Staff

Dave started ministering many years ago as an evangelist on Skid Row in Los Angeles.  Dave has ministered to the Coos Bay area for more than 25 years now and loves our community and it’s people.  Dave’s love for people and rich prayer life is reflected in everything he does.  Dave has a local television ministry on Spectrum channel 192 and a radio ministry that is broadcast on 98.1 FM.  More recently Dave has been serving as an elder of Shoreline Community Church until he joined the church staff as our Pastoral Care Pastor in 2021.

Jessie Barnard: Director of Children and Student Ministries

Jessie is a 2011 graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.  She has served in various leadership roles in Children’s Ministry, Awana and in Student Ministry for over a decade now.

During her four years at Liberty, Jessie served in Student Ministries at the 20,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church.  Jessie’s years of ministry experience have uniquely prepared her for directing our Shoreline Community Church Children and Student Ministries today.  Jessie personally disciples many of the students that she works with. Jessie also serves as volunteer Chaplain for the North Bend Police Department.  Jessie’s partner in the picture (Hondo) is the North Bend Police Department Chaplain Dog; the kids at Shoreline love Hondo!

Jessie loves her kids, is a huge Green Bay Packer fan and finds great pleasure in helping her students come to a closer relationship with Jesus Christ!  Jessie has served on Shoreline’s staff since 2012.

Stefanie Ahlers:  Director of Worship Music and Women’s Ministries

Stef Ahlers was born in North Bend, to the Bigelow family back in ‘66. She, her parents, and 4 siblings (one is a twin) moved to Connecticut in 1979. There she graduated from New Milford High School, class of 1985. Upon graduation she went to Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Music. In 1992-93 Stef did her music ministry internship at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville Kentucky, one of the largest churches in the country. While in Louisville, she was able to be in a worship band, a Christian rock band, travel to England, Jamaica, Cuba, and Ethiopia on mission trips and perform at various churches and conventions throughout the country. In 1996, Stef took a music directorship at a church in Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania. There she helped develop the worship services and music ministry at a church of just under 300 congregants. In 1999, Stef moved back to Coos Bay, where she lived with and assisted her grandmother for 2 years. Kingsview Christian School hired her as a teacher where she taught for five years. She met her husband and got married in 2001, and they adopted their daughter, Katie, in 2005. Throughout the years Stef has been a homemaker, homeschool mom, recorded a CD, tutored children, been a home health care worker, and is now serving as Director of Worship Music at Shoreline. She loves traveling, music, camping, reading, the outdoors, hanging out with her family and friends, and most of all JESUS!  Stefanie came on staff at Shoreline in 2021.  Since that time, Stefanie has done an outstanding job leading our worship music, the elders are now proud to add to her duties Director of Women’s Ministries.

Tara is a gifted administrator who stays extremely involved in ministry, she is a big part of our Media Ministry for those who are watching online.  Tara has been our Administrative Assistant at Shoreline since 2019.  Tara and her daughter Michaela enjoy the outdoor life of the Oregon coast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buddy Williams joined the Shoreline staff in January 2022 bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in music and sound.  Buddy is a team player and is responsible for overseeing and developing our sound ministry.