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Staff
Scott Culver - Lead Pastor
Scott became the Lead Pastor of Dungeness Community Church (DCC) in 2007. Prior to that he had served as the Associate Pastor of DCC since 1987. During those 20 years his primary areas of responsibility were World Missions, Adult Ministries and Administration. Scott was born in Taiwan in 1952, and lived in the Philippines for five years while his parents served as missionaries with Overseas Crusades. Scott’s family moved to Pasadena when his father became Vice President of World Vision. At age 10, the Culver family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and Scott began attending Peninsula Bible Church (PBC) in Palo Alto while in high school.
Scott is a graduate of Taylor University (B.A. History, Upland, Indiana), Regent College (M.Div., Th.M., Vancouver, B.C.), and The Northwest Graduate School of Ministry (D.Min., Kirkland, Washington). After college, he graduated from PBC’s Scribe School and subsequently served 5 years as Youth Pastor at the Independent Bible Church of Port Angeles, Washington. Scott has had the opportunity to lead cross-cultural mission teams in Asia, the Middle East, Central America and Eastern Europe. He has served on the boards of The Firs Conference Center, Bellingham, Washington and People International, Vancouver, Washington.
In 1969, Scott met a Canadian gal named Donnalee and they have been married since 1972. They have a son and three daughters, all married, and two grandchildren. Scott enjoys fishing, hunting, backpacking, and riding motorcycles and horses. Donnalee teaches Pre-School and also enjoys hiking, backpacking, working with teens, and is an avid reader. They both enjoy traveling and exploring national parks.
Wayne Yamamoto - Pastor of Student Ministries
Wayne has been the Youth Pastor of Dungeness Community Church since November of 1994. He works with the youth at DCC in both Sunday School and Youth Groups. Wayne was born in Long Beach, California in 1956. He graduated from Narbonne High School, Lomita, California in 1973. He attended California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California and graduated with a B.S. in Soil Science in 1980. In 1987, Wayne received an M.A. in biblical studies from Cole Center for Biblical Studies in Boise, Idaho.
In 1980 Wayne became a lay staff minister to junior high students at Cole Community Church in Boise. Four years later Wayne became an intern in charge of the junior high ministry. Wayne started working with young teens in the position of Associate Pastor to young teens at Cole Community Church in 1989.
Wayne and his wife Resa have been married since 1982 and have three children, Mari, Hannah, and Isaac. He can be found on the rivers fishing in his spare time.
Jenny Hartman R.N. - Parish Nurse
Jenny was born in Dayton, Ohio, and subsequently worked in Hilo, Hawaii were she met her husband, Dave and then moved to Sequim in 1980. Since that time, she has worked in medical/surgical nursing at Olympic Medical Center, clinic nursing in Sequim, and also counseling and nursing managerial roles in the area.
She began the parish nurse program at Dungeness Community Church in 2006 after a personal health crisis. Parish nursing, also referred to as faith community nursing, encompasses physical, emotional, psychological and social health within the faith community and holds that spiritual health is central to ones total health. Her primary responsibilities are counseling, visitation, advocacy, education, and referral. She feels privileged to help those who may be journeying through a personal health crisis.
Jenny and Dave have two children and one grandson. They enjoy outdoor recreation and traveling to warm places.
Jenny attended nursing school at Kettering College of Medical Arts (Kettering, Ohio), graduating in 1974.
Cherrie Bishop - Children's Ministry
Cherrie was born in Yakima, but spent most of her childhood living in Seward, Alaska, where her father was a fisherman and worked in law enforcement. She developed an adventuresome spirit in the frontier atmosphere there, and participated in many Christian and school related camps, sometimes in remote areas.
Cherrie’s interest in education for children led her to more than thirty years of involvement in many different children’s programs. She has served children through Christian camps, Sunday School and weekday programs, Child Evangelism Fellowship, and Vacation Bible School. In addition to teaching and counseling children, Cherrie has trained teachers, prepared curriculum, and administered various programs.
In 2007, Cherrie became the Children’s Ministry leader at DCC. In that role, she supervises the church’s programs for all children from birth through 5th grade.
Cherrie has been married to her husband, Chuck, since 1978. They have three grown daughters and one son-in-law. Cherrie fulfilled a long-time dream three years ago by skydiving with her daughter—an experience she considers a highlight of her life.
Cherrie is a graduate of Multnomah School of the Bible (now Multnomah University), with double major in Bible and Christian Education.
Janice Parks - Worship & Arts Director
Janice was born in Mena, Arkansas and has subsequently lived in California, Oklahoma, New York and Washington. Her home has been in Washington since 1993.
Janice began volunteering in the music and arts ministries at Dungeness Community Church about 15 years ago and joined the staff as the part-time Worship and Arts Director in the spring of 2008. She oversees the music, arts and arts technology ministries at DCC.
She graduated from college with a music degree in 1985, the same year she married her husband, Tony. In addition to her music experience, Janice has many years of experience working in the theatre both on and off the stage. Janice spent several years as a member of the Fisherman’s Players West, a Christian repertory theatre group based in Southern California.
Janice and Tony live with their teenage son, Douglas, and Janice’s mother, Louise. There are also a resident cat and two resident goats. Janice enjoys reading, writing, photography, music, theatre, laughing with friends, observing God’s creation and, of course, working in the arts.
Janice earned a Bachelor’s degree in music with honors from California State University, Fullerton.
Gary Rude - Administrator
Gary Rude joined the DCC staff as administrator in 2008. He was born in Seattle and grew up in Auburn. Gary spent the bicentennial of America studying at Oxford University in a program that profoundly affected his career in education.
Gary is an Army Veteran and is a retired Washington State educator. His background includes teaching (first grade through Master’s Degree candidates), service as an elementary school principal, and directorships at the school district and state levels. Gary has extensive experience in educational consulting and has trained teachers and principals throughout Washington State and the country. His volunteer work includes state and local advocacy groups and boards, several stints in Washington DC for People to People, and for the Olympic Area Agency on Aging, where he later worked as Program Manager.
He is married to Kathy (Baumunk), a Sequim native, and has four grown children and three grandchildren. He has a passion for genealogy, and has compiled a family history going back eleven generations.
Gary holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Seattle University, a Master’s Degree from Western Washington University (Bellingham, Washington), and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development from Seattle University.