Church Leadership

Pastor, Chuck Loftis

Chuck and Kelly Loftis will resume leading PFC September 1st. Along with their sons Jordan and Brandon, they moved to Bismarck in 1996 to found the church. More details to come...

Team Leaders

Children's Ministry, Jay & Tamara Steckler

Jay & Tamara Steckler are natives of North Dakota and have attended PFC since 2005. Jay has served on the Board of Trustees and Tamara helps in many areas as well. Feeling the stirring of God upon their hearts, the Steckler’s have taken the reigns of our children’s ministry, including Junior Bible Quiz (JBQ) with a desire to see all children grow closer to God. They believe that no child should be left behind when it comes to discipleship and a commitment to God through Jesus. Jay and Tamara have the same philosophy in raising their five children, Kyle, Alyssa, Justin, Bridget and Cierra .

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Youth Group, Dan Szarkowski (right) & Randy Ables (left)

Dan Szarkowski is married to his beautiful wife Jessie, they have one son Alex who is currently finishing up school at Bismarck State College. Dan works as a contractor building houses and also do property management and maintenance. As a family they enjoy anything to do with motorcycles, riding, traveling the country, watching Alex race motocross, or just watching Supercross on TV. Dan really enjoys spending time with the youth of our church, trying to encourage them to have a relationship with Jesus and dig into the Bible. They in turn inspire him to be a better Christian as well. Just spending time with them and getting to know each of them is a reward in itself.

Randy Ables has been married to Brooke Ables for 19 yrs. and they have 2 kids. Son Tyler (16) and daughter Rylie (11). Randy works at Rapid Fire Protection as a Regional, Manager and Project Manager. He enjoys playing guitar, golf, and spending time with his family. Randy and his family moved to Bismarck from Rapid City SD in Oct of 2014, and became members at PFC. Randy also serves on the Board of Trustees at PFC. He enjoys being involved with the PFC youth group as he hopes to be an example and help these young adults build and grow their relationship with God. It means a lot to Randy as he had some amazing youth leaders in his junior high and high school days and hopes when these teenagers look back on their days at PFC they appreciate those who invested time in their growth and walk as he appreciates those who invested in him.

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Hospitality, Jessie Szarkowski

Jessie is a retail manager, currently at Sleep Number. She met her wonderful husband Dan in '94, and they have one great son, Alex. Jessie loves flip flops, sunshine and paddle boarding. As a family they spend time on motorcycles and traveling. She is a busy lady and a part of the hospitality team and The One Foot Project.

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Office Administrator, Lisa Kraft

Lisa has always wanted to be a church secretary, ever since she was little. She is married to Curt about whom she says: "I love him lots - he cares for me so wonderfully". They have two sons, Sam and Jesse (they are both interesting and fun)! Lisa likes to read, bake, attend ladies' Bible study, have coffee with friends, and spend time with family. Together as a family, Lisa, Curt, and their boys enjoy frisbee golf, camping, birdwatching, and visiting with friends and family.

Lisa says: "This is not just a job to me; I truly care about each person that attends PFC."

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