Meet Our Staff
Senior Pastor
pastor@cpcgr.org
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. He previously served two congregations in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area. Jason is a trained Chaplain and served as Resident Chaplain for the Intensive Care and Addiction Recovery Units at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Illinois, completing research in providing spiritual care to families and staff during the organ donation process. He was also a staff chaplain at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana, Illinois. He has previously served as member of the Presbytery of Southeastern Illinois on the Commission for Ministry, Emergency Response Team, and as liaison to the Board of Pensions.
Lay Pastor
mary@cpcgr.org
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.
Office Coordinator
office@cpcgr.org
Becky was born and raised in Grand Rapids and attended Community Presbyterian Church growing up. After being away from the area most of her adult life, she recently moved back with her husband and two young children. Her beackground includes retail management banking and accounting, however she has been a stay-at-home mom for 6 years. She enjoys spending time with her family, singing, and playing cards.
Minister of Music
darreich@mchsi.com
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.
Chancel Choir Director
samuel.lee.evans@gmail.com
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.