Lakeview Nazarene Staff
Lead Pastor - Mark Harmon
Pastor Mark HarmonPastor Mark Harmon is the teaching pastor at Lakeview Church and responsible for its strategic direction.
He has MS and is dangerous in his mobility chair.
He has completed a 40-day roadtrip through 11 states, covering 7700 miles, visting 9 Major League Baseball stadiums and conducting numerous interviews and visiting dozens of ministries.
He was raised in Spokane and Olympia, Wash., and graduated from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho. While attending NNC he met and married his wife, Vanessa. They have four children: Greg and his wife, Ashley, of Seattle, WA; Stefanie of Nampa, ID; Geoffrey and his wife, Rachel, of Nampa, ID; and son Grady, who is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University in Pastoral Ministries. Mark and Vanessa are also proud grandparents of Natalie and Nathan, and Norah!
Pastor Mark attended Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., where he received a Master of Divinity degree. Mark and Vanessa have pastored Nazarene congregations in Avondale, Ariz. (1979-1983), Tucson Central (1983-2000) and Nampa Lakeview (2000-Present).
Pastor Mark received a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in the area of Spiritual Formation. He has written one book: "The Warmed Heart: 30 Days in the Company of John Wesley."
Administrative Pastor - Gretchin Rotz
Pastor Gretchin RotzGretchin is an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene. She recently pastored in Alameda, California. She and her husband, Dave, have two wonderful children.
Worship Leader - Geoff Harmon
Geoff is a graduate of NNU and currently an elementary school music teacher .
Youth Pastor--Josh Potter
Josh is a proud dad of 5 children and husband of 1 wife, Shawna! He heads up our Duct-tape Youth Ministries. He is bi-vocational as well as studying for the ministry!
