Women's Ministry Coordinator

Carley is a wife to a wonderful husband, Matt, and mother of three beautiful kids. The Freemans live in Naperville. For eight years Carley taught at a bilingual school (English/Spanish) in West Aurora and, after having her second baby, decided it was time to be a stay-at-home mom. She now tutors and substitute teaches on the side but is most passionate about her marriage and discipling her children in the ways of the Lord and teaching them His Word. She enjoys visiting Matt’s family in California and encouraging relationships with other believing women, each deepening her walk with Jesus.

Office Manager

After running a daycare out of her home for twelve years, Darline entered the workforce in 1996 as a part-time receptionist with a trucking company. After nearly eight years there, she left as Office Manager and was hired by Grace Church under that same title in March 2004. She had been serving as a volunteer in the Youth Ministry as a high school leader. Darline and her husband, Norb, have been married since 1983 and have two grown, married children. In her free time, she treasures being with her grandchildren!

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Audio/Visual Technician

Doug and Janice met at Wheaton College and married in 1994. He studied Communications there, Audio Engineering at Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts, and earned his M.S. in Management Information Systems at DePaul University. The Gilmour family began attending Grace Church in 2011. He's been involved in our AV ministry, Awana, and currently serves in our Youth Ministry. He's an advocate of serving God with all our mind and is passionate about apologetics and evangelism. He's an advocate for Christian camps, particularly for boys, and enjoys outdoor activities in God's creation, especially where the terrain is less flat.

Children's Ministry Coordinator

Janice and her husband, Doug, met at Wheaton College and married in 1994. After six years teaching Middle School English and earning her M.A. in Education, Janice entered the home work force to focus on their three boys, Nathan, Collin, and Evan. These years at home were a wonderful blessing, including many trips to the Adirondack mountains in New York where the family delights to enjoy God’s creation, countless baseball and soccer games, and hours around the table playing board games. In April 2015 God led Janice to our Grace Church staff where she loves serving children and families.

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Sports Ministry Coordinator

Grace Church is and has been a huge part of Jeff's life. He has attended the church since 1992. He grew up on Galusha Road. He watched his parents serve for years. He met Ellyn Jacobsen here, and they married in September 2014! His passion for athletics, performing arts, and people have always kept him active. He played football and studied marketing at Taylor University and has worked in insurance related sales since he graduated. In August 2015 Jeff was called to serve as our Sports Ministry Coordinator and his desire is to see gospel-centered relationships develop and lives changed.

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Buildings & Grounds Coordinator & Deacon

Ken came to Grace Church of DuPage (GCD) in 2022, transitioning from our daughter church, Kishwaukee Bible in Sycamore, IL, to accept the position of Building and Grounds Coordinator. Ken and his family lived in Rockford for over thirty years. They began commuting to KBC from Rockford in 1997 after hearing about the church plant from relatives at GCD. Ken and his son and daughter all moved separately in the past three years to DuPage County to join the GCD family. Ken did technical writing and software engineering for thirty-one years at a Rockford Aerospace corporation before retiring in 2019.

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Principal Pianist
Music Ministry Coordinator: Vocal

Since college, Kirsten’s desire has been to use her musical gifts to care for and serve the local church, giving voice (or notes!) to the people’s song. She began attending Grace Church in 2010 while studying piano at Moody Bible Institute. She enrolled in our Mission Training Academy in 2012. Since then she has been called to play weekly for our services and rehearsals and lead worship for Women’s Ministry events. Kirsten works in a management role for a local IT firm, and in her spare hours enjoys reading, cooking, and fostering community among the young professional women at Grace.

Music Ministry Coordinator: Instrumental

Larry came to Grace Church in 1989. He picked up the trumpet in fifth grade and has used it since to engage people and express himself in the Christian and secular worlds. Larry holds a BA (Instrumental Music Education) from Illinois State University. Throughout his adult life he’s been involved in music in local churches. He’s spent all of his working career in consumer-packaged goods industries. In his spare time he enjoys his three kids and six grandkids and also riding his bicycle on local paths where he takes nature photos then sends weekly scripture-based encouragement emails using those photos.

Audio/Visual Manager & Graphic Designer

Matt is a follower of King Jesus, a coffee nerd, and a music lover. A Member of Grace Church since 2007, he joined our staff part-time in 2018 after a four-year assignment leading worship at our daughter church, Kishwaukee Bible, in Sycamore. Matt has helped coordinate our website content, event promotions, and communications, and now serves as our Graphic Designer. He also serves in our Youth Ministry and completed our two-year Worship Ministry Training. He is a graduate of North Central College (B.A., Broadcast Communications) and is employed full-time in Marketing. He and his wife Carley have three children.

Administrative Assistant
Website Manager

Michelle received Jesus as Savior in February, 2010, and began attending Grace Church in April of that year due to a discipleship relationship here. Michelle enjoys serving the body (especially behind the scenes!) with the Fellowship Committee, at Special Needs Ministry events, and as part of our Office staff, where she manages our website, event promotion, and other communications. She longs to see those who struggle with a difficult past come to know that God is sufficient for every need, and that His promises are always true. Michelle was married to her husband, Trace, at Grace Church in July, 2019.

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Deacon and Business Administrator

Mike has served as a Grace Church Deacon since 2003, and as Financial Secretary since 1998. Music has played an important role throughout his life, beginning with clarinet in fourth grade and plummeting to bass clarinet in high school and college. Starting with Church Choir eventually led to a men's quartet mission trip to Romania in 2000. This paved the way for Mike and his wife, Leah, to "adopt" two girls who still live in their homeland. Each one of their four kids, three children-in-law, and two grandkids, are, as Mike and Leah would say, “the apple of my eye!”