Local Leadership
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Rebecca Lemmon
Office Manager Click for BIO |
Pastor Richard Sexton
Committee Chairman Click for BIO |
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CEF Tri-Cities is currently looking for new: Vice Chairman and Bookkeeper
This is a volunteer, committee member position. If you love children and God and are good with QuickBooks, please prayerful consider joining us.
This is a volunteer, committee member position. If you love children and God and are good with QuickBooks, please prayerful consider joining us.
CEF is a global ministry reaching every corner of the world. National and USA headquarters are located in Warrenton, Missouri. Each state has a director who manages the chapters within that state. Our state office is located in Yakima. CEF of Washington currently has 15 active chapters.
Each local chapter is run by a committee of local Christian volunteers who meet monthly to review staff reports, and make decisions. All finances are handled by the committee and use of finances and other decisions are decided by majority vote of committee members. Their decisions are regulated by the mandates in the CEF's USA Operations and Procedures Manual. Each chapter within a state has a local director on staff to handle the administrative work, training, and leadership of staff and volunteers. (Some chapters are currently lacking directors)
Paid staff are missionaries in that they build relationships with other believers who believe in their calling and service and partner with them in prayer and finances. Each paid staff member must raise enough monthly donations to cover his or her salary and expenses. Donations made to CEF are tax deductible.
Each local chapter is run by a committee of local Christian volunteers who meet monthly to review staff reports, and make decisions. All finances are handled by the committee and use of finances and other decisions are decided by majority vote of committee members. Their decisions are regulated by the mandates in the CEF's USA Operations and Procedures Manual. Each chapter within a state has a local director on staff to handle the administrative work, training, and leadership of staff and volunteers. (Some chapters are currently lacking directors)
Paid staff are missionaries in that they build relationships with other believers who believe in their calling and service and partner with them in prayer and finances. Each paid staff member must raise enough monthly donations to cover his or her salary and expenses. Donations made to CEF are tax deductible.
Staff and Committee Bio's
Bradley Lemmon:
Bradley is 22 years old and is serving as the Local Director for the Tri-Cities chapter and has been volunteering with CEF for the last 8 years. He started in the CYIA program as a teenager teaching at 5-Day clubs in the summer. Bradley has a huge heart for teaching children The Gospel and those living in difficult homes. He is part of FBC Richland. Last April Bradley got married to Rebecca and they are excited to serve in the ministry together!
Rebecca Lemmon:
Rebecca’s Childhood dream was to be a teacher. When the Lord saved her at 11 years old that desire was transferred to share the gospel with everyone she saw. It was not until she started volunteering at Good News Clubs that Rebecca started to see how her passion of sharing the gospel and her love of teaching could go hand in hand! Since then, Rebecca has been on staff with CEF for 10 years as a summer missionary and year-round staff since 2022.Reaching children with the gospel and helping these young believers to grow in their child-like faith has become a real passion in Rebecca's life. "I believe that teaching children the gospel and helping them to grow in their faith is the most important thing you can do." Rebecca's favorite verse is Colossians 3:16-17 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father." (NASB) In her free time Rebecca loves walking, talking, playing Minecraft with friends and learning about the Tri-Cites.
Pastor Richard Sexton:
Richard has lived in the Tri-Cities since 1978. He was pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in West Richland from 1980 to 1996. He has served at Prayer Watch Christian Center in Kennewick since 1998. At various times he has been co-pastor, lead pastor, and associate pastor. He has taken many youth groups on missions trips and camp trips. He has been on the Tri-Cities CEF Committee since 2015. Richard's appreciation of CEF originates with the first time he heard the gospel at age 5 in a Good News Club. Richard is also an engineer and has worked part-time and full-time at Hanford while serving in pastoral ministry. Richard has been happily married for 52 years and has 3 married children and 7 grandchildren.
Ryan Delo:
Ryan was born in Yakima, WA. He is a husband to his beautiful wife Stephanie and father to 3 wonderful children; Emersyn, Skye and Elliot. He attended college at Spokane Falls Community College and finished at Warner Pacific University in Portland, OR. Ryan has been on the CEF Committee since 2023. He Currently lives in Pasco.
Jobs include: GE Avaition, Party Connection, Red Robin, REI Outdoors, Copiers Northwest, RDP Investments (real estate investor) and currently with Spotted Fox Digital Marketing. Ryan presently attends C3 Church in Kennewick and has since 2008. Ryan enjoys all things outdoors especially skiing, hiking, backpacking and boating.
Lee Walter:
Lee was raised on a farm in the Columbia Basin. Graduate from Connell High School, and
Washington State University. Married since 1980 with two daughters, and one
grandson. Lived in South Kennewick for twenty years, and for the last twenty four
years in West Richland. Jobs include: Teaching, Coaching, Real Estate Broker,
Hanford Patrol, and Health Physics Technician for almost 25 years. Volunteer work
includes: Coaching youth sports, Columbia Bible Church Sunday School
Superintendent, Precinct Committeeman, and working with Child Evangelism
Fellowship, the last fifteen plus years.
Ken Johnson
Ken teaches in a Good News Club in Sacajawea Elementary in Richland
Debbie Johnson
Debbie leads the Good News Club at Sacajawea Elementary and has been volunteering with CEF for many years.
Wayne Lopez
Bradley is 22 years old and is serving as the Local Director for the Tri-Cities chapter and has been volunteering with CEF for the last 8 years. He started in the CYIA program as a teenager teaching at 5-Day clubs in the summer. Bradley has a huge heart for teaching children The Gospel and those living in difficult homes. He is part of FBC Richland. Last April Bradley got married to Rebecca and they are excited to serve in the ministry together!
Rebecca Lemmon:
Rebecca’s Childhood dream was to be a teacher. When the Lord saved her at 11 years old that desire was transferred to share the gospel with everyone she saw. It was not until she started volunteering at Good News Clubs that Rebecca started to see how her passion of sharing the gospel and her love of teaching could go hand in hand! Since then, Rebecca has been on staff with CEF for 10 years as a summer missionary and year-round staff since 2022.Reaching children with the gospel and helping these young believers to grow in their child-like faith has become a real passion in Rebecca's life. "I believe that teaching children the gospel and helping them to grow in their faith is the most important thing you can do." Rebecca's favorite verse is Colossians 3:16-17 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father." (NASB) In her free time Rebecca loves walking, talking, playing Minecraft with friends and learning about the Tri-Cites.
Pastor Richard Sexton:
Richard has lived in the Tri-Cities since 1978. He was pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in West Richland from 1980 to 1996. He has served at Prayer Watch Christian Center in Kennewick since 1998. At various times he has been co-pastor, lead pastor, and associate pastor. He has taken many youth groups on missions trips and camp trips. He has been on the Tri-Cities CEF Committee since 2015. Richard's appreciation of CEF originates with the first time he heard the gospel at age 5 in a Good News Club. Richard is also an engineer and has worked part-time and full-time at Hanford while serving in pastoral ministry. Richard has been happily married for 52 years and has 3 married children and 7 grandchildren.
Ryan Delo:
Ryan was born in Yakima, WA. He is a husband to his beautiful wife Stephanie and father to 3 wonderful children; Emersyn, Skye and Elliot. He attended college at Spokane Falls Community College and finished at Warner Pacific University in Portland, OR. Ryan has been on the CEF Committee since 2023. He Currently lives in Pasco.
Jobs include: GE Avaition, Party Connection, Red Robin, REI Outdoors, Copiers Northwest, RDP Investments (real estate investor) and currently with Spotted Fox Digital Marketing. Ryan presently attends C3 Church in Kennewick and has since 2008. Ryan enjoys all things outdoors especially skiing, hiking, backpacking and boating.
Lee Walter:
Lee was raised on a farm in the Columbia Basin. Graduate from Connell High School, and
Washington State University. Married since 1980 with two daughters, and one
grandson. Lived in South Kennewick for twenty years, and for the last twenty four
years in West Richland. Jobs include: Teaching, Coaching, Real Estate Broker,
Hanford Patrol, and Health Physics Technician for almost 25 years. Volunteer work
includes: Coaching youth sports, Columbia Bible Church Sunday School
Superintendent, Precinct Committeeman, and working with Child Evangelism
Fellowship, the last fifteen plus years.
Ken Johnson
Ken teaches in a Good News Club in Sacajawea Elementary in Richland
Debbie Johnson
Debbie leads the Good News Club at Sacajawea Elementary and has been volunteering with CEF for many years.
Wayne Lopez