MEET OUR TEAM

LEADERSHIP

Rob Blair

Senior Pastor, Elder

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. They have three grown children and a grandson.

Rita Osborn

Administrative Pastor, Elder

office@familyofchristchurch.org, 231-347-0141

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.

Dave Ledingham

Elder

dledingham@focpetoskey.org

Dave and his wife Deborah have been a part of Family of Christ since 1977, with Dave serving as an Elder since 1980 and as the senior pastor from 2006 to 2015. Before retiring from his full time job to become the senior pastor, Dr. Dave had a long and prestigious career as a general surgeon at the hospital here in Petoskey for almost 40 years. He and Deborah have strong ties to Harbor Light Christian School where Deborah has taught for over 40 years, with Dave also teaching several classes over the years. Dave and Deborah have two kids and 6 wonderful grandkids.

MINISTRY LEADERS

'The Bridge' Pastor

robbburkee@gmail.com , phyllisburkee@gmail.com

Robb is in his second decade as Senior Leader at our other campus THE BRIDGE. His wife Phyllis is a leader within the SOZO healing ministry team at Family of Christ. Robb & Phyllis share a passion to see God touch those with hurts, habits, & hang-ups. God has called them to deepen their love relationship with Him & embrace a lifestyle demonstrating the full power of God. Pastor Robb is also a State Farm Insurance Agency and Phyllis is a relator with Jack VanTreese and Associates in Petoskey.

Sound Manager

John Drenth is our sound guy! He has a heart for worship and makes us all sound good. John is an integral part of our team here, and you’ll see him on Sunday mornings keeping us all on track so we can share Jesus with the world.

Children's Pastor

lechowiczmary@gmail.com

Mary Lechowicz has attended the church since 2003 and has been actively involved with children most of her life and has been our Children’s Pastor since 2021. Mary is dearly loved as she nurtures and cares for the children so beautifully. The atmosphere in the classrooms is fun, creative, and full of Jesus’ love! Mary has been married to Denny Lechowicz since 1990 and they have three grown daughters. They reside in Petoskey with their two dogs, Leo & Luke.

Thursday Night Leader

foc606@gmail.com

Lisa has a team of leaders who facilitate our Thursday Night Gathering, a time we gather for prayer, intercession, worship, and prophetic ministry. Lisa and the team have hearts for prayer, prophetic and apostolic leadership. Their hearts are not only to influence our church but also our city and region by going after more of God. Lisa and her husband, Jim, own and operate Great Lakes Reclaimed here in Petoskey, and they have 4 grown children and a granddaughter.