcc.org
Brian Mowrey Lead Pastor, Teaching bmowrey@walnuthillcc.org
Anna Mae Althen Executive Assistant to the Lead Pastors amalthen@walnuthillcc.org
ADMINISTRATION
Laura Kennedy Receptionist lkennedy@walnuthillcc.org
Sandi Miller Database Specialist smiller@walnuthillcc.org
Tamsin Smith Community Life Coordinator tsmith@walnuthillcc.org
Melena Sorena Senior Ministries Coordinator msorena@walnuthillcc.org
Judy Taranto Receptionist jtaranto@walnuthillcc.org
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP
Crystal Ellington Online Campus Director crystal@walnuthillcc.org
Mike Gaynor Waterbury Associate Pastor mgaynor@walnuthillcc.org
Craig Mowrey Waterbury Campus Pastor cmowrey@walnuthillcc.org
Brian Mowrey Bethel Campus Pastor bmowrey@walnuthillcc.org
Joshua Multunas Valley Campus Pastor jmultunas@walnuthillcc.org
Ray Pennoyer Waterbury Assistant Pastor rpennoyer@walnuthillcc.org
Brian Prue New Milford Campus Pastor Pastorbprue@walnuthillcc.org
Joe Vaichus Waterbury Associate Pastor jvaichus@walnuthillcc.org
CARE
Jim Bray Pastor of Care & Men's Ministries jbray@walnuthillcc.org
Lucy Houghton Director of Care Ministries lhoughton@walnuthillcc.org
Victoria Kowarick Pastor of Evangelism & Spiritual Growth vkowarick@walnuthillcc.org
CHURCH IN ACTION
John Dischinger Pastor of Outreach jdischinger@walnuthillcc.org
COMMUNICATIONS
Connie McFarland Director of Communications cmcfarland@walnuthillcc.org
Tim Reid Social Media Coordinator treid@walnuthillcc.org
FACILITIES
Nick Barnett Property Management Director nbarnett@walnuthillcc.org
Neil Bowman Facilities Team nbowman@walnuthillcc.org
Trevor Kroemer Facilities Team tkroemer@walnuthillcc.org
Frank McCabe Facilities Team fmccabe@walnuthilcc.org
FINANCE
Laurel Goudy Finance Specialist lgoudy@walnuthillcc.org
Ben Moy Accounting Coordinator bmoy@walnuthillcc.org
Doug Palmer Finance & HR Director dpalmer@walnuthillcc.org
Chris Taylor Accounting Specialist ctaylor@walnuthillcc.org
KIDS
Janice Anastasia Bethel Elementary Coordinator janastasia@walnuthillcc.org
Cherie Blevins New Milford Children's Coordinator cblevins@walnuthillcc.org
Cindy Dachenhausen Family Ministry Coordinator cdachenhausen@walnuthillcc.org
Craig Horne Family Pastor chorne@walnuthillcc.org
Jennifer McCabe Bethel Preschool Coordinator jmccabe@walnuthillcc.org
Amy Mowrey Waterbury Children's Coordinator amowrey@walnuthillcc.org
MEN
Jim Bray Pastor of Care & Men's Ministries jbray@walnuthillcc.org
PRAYER
Karen Sergey Director of Prayer ksergey@walnuthillcc.org
SPECIAL NEEDS
Cindy Dachenhausen Family Ministry Coordinator cdachenhausen@walnuthillcc.org
Katie Mancini Special Needs Ministry Coordinator katie@walnuthillcc.org
STAFF CHAPLAIN
Clay Norman Staff Chaplain cnorman@walnuthillcc.org
WINDOWS CAFE
Lori Turco Cafe & Catering Manager cafe@walnuthillcc.org
WOMEN
Lynne Bauman Pastor of Women lbauman@walnuthillcc.org
WORSHIP & THE ARTS
Christopher Ellington Production Director cellington@walnuthillcc.org
Kari Mackiewicz Bethel Campus Worship Leader kari@walnuthillcc.org
Jeremiah Mahadeo Tech Arts Lead jmahadeo@walnuthillcc.org
Becca Mowrey Worship Director becca@walnuthillcc.org
Sam Myers Valley Campus Worship Leader smyers@walnuthillcc.org
AJ Picard Pastor of the Arts ajpicard@walnuthillcc.org
Tim Reid New Milford Campus Production Coordinator treid@walnuthillcc.org
Chris Vitarello Associate Director of Worship cvitarello@walnuthillcc.org
YOUTH
Kyler Barr Youth & Young Adult Pastor kbarr@walnuthillcc.org
Brian Bergen Campus Youth Coordinator bbergen@walnuthillcc.org
Greg Flower Youth Pastor gflower@walnuthillcc.org
Mike Mancini Campus Youth Coordinator mmancini@walnuthillcc.org
Megan Silver Campus Youth Coordinator msilver@walnuthillcc.org
Leslie Turco Youth Administrator leturco@walnuthillcc.org
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