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Responsibilities
To oversee the Worship and Music ministries of First Free including planning and leading Sunday services, directing the Worship Choir, Orchestra and Praise Band, mobilizing and equipping volunteers for service, and shepherding and caring for the congregation.
Church Background
When Pastor Gil was growing up in Findlay, Ohio, his family first attended a Methodist church. After leaving there, they went to an independent Pentecostal church and later an Assemblies of God church. In college, Pastor Gil attended a Church of God (Anderson) church and later a Southern Baptist church with a short stint in an Episcopal church as a paid choir member. You might call his background "eclectic."
Educational Background
Anderson University, Anderson, IN
BA in Voice Performance and Church Music 1996
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, VA
MAR in Religion and Worship Studies 2008
Ministry Background
Pastor of Worship and Music
Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church, Arlington Heights, IL 1997-2000
Family Background
Pastor Gil is the oldest of two children raised in Findlay, Ohio. His family still resides in Findlay. Gil and Melissa were married on March 1, 1997 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gil and Melissa have two daughters, Kalista and Ashley.
Greatest Satisfaction
Seeing believers sincerely engage in worship.
Greatest Challenge
Continuing to balance a demanding ministry load while devoting sufficient time to family.
Vision for the Future
For the congregation at First Free to actively engage in worship as a life practice so that serving the Lord is their central focus in everything.
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