Ministry

Faith Chapel of Churchville

MINISTRY

A glimpse of Leadership at Faith Chapel

Senior Pastor Dave Branch was saved in the

summer of 1970 in a home church in the village

of Churchville. A few years later, under the

tutelage of his pastor, he began to teach home

Bible studies in the Churchville, Bergen and
Ogden area. After the pastor left the area to

pastor a church in the Southern Tier, he

served as Pastor of Churchville Community

Fellowship for about a year and a half until it

was dissolved in 1975. He and Pat then began

attending a church in Caledonia.

Shortly after he received a call to become interim

pastor of a small work in Gates. After six months

there he returned to Caledonia where he served on

the Deacon Board for 14 years. During that time, he

had many opportunities to preach and was the Adult

Sunday School Teacher for many years. He received

a Bible School diploma in 1986 through

Liberty Home Bible Institute in Lynchburg, VA.

In 1990 Pastor Dave and Pat began attending Faith Temple in Brighton, and

soon became members. While at Faith Temple he had many opportunities

to preach and teach, until he was sent out to pastor. He is an ordained

minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pat is a licensed minister of the Gospel.

In May of 2000, Dave and his wife Pat, followed the leading of the Lord to

start a new church. Churchville was selected because Pastor Dave lives

          there and is well known and respected in the community. He chose a team to
          go with him to start this new work, and in September of 2000 they held their first service.
          He is currently under the covering of Pastor Ron Domina of Bethel Christian
          Fellowship in Rochester.

Pastor Matt

Matt Atkinson was saved at the age of 8 while

in a church service that his father, the pastor,

was preaching. During his teen years he was

involved in his church's youth group and in a

mime troup. He also worked in the summers at a

Christian Camp in the south western part of

Indiana. The summer after high school he felt a

strong calling to attend World Harvest Bible

College in Columbus, Ohio. He majored in Praise

and Worship. He worked in a wide variety of

ministries while attending the college, such as

prison ministry, food pantry, choir, mime and

puppet troup, youth group, and most extensively

in Children's Ministries. After meeting his wife in Bible College and getting

married in 1998, they moved to his wife's native Churchville, NY. He worked

closely with the youth pastors at Faith Temple, in Rochester, NY before

being called to come alongside and help his father in law pioneer a new

church in Churchville. He currently is an associate pastor there, leads praise

and worship, and is in charge of the youth ministry.

Matt has a desire to be a different and unique pastor, breaking the

traditional mold. He and his wife, Jen, reside in Churchville and have three children.

Pastor Gary

Gary Bremer worked in the Information Technology

field for 34 years before retiring from IBM. He

earned a Bachelor degree in Organizational

Management from Roberts Wesleyan College, and a

Masters of Theology from Northeastern Seminary on

the Roberts campus. Gary accepted Jesus Christ as

his savior in 1972 at the age of 25. He and his wife

Sue were married in 1973 and have five children.

They attended Faith Temple in Brighton, New York

for over 30 years and participated in a variety of

ministries there. Gary has also gone on mission trips

to the bush country of Kenya, Africa. In 2000 he

         and Sue were sent out as part of a four couple team to start Faith Chapel
         of Churchville. They currently reside in the greater Rochester area in upstate
         New York. Gary’s ministry focuses on sound Biblical teaching. He also
         ministers prophetically, and in interpretive movement and song.

        Pastor Deb                 Deb Longer is the most recently appointed

       Associate Pastor, but has, in a sense, been

       preparing for her whole life. At her salvation

       experience early in her teens, she committed

       her life to the Lord to become a minister.

       That didn't exactly happen until over 40 years

       later! She brings a background in sales,

       business management, dance education, and

       varied volunteer experiences, including Youth

       For Christ and Teen World Outreach. Her

       heart is very much for Seniors, and ministers

       with her Christian dance team, the Emmanuel

       Dancers, regularly at Senior facilities and

       churches. She brings a people-friendly fresh

         approach to her teaching and preaching as she shares from her many and

         varied life experiences. She is also the author of a soon to be published new

         book about women in ministry, entitled, “Joint Heirs”. She and her husband

         Glenn, have been married for 20 years and live in Clarendon, Ny. They have 4

         children and 3 grandchildren.

"Make the journey back to Faith... and bring a friend!"

A Church for TODAY. . .
. . . Preparing you for TOMORROW! Eph. 4:12

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