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Kevin Navarro
 Senior Pastor

Kevin J. Navarro is the Senior Pastor. He came
to Bethany in 1993 as the pastor of worship and
adult ministries. At the end of 2001, the Bethany
community called him to serve as their Senior
Pastor. Kevin is a graduate of the University of
Northern Colorado, Denver Seminary and
Fuller Theological Seminary.


Kevin has been married to Susan for 20 years. They are the proud
parents of four boys (Timothy, Matthew, Joshua, and Aaron) and one
girl (Naomi). Kevin loves music (particularly jazz...having studied jazz
trumpet in undergraduate school), poetry, film, literature, architecture,
ethnic cuisine and the visual arts. He also loves to travel. Regarding
ministry, Pastor Kevin's desire is to recover the vision of the pastor
theologian. The local church should be the place where we think deeply
about God and the issues that are dear to His heart. This should then
lead to us revamping our priorities so that we can live out the great
commandment (Matt 22:34-40) and the great commission
(Matt 28:18-20).
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Mike Harrison
Pastor of Mission Mobilization

Mike Harrison is Pastor of Mission Mobilization.
He and his wife, Becky, have been involved at
Bethany for 36 years since their college graduation
in 1973. Mike is a graduate of the University of
Colorado, University of Denver and Fuller
Theological Seminary. After a 27-year business
career, Mike took early retirement and entered into
full-time ministry.

Mike and Becky have been married for 34 years and have raised two
wonderful daughters who are both married and living in the Denver area.
Mike's heart beats for missions and for helping people find their place in
God's Kingdom Plan. Mobilizing, networking, and resourcing are at the
core of Mike's ministry calling.
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John Rynders
Pastor Emeritus

Bethany called John Rynders as Minister of Music
in 1981. Over the years Pastor John assumed many
roles and in 1994 was called as Senior Pastor. In
2002 Pastor John retired with 22 years of faithful
ministry to Bethany and Bethany appointed him
Pastor Emeritus. Pastor John and his wife Joni have
been married over 45 years, they have five children
and eight grandchildren.
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Francisco Mendez
Pastor of Vida Nueva para Denver

Pastor Francisco Mendez is the pastor of
Vida Nueva (Bethany's Spanish church). He hold
a Masters in Theology from a seminary in Mexico.
He loves spending time with his family, the Bible,
the guitar and a ping pong racquet. He has a radio
ministry in Spanish bringing people out of legalistic
situations. In Latino Christianity, many people have
been drawn into ministries that have promoted

doctrinal heresy and excessive legalism. This has led to
Pastor Francisco restoring hurt people by helping people find their
identity in Christ. In addition to leading Vida Nueva, Pastor Francisco is
involved in leading a multicultural adult Bible fellowship (ABF) at Bethany.
He is also fully engaged in reaching the North Littleton Hispanic
community one mile north of Bethany.


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-------------------------Directors------------------------
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Juli Claassen
Director of Children & Family Ministries

Juli Claassen is the Director of Children and
Family Ministries. God and His salvation through
Christ is Juli's passion and she longs to share Him
with kids. Juli wants kids to know that He is love
and that they are made in God's own image. At
heart, Juli is a student and preacher of God's Word.
So, she's "all about" teaching kids the Scriptures
from the youngest in her ministry to the oldest.

Juli is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Over seven years ago Juli met
her husband, Gerhard, on the Internet. He is a South African man, a
lawyer by trade, who owned and operated a food-manufacturing factory
in the tiny town of Blood River in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal. They
married in South Africa in 2003 and he is the greatest joy of her life,
second only to Jesus Christ. Their daughter Kristen was born in 2007.
They are now expecting a little boy. Juli's favorite way to spend time is
with family; doing whatever. The Claassen's also enjoy opening up their
home and sharing fellowship and food!
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Aaron Eichman
Director of Student Ministries

Aaron Eichman is the Director of Student
Ministries. At Bethany Aaron serves the Sr. High
and Jr. High on a weekly basis with a variety of
intense Bible teaching and exciting evangelistic
opportunities as well as a healthy dose of fun.
Aaron is a graduate of Clemson University and
Denver Seminary.


After moving to Denver in 2003 Aaron met his beautiful wife Cheryl at
Denver Seminary. They were married on January 7th, 2006. They are
now expecting their first son. Aaron also is an avid outdoorsman in areas
of fishing, hiking, wilderness survival, backpacking and many others.
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Joyce Bertram
Director of Preschool

Joyce is the mother of Elisabeth, Daniel, and
Sam; the long-time companion of Beverly and
Shannon; the second mom of Erin and Ryan; and
grandmother to Jonathan Slater. She attended
Wheaton College, the University of Minnesota and
Wayne State University for Bachelors Degrees in
Child Psychology and Social Welfare, and a


Master's Degree in Education. Joyce currently serves as the Director
of Bethany Busy Bee Preschool, a position she has held since 2001.
Prior to coming to Colorado in 1996, she directed training for the
University of Illinois' University Affiliated Program in Developmental
Disabilities for 13 years.
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Tim Macres
Worship Leader


Tim Macres started his calling back in college
where he lead worship for Campus Crusade for
Christ at the University of Southern California. After
graduating, Tim collaborated with Christian artist
Jana Alayra to write contemporary praise and
inspirational songs some of which were recorded
on a couple of albums.


From 1995 to 2003 Tim was called to be the worship leader at
Woodbridge Community Church in Irvine, CA. Afterwards, Tim and his
family moved to Colorado where he now resides as Worship Leader for
Bethany Evangelical Free Church of Centennial.
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Leslie Tripp
Administrative Secretary

Leslie has been in the office at Bethany since
1979. She has seen God expand Bethany from two
staff members to the present and from an IBM
Selectric typewriter to a networked computer system.
Her passion over the years has been to help support
people in their ministries to effectively communicate
God's redeeming love.


Leslie has been married to Don for 40+ years and is the proud mom of
three wonderful adult children and their spouses and two awesome
grandchildren whom God has thankfully placed nearby to enjoy.
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