LeadershipA team of people serving with their unique gifts and abilities—this is what makes CEFC the church that it is. We value equipping volunteers to lead and finding the unique ministry niche of every person in the congregation. We have a variety of people providing leadership in areas like teaching, worship, caring, administration, students, and children, which demonstrates our value of unified team ministry. A few of our key leaders are listed below (in alphabetical order). Jennifer Kvamme
Dena Luick
Mike Novak
Ericca Olson
Peter Rieke
Larry Stromberg
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Jennifer has a passion for equipping students to love God and serve others. She gets to do this as student ministries coordinator for CEFC, where she’s served since 2003, as well as in her work with 
Since 2009, Dena has been writing a three-year curriculum for our children’s ministry that chronologically explores the major stories in the Bible. She enjoys digging into the stories and creating activities and games that help our students remember and apply biblical truths. Dena graduated from Northwestern College with a degree in elementary education, and she currently works at an elementary school for children with disabilities. She enjoys playing games with friends, camping, hiking, downhill skiing, and going to apple orchards in the fall.
Mike loves teaming up with others to accomplish Christlike church goals, spread the Word, and serve the world. He views service as an opportunity rather than an obligation. Before retiring, Mike served as a teacher and behavior resource director in the Minneapolis public schools for 30 years. He has served on the church council since 2009. In his free time he likes to work out at the YMCA, do sudoku puzzles, use his hands in projects, go on small trips with his wife, Jan, and take walks in God’s beautiful creation.
Ericca has served as Pastoral Ministry Assistant since 2009, making the jobs of other ministry leaders less stressful and more effective with her administrative skills. She enjoys event planning, organizing, and taking on tasks others might rather avoid, as well as volunteering at The Edge, CEFC’s student ministry. She studies at Century College and hopes to become an event planner specializing in weddings.
Peter has been coordinating our worship ministries since 2003, and he loves to be able to work with such a talented group of people to create authentic and meaningful times of worship. Peter and his wife, Elise, have been married since 2006 and have a daughter, Alethea. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas, and when he has spare time, he enjoys reading, playing with Alethea, cooking, cheering for the Twins, photographing things, and playing guitar.
Larry has pastored CEFC since 1998. He is a graduate of Moody Graduate School, Chicago, IL, and previously pastored churches in Maine and Indiana. Since 2004 he has also served as chaplain for the Lino Lakes Police Department. Larry and his wife, Chris, have four children. His passions are expository preaching and encouraging younger leaders. His biggest challenge is attention to details! In his “spare time” he’s studying Spanish, and he is helplessly addicted to books, coffee, and the Chicago Cubs.