Staff
Click on each staff's name or picture to view their biography.
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Lead Pastors
Dave Schmelzer, Lead Pastor
Email: dave@bostonvineyard.org
Dave Schmelzer is the lead pastor at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship—Greater Boston. He and his wife, Grace, have five children: Benjamin (born in 1996), Nicholas (1998), Patrick (2001), Claire (2003), and Elizabeth (2005). Before participating in the founding of the Greater Boston Vineyard, Dave worked as a playwright and saw… Read More
Grace Schmelzer, Co-Lead Pastor
Email: grace@bostonvineyard.org
Grace grew up in Houston with her three brothers and later went to college at Stanford in California, where her campus fellowship provided a great context to begin unpacking what it might mean to "follow Jesus." About that time, she was also delighted to discover Vineyard churches… Read More
Executive Pastor
Brian Housman
Executive Pastor
Department Head: Families
Department Head: Small Groups, Training, & Welcome
Staff Development and Management, Bible
Arts, Worship, & Prayer Department
Christopher Greco
Department Head: Arts, Worship, & Prayer
Associate Pastor
Arts, Worship, Living Waters Programs
Marianne Snekvik
Associate Pastor
Prayer Ministry, Healing Rooms, Mom to Mom
College Department
Community Development & Community Offerings Department
Danny Tao
Department Head: Community Development & Community Offerings
Associate Pastor
Executive Director of Vineyard Community Offerings
Compassion, Justice, and Reconciliation Ministries, Community Liaison
Evadne Cokeh
Assistant Pastor
Director of Youth Ministries
Youth Ministries, Youth Initiatives
Kaiti Jones
Program Coordinator
Soccer Nights, Community Building Initiatives
Stephanie Acker
Assistant Pastor
Director of Community Building Initiatives -- Vineyard Community Offerings
Community Building Initiatives, Local Neighborhood Initiatives & Outreach, Soccer Nights
Families Department
Brian Housman
Department Head: Families
Executive Pastor
Staff Development and Management, Bible
Alexis Kruza
Assistant Pastor
Director of Children’s Ministry
Kids’ Church
Evadne Cokeh
Assistant Pastor
Director of Youth Ministries
Youth Ministries, Youth Initiatives
Kim Messenger
Director of Baby and Preschool Ministries
Babies and Children, 0-5 years old
General Pastoral Ministries
Kristina Kaiser
Assistant Pastor
Vineyard Cares, Operations, Preaching, International Initiatives, Community Development
Val Snekvik
Associate Pastor
val@bostonvineyard.org
Small Groups, Training, & Welcome Department
Brian Housman
Department Head: Small Groups, Training, & Welcome
Department
Executive Pastor
Staff Development and Management, Bible
Adam Bakun
Assistant Pastor
Small Groups, Vineyard 301, Sunday Teams, Welcome Lunch
Operations Department
Dominic Kaiser
Director of Technology and Facilities
Technology, Facilities
Joanne Turner
Assistant to the Executive Pastor
Business Administration, Human Resources, Donations
Former Staff
Charles Park: charles@rivernyc.org
Charles and his wife, Caroline, left the Greater Boston Vineyard in 2004 to lead a team of people to plant The River in New York City.
