Meet our Staff
Want to know more about the front line people at Stapleton Fellowship? Here are a few folks you're likely to see at SFC:
Dean Hill - Senior Pastor
Rev. Dean Hill has been serving in pastoral ministry since 1993. He was born and raised in Northeast Georgia and moved to Colorado in 2002. A graduate of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, he completed his graduate work at Southwestern Seminary. He served as a pastor for nine years in South Carolina, and became pastor of this church in 2004. He has written one book, Cover to Cover: A Journey through the Scriptures. Dean has been married to Liz for 19 wonderful years. They have two sons, Jake, 14, and Isaac, 9. Dean enjoys spending time with his family, being a pastor, hiking, gardening, sports events, fishing, biking, hunting, working out, reading, writing, golf, video games, crosswords, dining, and laughing, and the list is still growing.
Contact Pastor Dean at dhill@stapletonchurch.com.
Check our Dean's Blog at http://deanhill.wordpress.com
Jimmy Smith - Executive Pastor
Jimmy was born and raised in Oklahoma. He and Amanda met when they were 3 years old in Sunday School at the church where Amanda’s dad was the Pastor. Both went to Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, and majored in Missions & Bible. They were married while in college in 1996 and graduated in 1999.
After graduation, Jimmy took a position as the Youth & Assistant Pastor at their home church in Collinsville, Oklahoma. After a fruitful ministry there, in 2002 they felt God calling them into church planting. Jimmy accepted a position as the Administrative Pastor of Life Church in Temecula, California, and helped to build the church from the ground up. While at Life Church, Jimmy was also able to pursue his other passion of missions. During his years there, he led teams to Mexico, Fiji, Romania, and China. 
In May of 2008, Jimmy and his family moved to Denver to become the Executive Pastor at SFC. “We are so excited to be here and cannot wait to see what God has planned for Stapleton Fellowship Church.” – Jimmy.
Jimmy and Amanda have two little girls, Callie & Cara.
Contact Jimmy at jsmith@stapletonchurch.com
Visit Jimmy’s blog at http://www.smithadventure.net
Frank Eychaner - Music Director
Dr. Frank F. Eychaner DMA began part time at Stapleton Fellowship Church, then C4, in December of 2006. Frank is employed full time at Colorado Christian University where he is the Director or Choral Studies and Music Education Specialist. He completed his BA in Music Education and the MA in Choral Conducting at Central Washington University. Frank recently completed the coursework for the DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Kentucky. His in-progress dissertation is titled “Transformational Choral Leadership.”
Frank has spent his entire adult life teaching music, being actively involved in leading worship and discipling young Christians. As a high school choir teacher in Idaho, Frank began a campus ministry. Frank and Karen were called to lead a music ministry in Boise, Idaho beginning in 1997, a position that became full time as the church grew. They moved to Oregon in 2001 to teach at Treasure Valley Community College where they were also called to begin a campus ministry and serve as worship leaders in their local church.
“Of the many great experiences God has allowed me to have, I think the greatest blessings have come from seeing young men and women become committed Kingdom servants.”
Frank and his wife Karen feel privileged to be a part of the Stapleton Fellowship body. “Our prayer is that during worship, you will know and experience God in greater depth each week.” Contact Frank at feychaner@stapletonchurch.com.
Peggy Auten - Children's Ministries
“My favorite part of the week is when I can sit down on the floor with the children and talk about how much God loves them.” It is with that attitude that Peggy uses her several years of experience in Early Childhood Education and Children’s Ministry to make sure the children’s time at Stapleton Fellowship Church is the best time of their week, too. Peggy is currently pursuing her Master’s in Children and Family Ministries through Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN. She is excited about the future of SFC and eager to meet your child(ren). Contact Peggy at pauten@stapletonchurch.com.
Ryan Whitson - Director of Small Groups and Student Ministries
Ryan was born and raised by the beach in
Contact Ryan: rwhitson@stapletonchurch.com
Eric was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and attended Texas A&M University where he received a B.A. in history. He and his wife, Nicole, originally met in high school and married during the summer of 2006 following Nicole's graduation from John Brown University in Arkansas and preceding Eric's final year at A&M. Following Eric's graduation they moved to Greenville, Alabama where Eric served for a year at First Presbyterian Church as Youth Director and Office Administrator.
Contact Eric: eanderson@stapletonchurch.com
Sheri Williams - Office Manager
Sheri has lived in Denver for 12 years, where she met her husband, Buddy; their blended family includes two teenage boys, ages 15 and 16. Sheri assists the ministers and congregation of SFC as the office manager and is excited to use her talents to further the Kingdom of Christ. Sheri enjoys serving her brothers and sisters at SFC and enthusiastically looks forward to serving you as well. Contact Sheri at swilliams@stapletonchurch.com.