STAFF

  • Mia Shin

    Lead Pastor

    Pastor Mia Shin has a passion to reach this generation with the authentic person of Christ. She empowers people to influence their community, to impact eternity.


    For over 25 years, she has been preaching and mentoring in various multi-ethnic church contexts as well as teaching in K-12 public school and college settings. She received her Master of Divinity from Talbot Theological Seminary at Biola and continuously seeks out ways to mentor young folks. Her life outside church walls

    — as she connects with and serves various organizations — exemplifies her priority of being Jesus to her community.


    Pastor Mia’s husband of 26 years and her two adult children lovingly support her ministries. In her spare time you will find her writing songs, singing her heart out, rock climbing, crafting, and drinking coffee with friends.

  • Trevor Bachofner

    Associate Pastor

    Trevor has been in churches his whole life. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Trevor came to deeply love the way of Jesus and stepped into vocational ministry in 2017. He has been married to his best friend, Eedy, since 2018 and they have a son named Felix and a daughter named Mabel. Trevor enjoys "nerding out" by playing Dungeons and Dragons or Magic the Gathering, but also loves sports like baseball and disc golf. Trevor has been on staff at First Church since February 2023 and oversees administration and family ministries.  Email Trevor

  • Tim Scully

    Director of worship ministries

    Tim has been involved in worship ministry since he was in Middle School, and has led worship for around 15 years. He has a deep love and appreciation for many styles of music: from rock and rap, to jazz and classical. His mom taught him piano and clarinet which gave him the foundation he needed to learn vocals, guitar, bass and even a little drums. He also hopes to someday learn to play the cello. Tim is also a pretty big geek. One of his greatest joys is teaching others how to leverage technology to make life easier. When not leading worship, he works full-time as a web developer and IT Specialist for Numerica Credit Union. Tim was born and raised in Spokane Valley and currently lives in the Greenacres/Liberty Lake area with his amazing wife, Christi, and two adorable sons, Tayne and Thorin, and precious daughter, Thea. In his down-time, you can find Tim reading, playing video games, training for races, or wrestling around with his kids. Email Tim

Board of Directors

  • Eedy Bachofner

    missional outreach Pillar

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  • Jeff Cates

    Finance  Pillar

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  • PAtty Hands

    discipleship Pillar

    co-Delegate

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  • Debbie Kreuch

    Worship Pillar

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  • Mike Kreuch

    co-delegate

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  • Laurie Mcelroy

    Care Ministry Pillar

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  • Don Merriam

    Facilities Pillar

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  • Alaina Zemke

    At-Large

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  • Ezri Zemke

    youth at-large

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PASTOR's cabinet

  • Patty Hands

    co-delegate

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  • Merle Johnson

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  • Mike Kreuch

    co-delegate

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  • Tomi Wheeler

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  • Nathan Zemke

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Transition Team

This team consists of four appointed members plus our co-delegates.  The transition team will serve during our leadership transition.  Please address any questions, concerns or ideas to the team via email at transitionteam@spokanefirst.church.

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  • mike kreuch

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  • dan McElroy

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  • shari Murphy

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  • ruth wagley

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  • nathan zemke

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