Sunday Services – 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. 
10:30 a.m. livestream

Staff and Elders

Dr. Kellen Smith

Senior Pastor

630-668-5147 x 131 • email
Kellen has served as Senior Pastor at First Pres since 2017. He brings a passion for preaching, faithfulness in leading, compassion in caring for God’s people. Kellen’s skillset for ministry is inspired by his heart for mission and passion for evangelism. He loves the First Pres congregation and Wheaton community.

A lifelong Presbyterian, after college Kellen served in Americorps doing mentoring and tutoring in under-resourced communities. For several years he then served as Director of Youth Ministry at First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio. After ordination, for six years Kellen was an Associate Pastor at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church.

Kellen holds a Doctor of Ministry from Emory University and Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Kellen and his wife, Sarah, have three young children, Hadley, Hudson, and Hayden and a Bernedoodle named Frankie.

PASTOR KAT HATTING


Associate Pastor
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Kat is passionate about helping people discover God’s purposes for their lives, rooted in their identity in Christ. She loves learning and teaching, making connections between Scripture and ordinary life, and singing Hebrew blessings.

She graduated from Western Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 2022, and is thrilled to be at First Pres as Associate Pastor. Originally from Minnesota, Kat lived in central Iowa for 14 years before moving to Wheaton. She loves to play tabletop board games, cross stitch, and watch Oregon Duck football. Kat and her husband, Chad, have two children, Levi and Esther.

PASTOR DONTÉ FORD


Minister of Music and Worship
630-668-5147 x 122 • email
Donté Alexander Ford is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and serves the First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton as Minister of Music and Worship. He is also Assistant Professor of Music and Associate Chaplain for Worship Arts at Wheaton College, where he oversees chapel worship and worship arts studies. 

Though aptly described as a musician, minister (ordained Pentecostal elder), and scholar, he is most proudly described as a loving husband to his wife, Latoya, and a loving father to his son, Donovan.

Staff

DR. GREG ANDERSON

Parish Associate

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email

PASTOR DIANE SLOCUM

Parish Associate

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email

DEBBIE VEAL

Office Manager

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email

STACEY CHVATAL

Director of Kids Ministry

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email

HANNAH CURRY

Student Ministry Director

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email

MELISSA COYNE

Director of Preschool

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email

MIGUEL BARRERA

Facility Coordinator

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email

BETH SPIEGEL

Financial Manager

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email

CARYN ANDREWS

Communications Coordinator

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email

DR. KELLEN SMITH

Senior Pastor/Head of Staff

630-668-5147 x 31 / email

GREG ANDERSON

Parish Associate

DEBBIE VEAL

Office Manager

630-668-5147 x 19 / email

JORDAN STEVENS

Director of Student Ministries

630-668-5147 x 16 / email

CHANDRA GRAVIT

Director of Preschool and Kids Ministry

630-668-5147 x 33 / email

SCOTT RICE

Building Facility Manager

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CARYN ANDREWS

Communications Coordinator

630-668-5147 x 14 / email

BETH SPIEGEL

Financial Manager

630-668-5147 x 18 / email

DANIEL SOMMERVILLE

Director of Music Ministries

630-668-5147 x 22 / email

TANYA DOWNING

Wedding Coordinator

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Elders

Elders are chosen by the congregation and serve on the session with the pastors to lead, govern and provide for worship, working to strengthen and nurture the faith and life of the congregation.

DR. KELLEN SMITH
/ Moderator

REV. KAT HATTING
/ Associate Pastor

RACHEL ABBOTT

CHRIS CARROLL

DIANE EASTER

ED FUSSNER

BARB GASSENSMITH

SUE MASSARO

KATHRYN PINTO

DIANE ROUTSON

JOHN RUTLEDGE

NICK SMITH

MATT STREMEL

DAVE TRUMPY

CHRIS YENCHEK

Deacons

Deacons provide an assertive ministry of sympathy, witness, service, and prayer following the example of Jesus Christ, responding to individual needs, joys, and concerns of our congregation and extending the hand of Christian fellowship to our community and the world. Contact the church office at 630-668-5147 to find out who your deacon is.

MARY KINSEY 
/ Moderator

Parish 1 – CAROL BRCKA

Parish 2 – KATHY NICKELL

Parish 3 – COLLEEN POWELL

Parish 4 – PAM BIENDUGA

Parish 5 – BETH STREMEL

Parish 6 – BETH STREMEL

Parish 7 – PATTI ANGELICI

Parish 8 – MARIBETH  RUSSELL

Parish 9 – LAURA SEYMOUR

Parish 10 – JOE HOLMES

Parish 11– ASHLEY DALY

Parish 12 – ALAN KONFIRST

Parish 12 – JEANNE KOVANDA

Parish 12 – CAROL ROONEY

Parish 13 – CARRIE GAUL

Parish 14 – DEBBIE VEAL

Parish 15 – SUSAN HULL

Parish 16 – LINDSAY  COCHRANE

Parish 17 – LOUISE LAUBER

Parish 18 – DUANE BUTTELL

Parish 19 – KATHY SNEED

Parish 20 – PAT DAVIDSON

Parish 21 – BETTY JOSEPH

Parish 22 – SHARON URBAN

Parish 23 – ANTH LECHIARA

Parish 24 – SUSAN KELLER

Parish 25 – TRACY STOLLBERG

Parish 26 – MARY KINSEY

Parish 27 – LINDA STEPHENSON

Parish 28 – DEBBIE QUEEN

Parish 29 – JUDY DEN UYL

Parish 30 – PAT DAVIDSON

New to First Pres?

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There will be one service only at 10:30 a.m. 
on Sunday, January 2. 
We will resume the 9:00 a.m. service on Sunday, January 9.
Sunday Worship Services: 
9:00 and 10:30 am Sanctuary / 10:30 a.m. Livestream

Adult Education and Sunday School for preschool through 5th grade
will not be held January 2, and will resume January 9.
Sunday School for ages 3–5th grade at 10:30
Childcare for 2 and under offered during the services

First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton
715 N. Carlton Ave.
Wheaton, IL 60187
630-668-5147
office@firstpreswheaton.org

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