My 
hometown is Dafter (Brimley/Sault Saint Marie area) MI but I moved to the west side of Lansing at the age of 4 – just inside the Grand Ledge School District. I am the youngest of three children. My father retired from owning an auto frame and chassis front end alignment business. My mother retired from being an administrative assistant/bookkeeper.
I attended Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, IL, where I graduated (with a Bachelor of Arts in English). A year later I responded to a call to ministry and attended Nazarene Theological Seminary. I served as a bi-vocational pastor for Nazarene Community Church in Iron River, MI for a couple years. A year later I transferred into the United Methodist Church, where I have served 6 charges and 9 churches since 1992. I come to you from Houghton Grace and Albert Paine Memorial UMCs in the Upper Peninsula’s thumb. Throughout my education and first church, I have worked as a janitor, parts runner, car pick up, stripping cars of damaged body parts, replacing suspension parts, basic landscaping, building and grounds maintenance, office worker, waiter, cook, and various types of construction. I have four adult children: Mitchell, Angela, Benjamin, and Sara.
I am eager to work with you to serve the Hartland area. I desire for us to eagerly digest the “old story” of the faithful, and especially of Jesus; and creatively present it in a way so that people who have always heard, and people who may never have heard this story will find it to be fresh, relevant, practical; inspiring us to apply it to our daily living — that we may rise above what cultural differences would divide us and that we will unite around our greatest strengths, gifts and joys; and through our faith, find a niche (a ministry unique to us) that will align our strengths to serve the needs of our church, our communities, and out into the world.
Pastor Chuck