Office Coordinator

Amy lives in Sandy Hook with her husband, and their three children. They have been members of Calvary since 2015. She is a graduate of Sacred Heart University School of Nursing and worked for years at a local hospital before being hired to oversee the Church office and serve as Nursery Director. She is passionate about working with children, families and strengthening the ministries of Calvary Church.

Pastor of Discipleship & Church Operations

Ben has served in various ministry and pastoral roles for the past 8 years, and he cherishes the opportunity to help in the care and shepherding of God’s people. Before coming to Calvary, he served as a pastor of a church plant in Shelton, where he was involved in preaching, organization, and many other aspects of church and ministry life.

Ben holds a Bachelor degree in Pastoral Ministry and Leadership and is currently working towards his Master of Divinity. Before stepping into full time ministry, he worked for many years in the foodservice industry, most recently overseeing day to day food service operations for a school district in CT and is excited to bring both pastoral experience and operational experience into his role here at Calvary.

Ben is happily married to his wife April, and they are the proud, loving parents of two energetic boys. When he is not home or at church, he enjoys connecting with people, spending as much time as possible with friends, reading, working out, cooking and entertaining, and all things coffee related.

Kids Life Assistant

Bern lives in Monroe with her husband Craig. They have two grown children, Sarah & Christopher. She and her family made Calvary their church home in 2006. Prior to Calvary, Bern was involved in ministry with Kids as Sunday School Superintendent/teacher, VBS Director and Adult Ministries. Bern has a love for children and joined the Calvary staff in 2008 where she helps serve the children and families of Calvary. In addition to working at Calvary, she is a preschool teacher and loves to teach the little ones about Jesus and His love.

Technical Director

Dave grew up at Calvary Church and began serving in the tech ministry at Calvary in high school. He began his official role as Technical Director in 2017. He loves finding new ways to make worship better through technology.

Nursery Coordinator

Emily lives in Oxford with her husband Dan and two children, Luke and Jack. Emily grew up attending Calvary and serving in various ministry roles. She has a Bachelors in Elementary Education from Trinity International University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Sacred Heart University. She taught both first and second grade in Shelton before spending time at home with her family. Emily is passionate about working with children and families at Calvary Church.

Worship Coordinator

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Emmanuel has come to call Calvary Church and Western Connecticut his home. Along the way, he has served as worship director, ministry leader, and elder throughout New England.  He works full-time in the field of Information Technology, but also has a passion to serve the local church and reach the community with the gospel.  Emmanuel and his wife, live in Monroe with their two children.

Director of Outreach and Children’s Ministries

Jim has been attending Calvary since 1997. He and his wife Kim are thankful that their 7 children have been impacted by the ministries here. While involved with his career as a builder/remodeler, God drew his heart to serve in kids ministry and he was discipled and trained by the leadership of Calvary. As his faith, knowledge and love of ministry grew, this eventually led to a role on our staff as Director of Kids Life. He was later asked to take that same structure and relational style of ministry, that helped grow our Kids Life program, into our Student Life ministry. Jim is amazed to see how God has grown him over the years and how God uses even the skills from his past profession to help build and grow Calvary’s body and impact those around us.

Director of Youth Ministries

Josh lives in Milford with his wife, Kelsi, and their three daughters. He grew up at Calvary and was actively involved in the Kids, Youth, and Young Adult ministries. He holds a bachelor’s degree with a specialization in Youth Ministry and a master’s degree with a concentration in Pastoral Counseling, both from Liberty University. Before returning to Calvary in 2020, he served as a youth director at another church for four years. Josh joined the staff at Calvary in 2024 and is passionate about connecting the message of the Gospel with the lives of youth!

Financial Coordinator

Kristine has lived in Trumbull for the past 30 years and Calvary has been her church home since then.  She and her husband, Dominic, have three children and are delighted to be the grandparents of three grandchildren. Kristine enjoys working at Calvary and helping the staff and congregants with their financial questions.

Student Life & Communications Coordinator

LeeAnne is the youngest of five siblings who grew up on Long Island and moved to Connecticut officially after graduating Sacred Heart University in 2020. She began attending Calvary Church during her college years and was baptized in 2019. She currently lives in Trumbull and loves being able to come alongside students and help them live a life that models that of Jesus in today's society.

Pastor of Community & Adult Ministries

Randy grew up in Trumbull, giving his life to Christ at a young age through the kids’ ministry at Calvary Church. He worked as a campus minister with the Coalition for Christian Outreach, serving at Columbus College of Art and Design for five years. During that time, Randy also served as the Director of Student Ministry at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio. Randy loves coaching sports (specifically soccer!) and enjoys working with young people as they learn more about God through the communal experience of being on a team. Randy holds a B.A. in Psychology (Kenyon College) and a Master of Divinity (Princeton Theological Seminary). In his free time, Randy enjoys golf, cycling, Spikeball, reading, and hanging out with his niece and nephews.

Lead Pastor

Rich is a life-long resident of CT. Married to Heidi for 42 years, he enjoys time with his three married children, spouses and six grandchildren. Along with Heidi, Rich founded and pastored Crossroads Community Church in Trumbull, CT for 25 years. In 2018, Rich and Heidi launched “Breathe” - a ministry to pastoral couples to help them live thriving and whole lives. His heart for the church and for God’s people has also led him to serve as interim pastor for churches in transition. Prior to pastoring Crossroads church, Rich was a teacher and elementary school principal. Rich holds a B.S. (Education, Central CT), M.A. & 6th Year Certificate (Teaching/Admin & Supervision, Sacred Heart Univ.) and studied at Alliance Seminary (Nyack, NY). Rich loves the outdoors, biking, hiking, gardening and enjoying God’s great creation.

Facilities Coordinator

Tim is proud husband and partner to Jessie and father to Lydia, Matty and Andrew, and lives in Trumbull. He has grown up in the church and served with Jessie from 2011 to 2021 in campus ministry at Sacred Heart University. Tim came on staff in January, 2020 and takes joy in fostering community at Calvary, working behind the scenes to keep a clean and orderly space and engendering that same pride and sense of community and ownership in others.