Meeting at Great Lakes Center for the Arts
800 Bay Harbor Drive
Bay Harbor, MI 49770
Summer Sundays
10:30 a.m.
From Memorial Day
to Labor Day!
800 Bay Harbor Drive
Bay Harbor, MI 49770
10:30 a.m.
From Memorial Day
to Labor Day!
Bob is a native of St Louis, MO and moved to Michigan in 1978. Married to Sherry, father to sons, Ryan (married to Jessie) and Brandon, and grandfather to Mara. Bob has spent his entire career in the life & employee benefits industry and continues today, working at a lesser pace. Having come to faith in the early 80’s, he became active in starting or teaching bible studies in various settings. Current involvement is with the New Canaan Society as a Founder of the Western Michigan group, the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, as both a Colson Fellow and now as a mentor in the Colson Fellows program. Bob also is a leader of the Bay Harbor Men’s Bible Study with 14 seasons now under our belt. Bob is a long-time board member of the Grand Angels, an angel-investment organization providing seed capital to early revenue companies. Bob & Sherry have both been involved with the Museum of the Bible project, a stunning bible artifact museum in Washington D.C.
Jim grew up in a Christian home and attended the Episcopal church most of his life until college. He graduated from Purdue University, started work at TAP Pharmaceuticals and met his wife Stacy, who gave Jim his first bible and asked the hard questions about his personal relationship with Christ which over time has continued to grow and grow.
Jim and Stacy have been married for 29 years and have four kids – Dylan, Mitchell (daughter in law Lily), Tori and Grant plus a dog named Denver. Steve worked for the same company, TAP, ABBOTT and ABBVIE for 31 years. He started as a sales representative and spent the last half of his career as a VP of an immunology franchise where I had all sales and marketing responsibility for our largest business unit.
Jim feels he has been blessed beyond measure and looks forward to using the gifts and talents God has given him to serve Him and his people in new ways.
Tom is originally from Ohio and moved to Michigan almost 40 years ago. He is married to Ronda and they have four children; two each. Tom has a son and a daughter, and Ronda has two sons. They have six grandchildren – three in Florida and three in Oregon. They live downstate in Fenton, Michigan most of the year. Tom is still working at two personal businesses. They design, build and install equipment for the aggregate industry. His educational background is in accounting and economics and graduate degree in finance.
Tom came to the Lord through his mother. She taught Sunday School for many years at their Presbyterian Church.
Tom and Ronda enjoy summers in Bay Harbor with their wonderful BH friends. They enjoy golfing, platform tennis and pickleball. Tom especially enjoys the men’s Bible study.
Hi and his wife, Sharon, live year round in Petoskey, Michigan. They have 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren. Hi grew up in the sports and recreation industries. His family had the first ski shop at Boyne Mt back in 1949. Stover’s Sports Outfitters sold snow skis and snowmobiles in the winter and golf, tennis, boats, Sunfish, and hunt/fish the spring, summer, and fall. Hi sold his first boat in 1966. After college, from 1975 to 2001 Hi was the manufacture’s rep for Scott poles and goggles and K2 Skis, Snowboards, and Inline skates. Hi has been selling beautiful boats at Bay Harbor since 2005 at Walstrom Marine location in the Village.
Steve was born in Marshall, Texas and still spends half of each year there. He attended Baylor University and graduated with a BBA in accounting in 1973 and earned a CPA certificate. Steve and Penny married in 1973 and he graduated Baylor law school in 1975. After law school Steve practiced accounting, law and was involved in his father’s small oil and gas exploration firm.
Steve taught Sunday School classes in the Baptist church for over 30 years and served on deacon boards and as deacon chair. He has also served and chaired finance, personnel, and pastor search committees. Steve and Penny are members of First Methodist Church in Marshall and attend Covenant Church in Naples, Florida. They enjoy worshipping with their two sons, their wives, and grandchildren, and helped establish the Boys and Girls Club in Marshall.
Steve believes Bay Harbor Church provides a place for people to worship and grow in their Christian walk. His hope is that Bay Harbor Church can help ignite a spiritual fire in non-believers and fan the flames in believers so that a roaring flame of faith can grow in this community and beyond.
Jeff was raised in Holland, Michigan as a baptized child of God at First United Church. His upbringing in faith has shaped his home and professional life. His wife Cherie of 45 years and their two sons, daughters-in-laws and three grandchildren fill his life.
After Jeff graduated from General Motors Institute, he poured his professional life into his family’s car dealership in Holland for most of the 58 years in business. Jeff Elhart retired in July 2023.
Besides his life-long career in the car business, Jeff has served as VP of Christ Memorial Church Board, Commodore of Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, and executive board member of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. Jeff is an advocate for mental illness awareness and suicide prevention education as the result of losing his brother Wayne to depression by suicide in 2015. His work has contributed to his book – 4 SIMPLE STEPS To Recognize Depression & Prevent Suicide.
A resident of The Ridge at Bay Harbor, Jeff lives his life through Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Board Member
Tony and Deborah are summer residents of Bay Harbor and reside in Tampa, Florida the rest of the year. Tony is in the oil and gas industry. He enjoys golf and flying helicopters.
Debra and John have been summer residents in Bay Harbor and Harbor Springs for more than 30 years. They have been married 43 years and are the proud parents of two married daughters, Alyssa (Kevin) and Sarah (Chris) and 6 beloved grandchildren.
Debra graduated from SUNY Geneseo and holds a Masters Degree from Reformed Theological Seminary. She has enjoyed 30 years experience as a Christian lay counselor and Florida licensed mental health counselor, teaching and facilitating group process, counseling women, training lay counselors and leading Bible Studies.
She is a Stephen Minister and Stephen Leader at First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. She and John are members of Covenant Church in Naples Florida where she currently serves on the steering committee of a Shepherding Ministry designed to provide personal lay shepherd care for every church member. She co-leads a Bible study for women in the Naples community and is a volunteer at the Shelter for Abused Women and Children.
“I enjoy ministry opportunities of all kinds, both here and abroad. It a privilege to serve the body of Christ through Bay Harbor Church.”
Kandace and Wayne have been summer residents of Bay Harbor since 2006. They have been married for 33 years and have two married daughters, Jana in San Antonio and Ally in Simi Valley. They have been blessed with four granddaughters.
Kandace spent most of of her career in the staffing industry; and recently retired as CEO after over 30 years with Tri-Starr Talent, a company she and Wayne have owned together in San Antonio Texas since 1985.
In addition to participating in many business organizations and chambers of commerce over the years, Kandace has volunteered for several non-profit organizations that support her passion for children. These organizations include the Children’s Shelter of San Antonio, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sunday school teacher at her home church, Community Bible Church, and as a “buddy” for Tim Tebow’s “Night to Shine” over the past few years, to name a few.
She looks forward to serving at Bay Harbor Church and bringing awareness of the special worship services, programs and activities the church provides to the local community.
Kathy and her husband Kevin were both raised Catholic, have spent time in the Lutheran church and currently attend a non-denominational church near Rochester, Michigan. Daughter Lauren and her husband live in Fort Myers, Florida with their three children and daughter Jamie lives with her husband and two children in Queretaro, Mexico. Kathy has worked in the medical field as an x-ray tech, for a modeling agency, doing medical transcription work, then having her own company doing the outsourcing of machine work. She and Kevin winter in Fort Myers, Florida.
Lori and Dave currently live in East Jordan and attend Walloon Community Church and Northridge Church downstate in the off-season as well as attend the Bay Harbor Church in the summers. Lori is a High School Counselor and looks forward to the next adventure as she plans to retire very soon. Together we have 3 sons, Buddy (Chelsea) & Brett live in Chicago and Andrew is a student at MSU.
Lori’s faith journey was strengthened after the loss of her mom and other life experiences that pulled her closer to God. Lori attended a Christian Retreat, and it was there that her personal relationship began with Jesus. In the peaceful stillness at this retreat, she realized that the reason she didn’t ever feel connected was because although she knew of Jesus; she didn’t have a relationship with him…their conversation started that weekend, and over the past 12 years or so, Lori’s relationship with Jesus and her faith journey continues to grow and get stronger. Lori is honored to be part of the Bay Harbor Church Board and excited to see what God’s plan is for her…Jeremiah 29:11
Paul Saber has been a restaurant owner since 1980. He was an Owner/Operator of McDonald’s restaurants from 1985-2001, owning 14 McDonald’s in New Mexico, and was Senior Vice President, USA Corporate Division of McDonald’s from 2001- 2003.
In 2003 Paul became President & CEO of Manna Development Group, LLC and currently holds the Area Development Agreement for Panera Bread and Bakery Cafés as the largest geographical Franchisee for Panera Bread with cafes in California, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. In 2023, Paul Saber and Manna Development Group welcomed a new brand to their family and currently own and operate three Caribou Coffee locations in Michigan. Paul and the entire Manna organization are committed to excellence in operating great restaurants by delivering quality food and outstanding guest service.
Paul serves on the Board of Directors of several Christian ministries, as well as the Board of Directors of the Panera Bread Foundation. Paul served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association from 2007-2009.
Paul and his wife Dianne reside in Rancho Santa Fe, CA and have an adult son, Graham, a daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Austin Rovazzini, and two granddaughters, Saber Rose and Selah Elizabeth Rovazzini.