Lifeway Chapel is served by a full-time senior pastor, a
full-time
youth pastor, and a bevy of volunteers. Pictured below, left to right:
Len and Grace Schmautz,
Fred
and Sharla Pace,
and
Cheyenne and Kimberly McElderry.
Pastor Fred and his
wife of 32 years, Sharla, came to be Senior Pastors of Lifeway
Chapel in July of 2004. The Paces have been in full-time pastoral
ministry since 1983. They have pastored at St. Maries Assembly of
God in St. Maries, Idaho; Suncrest Family Worship Center in Nine
Mile Falls, Washington; and are now enjoying the wonderful family of
Lifeway Chapel and being back in Idaho.
Pastor Fred has served as the Home
Missions and
Light-For-The-Lost representatives for the Spokane Section,
as well as the District Presbyter for the Spokane Section. Sharla served as
Assistant Women’s Ministries Director for the Northwest Ministry Network
for many years.
The Paces have three grown children.
(No grandkids yet! Anybody want to rent some out?). They live in Post
Falls with their two cats, Taz and Tweedy. They love hunting, fishing,
camping, just about anything to do with the great outdoors. Above all,
they love people!
Pastor Fred describes his ministry as
“cross-generational.”
Ministry to the
whole family,
to make the family whole.
He believes in a strong pulpit
ministry in the Word of God, challenging people to live in such a way that
God can use them to change a community, and ultimately the world.
Click
here to email Pastor
Fred.
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Pastor Cheyenne grew up in St. Ignatius, Montana.
After high school he attended Montana Wilderness School of the Bible
and is currently studying through
Global University (Berean School of the Bible).
He is a Licensed Minister with the Northwest District of the
Assemblies of God and has served at Lifeway
Chapel since January 2003. Pastor
Cheyenne and his wife Kimberly have been married since August 2001, and
were recently blessed with a baby girl. (Eliona Ariel McElderry joined the
world on April 19, 2005, weighing 7lbs, 6 ozs.) The three of them live in
Post Falls along with their dog Belle. Pastor
Cheyenne believes:
“ It is important for our youth today to have a
strong Biblical foundation. My goal is that as the youth move onto
adulthood, they will be solid in their faith and be able to stand
firm against the enemy. “God wants to do an
awesome thing with and for his people. Why not here? Why not now? Since
he has done it before, he will do it again.”
Pastor Cheyenne’s favorite verse is Proverbs 3:5-6:
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.”
Click
here to email Pastor Cheyenne.
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Pastor Len Schmautz was born, raised, and educated in
Alberta, Canada, where he graduated from
Prairie Bible
College in Three Hills and
Northwest
Bible College in Edmonton. He also holds a Christian Writing
Techniques diploma from the Christian Writers Institute of Chicago,
Illinois.
Along with his wife, Grace, he has been in the full time ministry
since 1959. They pastored in Alberta until moving to North Idaho in
1969. They served in Pinehurst, Idaho and Wapato, Washington.
In 1997, Len and Grace moved to Post Falls and became ministers to
the seniors (known as the "Keenagers") at Lifeway Chapel. Len also
keeps busy by filling in for vacationing senior pastors in the
surrounding areas.
Len and Grace have four children and six grandchildren.
Click
here
to email Pastor Len.
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