Meet Our Staff
Senior Pastor
Rev. Jason Schiller
Rev. Jason Schiller is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church USA, and Senior Pastor at Community Presbyterian Church since April 2021. He is passionate about making church a place to ask questions, express doubts, explore faith honestly, and making sure people find a place of belonging, authenticity, meaning, and purpose. He loves sharing a meal and conversation with others. He is married to Erin and father to Elsa and Abram. They enjoy hiking together and spending time outdoors. Jason is a trained Chaplain and served in Intensive Care, Hospice, and Addiction Recovery Units.
pastor@cpcgr.org | Tel: 218-326-8515
Lay Pastor
Mary Shideler
A natural storyteller, Lay Pastor Mary specializes in short and sweet sermons be it a worship service, celebration of life, wedding, or baptism in a local lake. Mary is a lifelong resident of the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area, where she grew up in a log cabin on a lake sleeping under a bearskin rug. Early on, Mary learned to appreciate and respect the outdoors. She has traveled to all seven continents and worked worldwide, once capturing wild camels in the outback of Australia.
mary@cpcgr.org | Tel: 218-326-8515
Director of Music
Darcy Reich
Darcy Reich has been a resident of Grand Rapids for the past 46 years. She taught in the Grand Rapids school district for 34 years, primarily at Cohasset and Murphy Elementary Schools. She has been a member of the staff of Community Presbyterian Church for 45 years, playing for the worship services and directing the handbell choirs. She is a member of American Guild of Organists, Choristers Guild and Handbell Musicians of America. Since retirement from teaching, Darcy has enjoyed spending time playing the piano at area schools, volunteering for a number of organizations, creating counted cross stitch baby bibs and reading the many books that accumulate on her shelves.
info@communitypresbyterian.org | Tel: 123-456-7890
Chancel Choir Director
Sam Evans
Sam Evans directs the Chancel Choir at CPC. He has a degree in music education from Concordia College, Moorhead. He owns Evans Insurance Agency and lives north of Grand Rapids with his wife Lenora and their two sons.
info@communitypresbyterian.org | Tel: 123-456-7890