Meet Our Pastor

Reverend Robert A. Bjerkaas

Bob Bjerkaas grew up in a Christian home in Columbia, Maryland where he came to faith in Christ during his middle school years.  While studying music at the University of Maryland, Bob sensed a call to the gospel ministry, switched his major to history, and began what would prove to be a ten year involvement in youth ministry.  Upon completion of his Bachelors degree, Bob earned his M.Div. at Chesapeake Theological Seminary in Linthicum, Maryland in 1998. A year later he was ordained by the PCA when he was called to pastor a church he had been serving as a stated student supply in St Albans, Vermont.  He served that church as its pastor for seven years, during which he time he completed a Th.M. in Reformation Studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida.  After a sabbatical, he accepted the call to pastor Church in the Canyon and began his work among us in the Fall of 2007.

Bob met his wife Kerrie in church at the age of five!  They have been married for eleven years and have four children: Christopher, Margaret, Timothy, and Nathaniel.  Bob and Kerrie enjoy family time very much.  Bob is often found playing with his kids at home or taking "adventure walks" with them along Medea Creek near their house.  Music, lacrosse, reading, writing, and fishing are among his other interests.

Session - Meets first Wednesday of the Month

  • Bob Bjerkaas
  • Charly Goehring
  • Jonathan Smith
  • Dave Sampson
  • Dennis Brooks

Deacons - Meet last Thursday of the month

  • Bob Rosenberg
  • Steve Speier
  • John Acquavella.

Office Staff:

  • Church Secretary -Connie Goehring
  • Building Manager - Len Parker

Church Committees

  • Outreach and Evangelism Committee:
    • Bob Bjerkaas, Kathleen Brooks, Christine Burrows, Judy Butler
  • Missions Committee:
    • Bob Rosenberg
  • Fellowship Committee:
    • Kerrie Bjerkaas, Jean Acquavella
  • Christian Education Committee:
    • Bob Bjerkaas, Connie Goehring, Heather Goehring
  • Budget and Finance Committee:
    • Connie Goehring, Sandy Sampson, Bob and Marilyn Rosenberg, Bob Bjerkaas, Dennis Brooks
  • Building and Grounds Committee:
    • Bob Rosenberg
  • Ladies In Fellowship and Teaching Steering Committee:
    • Marilyn Rosenberg, Christine Burrows, Kathleen Brooks