MEET OUR TEAM

LEADERSHIP

Rob Blair

Rob Blair has been the Senior Pastor since July, 2021. Rob has been involved in ministry all his life. He has the DNA of Family of Christ and flows with the Holy Spirit beautifully. He is gifted in teaching, prophecy, wisdom and leading. Pastor Rob listens to the Holy Spirit and relays the love of God and leads people in embracing their heavenly identity. He loves to worship and embraces revival culture. Rob has been married to Shelda since 1992. Shelda is also the Worship Pastor. They have three grown children and two grandsons.

Pastor

rob@focpetoskey.org

Rita Osborn

Rita is our Administrative Pastor (she manages all of the day to day happenings), Pastoral Care director, an Elder, a certified life coach and the heart and soul of Family of Christ Church. Her heart is for people to know and to be known by the Father Heart of God. She has a passion for people and for helping them to find wholeness. Rita and her husband Brad have two beautiful daughters, a wonderful son-in-law, the most perfect orange cat, and own a local window cleaning business.

Elder

rita@focpetoskey.org

Jeanine Larsen

Jeanine was installed as an elder in March 2024, but her roots at Family of Christ go back to its beginning. A true “daughter” of the church, she was 13 when her father, the founding pastor, helped birth Family of Christ. A nurse by profession, Jeanine’s career included acute care, medical missions, and 22 years in hospice nursing. Her love for missions also led her to serve aboard the hospital ship MV Anastasis and spend eight years with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Belize.

Now retired, Jeanine brings her relational heart, organizational gifts, and love for people to many areas of church and community life. She helps with the Bridge ministry and missions, serves as an unofficial “parish nurse,” and continues to grow in worship, teaching, and the prophetic. She also loves flower gardening, hospitality, leading a home prayer group, spending time with her mom, and time alone with the Lord.

Elder

jeaninealarsen@gmail.com

Patricia Wendt

Pat and her husband, Craig , have been a part of Family of Christ Church since the early 80's. Pat planned many vacation bible schools, led the women's ministry and youth ministry. Her training was as a Family Nurse Practitioner, practicing locally until 1997. In 1997 Pat and Craig and children left for training with YWAM (Youth With a Mission), returning 5 months later. Subsequently, Pat has participated in and has led mission trips around the world. After completing her time in medicine, she worked in various roles at Harbor Light Christian School in Harbor Springs. The last several years acting as Assistant Administrator, Guidance Counselor, Missions Coordinator, and International Coordinator.

The Wendt family has six children (one in Heaven), four son-in-laws, a daughter-in-law, and three informally 'adopted' international 'kids' as well as 9 grandchildren.

Pat has a 'mother heart' and has a passion for people to know that they are loved unconditionally and that they have a unique identity and place in this world as they walk in intimacy with the Lord

Elder

patwendt57@netscape.net

MINISTRY LEADERS

'The Bridge' Pastor

Robb Burkee

thebridgepastorrobb@gmail.com

WOW - How 5 decades have flown by!

Shortly after High School, Robb began his career with Wisconsin Electric Power. During his tenure there, he attended college full-time and graduated from Cardinal Stritch University with a degree in Business Management. In 1994, Robb left WEPCO to begin his career as a State Farm Agent in Petoskey, MI. It is there that he met the love of his life, Phyllis who is an native of Northern MI. In addition to State Farm, Robb is the founding pastor of The Bridge -Petoskey, a non-traditional ‘Oasis” that believes that no matter what your Hurt, Habit or Hang-up may be, full and complete healing are available for every person.
Phyllis leads the Transformation Ministries for Family of Christ and is a regional Director for Bethel Sozo. Robb and Phyllis Burkee have retired as Associate Senior Leaders at Family of Christ Church in Petoskey, Michigan. Their senior leadership role was primarily related to inspiration and visioning while seeking tools for relationships that propel people forward in their calling. Over the past two decades, the Burkee’s primary calling has been to bring healing and wholeness to leaders in the body of Christ. Phyllis and Robb have 5 Children and 8 Grandchildren. In addition to spending time with family(spread across the US), Robb and Phyllis are avid pickleball players. You’ll find them on courts across Northern MI and in SW Florida in the winter months.

Children's Pastor

Jenny Radoy

kidsministry@focpetoskey.org

Jenny grew up at FOC and has the DNA of FOC so ingrained into her that her diapered bottom was even used to paint the basement of the former church building after she tripped into the paint. Jenny is a certified elementary teacher with a masters in curriculum and reading intervention. She taught 2nd grade at Petoskey Public Schools for the last 10 years, but recently resigned to stay home with her four boys. Previous to that, she spent several years working with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in England, West Africa and Samoa. In Samoa, Jenny started a school for children in a remote village without access to an education. She has a heart to see children walk into their identity of who God created them to be and for them to know Him personally. She and her husband, David, and their four boys live in Walloon where they love to be outside roaming the woods and playing on the lake.