Pastors & Staff
Our pastoral team are ordained pastors who have been been formally trained with appropriate college and graduate education. They are accountable to demonstrate consistent, God honoring lives, leading the congregation as “servant leaders” like Jesus emphasized.
David (& Marina) Riemenschneider
Dr. David Riemenschneider has been the Lead Pastor since April 1978. David and his wife, Marina, have two married sons, Daniel and Joel. David regularly teaches at the weekend worships, leads the Monday Night Men’s group, and oversees the church ministry Marina serves as the Women’s Break Bible study teacher and PAK teacher.
David and Marina met at Nyack College (New York). David graduated with a Master’s Degree in education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He also completed a Master’s Degree in psychology and earned a doctor’s degree from Denver Theological Seminary. Marina was trained as a elementary school teacher and has taught in both private and the public schools. Besides David and Marina’s love for serving people in the community, they also enjoy hiking, biking, reading. David enjoys making wood creations in the garage. Marina loves being Italian, which means she enjoys hospitality, cooking, and living life enthusiastically.
Bill (& Nancy) Calvin
Dr. Bill Calvin became an Associate Pastor in July 2003. Bill and his wife, Nancy, have two children, Joel and Nicole. Bill oversees the church’s adult education, the Alpha program, ushers, deacons, prayer teams, and outreach events.
Bill graduated from Malone College (Ohio), earned a Master’s degree in education at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary (California). Nancy has a Master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Akron. Bill is an avid runner and has completed several marathons. Bill has a love for reading, running, telling jokes and laughing a lot. Nanc’y's delicious cooking and care is enjoyed by many.
Dan (& Katie Bailey)
Paul Thompson
Paul Thompson serves as a pastoral intern with Bloomingdale Church. He received his bachelors degree from the University of Idaho before coming to Illinois. He is currently attending Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he is studying for his Masters of Divinity. Paul enjoys reading, hanging out with people, learning about other cultures, and playing strategy board games.
Daniel (& Amy) Riemenschneider
Daniel Riemenschneider has served as the Youth and Communications pastor since 2004. As youth pastor, he oversees the youth ministry vision casting, communication of mission, Sunday night youth group, The Mentoring Project, student spiritual formation and group development. Daniel enjoys serving in this church because he was positively influenced by caring adults in this community as a teenager himself. Also as Communications Director, he oversees the video team, information technology, web design, graphic design, branding, and social media in the church. Daniel attended Toccoa Falls College (Georgia) and completed a Master’s degree in educational ministries and a second degree in counseling at Wheaton College. He enjoys spending time with his wife, friends and family, graphic design, listening to music, exploring the outdoors and climbing the taller peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Daniel married his longtime friend Amy in 2010. Amy enjoys serving the teens at church with Daniel as well as the larger community as a Registered Nurse at a local hospital, and likes watching HGTV.
Matt (& Christine) Massie
Matt & Christine Massie serve with the High School ministry, and lead the Friday night high school 264.coffeehouse. They both graduated from Malone University in Canton, Ohio. Matt has a degree in Bible and Theology, and Christine’s degree is in Integrated Language Arts. They met while serving as resident assistants at Malone. Matt likes drumming, disc golf, coffee, learning about the Middle east, camping, and drooling over the REI catalog. Christine likes yoga, cooking, and spending quality time with friends and family.
Jennifer Hampshire
Jennifer Hampshire serves as the junior high director. She grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and graduated from Toccoa Falls College (Georgia) with a degree in Cross-Cultural Studies in May 2008. Jen completed a master degree in counseling at Wheaton College. Jen loves finding ways to care for people. She has enjoyed leading multiple youth missions trips to Latin America.Dan (& Amber) Marcello
Dan & Amber Marcello serve as the children’s director at Bloomingdale Church. Dan graduated from SUNY Oneonta College with a degree in elementary education; Amber graduated from Crown College with a degree in intercultural studies. Dan attended Wheaton College Graduate School, completing his Master’s degree in Intercultural Studies & TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Dan and Amber met on a missions trip in Ecuador in 2007. They share a love of people, serving Jesus, soccer, and being outdoors. Amber is a gifted artist and loves painting large murals.Administration
Carol Moore and 
Donna Freeman oversee the church office. Carol and her husband, Walt, have been members since 1980. They are very proud of their three grandchildren. Donna and her husband, Rick, originally connected with Bloomingdale Church when their daughter attended the church’s Day Camp fifteen years ago. They have four children and one loving dog named Charlie.Lay Leaders
Our church lay leaders are accountable to have a personal life consistent with the standards of the Bible for leadership (1 Timothy 3.) They are elected to these offices by the congregation.
Our church is governed and guided by three different teams of lay leaders:
Our Shepherd’s Team (elders) gives spiritual focus and direction to the congregation.
Our Governing Board is the administrative team that handles the operational and policy matters of the church.
Our Deacon/Deaconess Team seeks to meet the needs of those who are sick or facing special physical issues.
The Shepherds Team
Primary focus: “priorities, people, prayer”
1. The prayer intercessors for the church. 2. Keep the church program focused on the spiritual priorities of the mission & vision statement. 3. Shepherd each of the members spiritually. 4. Give the pastors guidance/feedback to the staff.
5. Approve new members and carry out church disciplinary issues.6. Oversee the selection of new pastors.
Current Team: Mike & Kim Bagley, Dave & Marsha Beard (chair), Mike and Pat Grisco, Greg & Janet Mahoney, Bill & Allison Murray, David & Marina Riemenschneider, Gary & Rosemary Risley, Ted & Jean Selepa, Dale & Ruth Waterman
The Governing Board
Primary focus: “policy, purse, prayer”
1. The prayer intercessors for the church. 2. Maintain functional administrative policies for the church that keep the church on its mission and vision statement. This includes the management of the church properties, resources and budget, including staff compensation. 3. Keep legal records, including minutes and treasurer’s report of business meetings. 4. Assure good stewardship of the church finances. Hold each of the board members and ministry group leaders in the church accountable to their designated responsibilities via the defined lines of authority.
Current Team: Bill Baker. Greg Bjorvik, Dave Jannush, Mike Grisco, Dave Lorenz, Gordon Pasley, Lou Passi, David Riemenschneider, Scott Stephens, Dale Waterman
The Deacons’ Team
Primary focus: “people, problems, prayer”
1. The prayer intercessors for the church. 2. Serve as a care team in meeting the needs of those who are sick, discouraged or have practical needs in the church. 3. Support people in crisis, personal transitionsloss and coordinate the church family in meeting these needs. 4. Administrate the Deacons (Benevolent) Fund. 5. Prepare communion for the worship hours. 6. Participate in outreach and welcoming activities including 1st Base Luncheons.
Current Team: Jim and Robyn Entenmann, Ed and Mary Ortgea, Jane Hagen, Ken and Valerie Kelley, Heather Slipkevych, Bill Calvin, Scott & Barbara Laing, Suzanne Lehman,Monika Metzger, Janell Monacelli, Dave Lorenz (chair), Lou Pavone, Chrissy Pawela, Amy Jo Steinbruecker, Sachiho Takabatake, Curtis and Danielle Washington, Steve and Melanie Beard, Vince DePaul, Bill & Paulette Wirkus, Gary & Teresa Wurzinger
