A little more about us

Pastor Chelsey

Rev. Chelsey Harmon (MDiv, ThM) started at the Bridge in September of 2023 then took a maternity leave from April-September 2024. As a bivocational minister, Chelsey serves the Bridge part-time while also working for Churches Learning Change, being a theological researcher, and studying for a PhD in the History of Christianity with the University of Edinburgh. In each of these callings, Chelsey is keen to see and share in the Holy Spirit’s renewing power.

She and her husband Chris Kong are glad to be raising their infant daughter Phoebe at the Bridge.

Leadership Team (Council)

Joel, Elder and Council Chair

Mitch, Deacon

Johanna, Elder

Together, the Council looks over and after the church, from its members to its property with the assistance of our other part-time staff person, Jessica. Along with being Council Chair, Joel oversees the finances and works with rental requests. On Sunday mornings you’re likely to find him upstairs in the balcony helping out on sound and powerpoint. Johanna works with other Sunday School leaders like Sophie to make sure we’ve got good stuff for our 30+ kids as they learn about God; also as an elder, she organizes some building maintenance and TLC. As our Deacon, Mitch helps us serve others, both near and far, with our offerings— oh and he mows the lawn and is a dummer in the worship band.

Kids

If you ever drop by the Bridge on a Sunday morning, you’re bound to notice the kids. There might be more them than the adults. We take Jesus’s words to let the children come to him seriously, so we try to let kids be kids and involve them in the service. Everybody belongs, everybody serves.

Kids are welcome to come to the Lord’s Supper if their parents are comfortable with it. Each week we make an age- and ability-appropriate statement of faith.

Then, while parents listen and discuss a Bible lesson upstairs, kids up to age 12 can go downstairs for something similar with their peers and at their learning level.

What makes us, us.

  • Reformed and Reforming

    We come from a theologically Reformed denomination. Mostly that means that we trust that the Triune God is always at work and everything we do that is good is in response to the goodness and grace we’ve already received.

    It also means that we believe the Holy Spirit is actively at work everywhere and we want to join God as Jesus’s Kingdom comes here as it is in heaven.

  • Curious and Humble

    It feels weird to describe yourself as humble, but what we mean by that is that there’s space for everyone in God’s family. No one is more important than anyone else, and the church is place to learn together and from one another.

    We build into our time together on Sunday morning space for reflection and questions. We wonder and pray in ways that broaden our understanding and challenge us to be different because of God’s grace.

  • The People

    When we say that, it’s not just a cliché. Our little church is small enough that everyone serves and volunteers in some way to keep the lights on.

    We enjoy being together and are easy going when things don’t go perfectly. We’ve learned to beat to a different drum than the normal understanding of “success” and we’re finding the Spirit’s freedom in it.