Meet Our Staff
Lead Pastor
Kendall Carter
Pastor Kendall was born and raised in Oklahoma. He moved to California in 2011 when the United States Air Force decided where his next duty station would be. He graduated in 2022 from Western Seminary with an M.Div.
He was blessed by our Lord to have married his wonderful bride, Danie, in 2016. God gave them two boys, Emmitt and Ezra, who keep them on their feet.
Kendall has served in Napa at Creekside Community Church since January 2023.
"Then Jesus told his disciples, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?'"
Matthew 16:24-26, ESV
Associate Pastor
Mike Grisham
Born and raised in Napa, Pastor Mike supports various ministries throughout the congregation.
Mike joined the staff in January 2006 and married his bride, Laurie, in May. Mike and Laurie added to their family with first Alexis in 2015 and Gavin, born fall of 2016.
A Simpson University graduate majoring in Youth Ministries, Mike is passionate about growing disciples. He desires that people not only know their faith but also live it.
"Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."
1 John 3:18 NIV
Director of Musical Worship
Mark Seelye
Mark was born and raised here in Napa, and as a "church kid," began his relationship with our Lord as a child at home and in Sunday School. Always interested in music, he began playing drums and guitar in youth groups as a teen. As a Cub Scout his den visited a local nursing home, interacting with the residents and passing out checkers games. This planted a seed of ministering in care homes with music which began as a teen and continues today.
Mark and his wife Valerie have been married for over 45 years with two adult children and a grandson.
"Praying that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.... pleasing the Lord and being fruitful in every good work...."
Colossians 1:9,10