Dalton joined the Canyon Springs Staff in October 2023 as the Worship & Creative Arts Pastor. He has a heart for leading others into the presence of God and is passionate about creating an atmosphere of worship that is both authentic and transformative. Dalton leads worship on Sundays and builds into our worship team and volunteers throughout the week. He [...]
Pastor Gino can be found on any given Sunday speaking God's word to our congregation through sharing a message or leading worship! Pastor Gino has made it his life commitment to help people pursue Jesus through a lifestyle of radical, transformational discipleship. Whether on Sunday morning at church, Saturday on the soccer field, or running errands throughout the week, Gino [...]
Jodie joined the Canyon Springs Staff in August 2022 as the Assistant Children's Director. She has been coming to Canyon Springs since 2013 and in that time has volunteered as one of our weekly Sunday School teachers (committing to teach every Sunday for 9 months at a time). She also led our story time at VBS 2022, has been a [...]
Julie has been a part of the Canyon Springs team since October 2021 where she oversees the Women’s Ministry. Julie teaches the weekly “Growing in Grace” Bible study and plans women’s events for the church. Her passion is to help women realize how much Jesus loves them and to inspire women to go deep with God! Julie is a retired [...]
Sekwohn has been a part of the Canyon Springs team since September 2021 and is in charge of the High School ministry here at Canyon Springs. Between the Wednesday night experience and the Sunday morning youth service, Sekwohn and his volunteers continually pursue the students in the community to show them the life that God has for them and their [...]
Lesley is the children's director at Canyon Springs and the director of Kids Crew, our special needs ministry. She is passionate about helping teach kids about God and learning how to be in relationship with Him. Lesley and her husband, Matt started attending Canyon Springs 9 years ago after eagerly seeking a church that had powerful sermons, great music, and [...]
She joined Canyon Springs Church in the Spring of 2011. The Shadden’s were active members of the Catholic Church for about 10 years until their daughter Molly Rae, who at the time was 14, shared that she was looking for a deeper relationship with the Lord and wanted to search for a church that could better support that desire. Molly [...]
Chad Richards is the Lead Pastor at Canyon Springs Church. Chad holds a B.A. in Religion, Ministry, and Leadership from Vanguard University. He also holds a Master of Theological Studies with an emphasis in Biblical Studies from Bethel University and Seminary. Chad and his wife Megan, have two daughters, Ayven and Sage. Chad likes surfing, movies, reading, and officiating weddings. [...]
Blake has been a part of the Canyon Springs team since mid-2013 and helps with Marketing, Communications, Social Media, Outreach, and Events. Behind the scenes, he helps with the church's CRM, IT and Organizational Operations and a bunch of techy / nerdy stuff. After to moving to the area 2010, he and his expectant wife were instantly hooked with Canyon [...]
