STAFF - PASTORS
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Lance Hahn, Senior PastorI’m wildly passionate about God and people, so it’s no wonder why the Lord called me into full time ministry to shepherd His people. I find myself losing sense of time as I dig into Scriptures and prepare the message for myself and everyone at church. The only thing that compares to my passion for the Lord and His church is my family. I’m married to my beautiful wife Suzi and have two precious daughters, Jillian and Andie who are my pride and joy. I’ve led Bridgeway since 1997 and still get excited every time I walk in the building. Being the pastor of this church is my favorite ‘job’ ever, if you can call it that. It is such and honor to be used by God to bring about spiritual change in the lives of those under my care. “Moving You Closer to Christ” is not just a church logo, but my personal motto as well.
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Russ Graeff, Executive PastorI grew up in an incredible Christian home. Dad and Mom did a great job! I’m lucky that way. I worked at Intel for 12 years before I figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up. In 2002, I left the corporate world to become the Executive Pastor at Bridgeway! My family was one of the founding families of the church way back in 1996. We made tons of mistakes planting this church. God laughed and blessed us anyway! I’ve been married for 20 years in a row to my awesome wife Cindy. We have a beautiful daughter named Ashley who has me wrapped around her little finger. I also have 2 dogs, a Silky Terrier named Fritz, and a Yorkie Terrier named Brooke. Don’t question my manhood! Small dogs rock!! I love running and cycling. I do Ironman 70.3 Triathlons. I hate swimming but I tolerate it so I can ride and run. I also love the SF Giants and my mood rises and falls with their success. It’s not healthy really but I haven’t found a good 12 step program for this issue. I also proudly serve on the Board of Directors for Courage to Be You, an organization fighting for the victims of sex trafficking and exploitation and restoring their identity as a valued child of God with a purpose. I offer whatever wisdom I have, but more importantly I pray like crazy for this organization and their mission.
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Mark Henkel, Associate PastorMark has been married to his wife, Joyce, for over 22 years and they have four children - Emily, Rebecca, Daniel and David. He and his family have been attending Bridgeway since September of 2000. Mark got his undergrad degree in Communication Studies (Interpersonal/Small Group/Public Speaking) at Cal State Sacramento, and his Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in Portland Oregon in 1991. After seminary, Mark and Joyce served as short term missionaries in Brazil and were then involved in ministry at various churches since then on a volunteer basis as well as part-time staff. He was the Director of Outreach Ministries at Lakeside Church in Folsom in the mid '90's and helped with the church planting effort that started Bridgeway. Mark worked for over 11 years at Intel in Folsom as a web designer and systems analyst on a software development team, and he joined our full-time staff in July of 2007.
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Matt Bach, Senior High Pastor
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Eric Upton, Junior High PastorMy name is Eric Upton, I am the middle school ministries pastor here at Bridgeway. I am married to my amazing and beautiful wife Kristy, and we have an incredibly gorgeous daughter names Brylee. I have been in youth ministry since 2004 first as a volunteer and then two years later became a youth pastor for the first time. I was born and raised in the Sacramento area, and grew up going to church. I am blessed to be able to be living within God’s will for my life, and working in my dream job. I look forward to how God will continue to work and allow me to be a part of it, and am excited to be here at Bridgeway in the process. I have been here since 2010, and look forward to many years of fruitful ministry in the future.
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