David Bennett, Senior Pastor, Phone ext: 101

Dave brings over 30 years of pastoral experience to Grace Baptist Church. He holds Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry and Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary. He also has a Bachelor of Science in biology from MIT. He was ordained in 1974 by Lake Avenue Congregational Church, Pasadena, California.

He has been a church planter and a senior pastor at churches in California and Oregon, and during his senior year of college served as interim pastor for collegians at Ruggles Street Baptist Church in Boston. His great grandfather was a church planter in the Boston area. He has traveled and taught extensively overseas, including Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, and has written three books on biblical principles of leadership. Just before coming to Grace Baptist Church, he spent two and half years assisting eleven foundations with a nationwide strategy for Christian leadership development in India. His ministry passions include practical Bible teaching, leadership development, church growth and missions.

He is married to Phyllis, Director of Women's Ministries at Grace. They have two married sons, as well as two grandchildren.

Phyllis Bennett, Director of Women's Ministries, Phone ext: 126

Phyllis has extensive experience and training in Women's Ministries. She has a Doctor of Ministry in Effective Ministry to Women from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, and a Master of Divinity with a concentration in Women's Ministries, from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, as well as a B.S. in Physical Education from the University of Maryland.

She has served on pastoral staff as intern at the Lake Avenue Congregational Church, Pasadena, CA and then women's associate to the youth pastor. She has led women's Bible studies and trained leaders at Mariners Church and Voyagers Bible Church in California, and served on staff as Director of Women's Ministries at their church in Oregon. She has engaged in counseling and ministries of hospitality, and has been a regular speaker at conferences and retreats. She has written three bible study workbooks for Zondervan.

Phyllis and her husband, Dave, reside in Hudson. They have two grown sons, Ray and Jonathan.

RUTH BLANDIN, Finance Manager, Phone ext 130

As the Finance Manager, Ruth is responsible for maintaining all financial records of the church and working with ministry leaders on any budgetary or financial questions.

Randy Boswell, Assistant Director of Youth Ministries

Randy comes to Grace with a diversity of youth experience, having worked at a residential foster care facility, the Methodist Home for Youth and Children as the Campus Life Coordinator for three years.  In addition, he served sixteen months as the Youth Pastor at a church plant in Georgia, developing and implementing the youth program from the ground up.  Randy’s passion is to see students develop practical spiritual disciplines through intentional, relational discipleship that will build a strong Christian foundation for the rest of their lives. 

While at Grace, Randy will be attending Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary seeking to complete his Masters of Divinity.  Randy recently married Katie, who brings her own youth ministry background and skills to Grace, where she plans to serve as an integral part of the youth ministry volunteers.  Together they look forward to be used by God as ministers to the students of the area.

Dane Burk, Pastor of Youth Ministries

Dane Burk is the husband of Loyda and father of 4 children. Maddie, Hunter, Elijah, and Mollierose. He accepted God's call to be the Director of Youth Ministries at Grace while serving as a team leader for a Teen Missions Internatonal team in the Amazonian jungles of Ecuador. Dane served six years as a missionary serving and training teens - five years in Ecuador. He also served as a youth director in Georgia prior to that. Dane is a former Marine and University of Florida graduate.

Ron Cousineau, Pastor of Adult Development, Phone ext: 128

Ron was born and raised in Woonsocket, RI. He has a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with an emphasis in Christianity in the Workplace. He has a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and Bachelor of Biblical Science from Western Bible College, Denver, Colorado.

Before coming on staff at Grace Baptist Church, he was the Intentional Interim Pastor at Faith Baptist Church, Southbridge, MA. Ron was ordained in 1984 at the First Baptist Church of Narragansett, RI, and has since served in a pastoral capacity in three New England churches before coming to Grace.

Ron's gifting is teaching the Word of God and imparting skills to others with creativity and enthusiasm. His personal passion is to help people discover, develop and use God's giftedness inside and outside the church. His consistent focus is on connecting people, building and modeling teams, equipping leaders and teams, and encouraging believers.

His responsibilities at Grace are overseeing and equipping Adult ministries, that include Sunday morning classes and other small group and affinity ministries, with particular emphasis on multiplication of small group leaders and men's ministry.

Jean Coyne, Administrative Coordinator, Phone ext: 114

As Administrative Coordinator, Jean, is the church liaison to the ministries of the church. She works with the Communication team in developing the newsletter and other brochures and advertising. As office manager, she coordinates the office support and volunteers. She also serves as the Senior Pastor's secretary and Adult Connection support.

Bob Entwistle, Pastor of Children's Ministries, Phone ext: 103

Bob has over twenty years of experience serving various churches in the areas of Christian Education. Pastor Bob come to us from Ohio having served the last four years at Fellowship Bible Church. He has a passion to not only reach children with God’s loves and biblical truths, but to also use God’s Word to equip and strengthen parents. He brings to us his enthusiasm and creativity for establishing small groups, ministry teams, leaders and a dynamic children’s ministry. Pastor Bob’s goal is to create a heart-filled, relevant, kid-friendly and Christ-centered environment where both children and parents are drawn to Jesus and want to come back week after week. He also looks forward to reaching out to children and families in the community.

Pastor Bob received his Bachelors degree from Cedarville University (Ohio), his MTh degree from Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary (Michigan), and completed all but his doctoral dissertation in Education at Temple University (Philadelphia).

Bob met his wife Caron (from South African) while serving on a short-term summer mission trip with ABWE. They have four children who love to play sports, air-soft, DDR, and Guitar Hero.

Rachel Shultz, Interim Driector of Worship and Arts, Phone ext: 104

A native of Virginia, Rachel moved to New England with her husband Scott, in the fall of 2002. She came to Grace in January of 2003, and found her home away from home. She began serving the worship ministry in April of that same year. Rachel received a bachelors degree in Music and Vocal Performance from Radford University. She has several years of professional theatre experience and worked for two years as professional singer for Paramount Parks. "After working in the theatre and professional stage for several years I knew there had to be something more. That something, was serving in ministry. When I heard the call I came running with arms open wide."

Rachel serves the Worship and Arts Department, planning worship services, training the worship team in vocal techniques, leading worship, managing the video production department, leading the youth dance team and providing worship support to the women's ministries at Grace. "It's an honor and privilege to serve with the staff and volunteers at Grace, it will become your home away from home ... if you let it - Come and Worship the Lord with Us! "