ELDERS

The elders at Sovereign Grace Fellowship are eager to serve and encourage you in your walk with Christ. Please feel free to contact them with any needs or questions you may have.

• Josh Winans  (jwinans at asgrace.org)
  Josh Winans serves as a full time elder at Sovereign Grace Fellowship pouring himself into the areas of teaching/preaching and discipleship/counseling. He received a B.A. in Biblical Counseling from The Master’s College in 1995 and an M.Div from The Master’s Seminary in 1999. Josh enjoys theology, sports, and spending time with people. Having grown up as the 10th of 11 children, Josh’s stories of childhood and family life seem to be never-ending. Josh, along with his wife Colleen are in the midst of raising three boys- Tayven, Daxon, and Harper.
  
  
• Tim Pickard  (tpickard at asgrace.org)
  Tim Pickard serves as a full time elder at Sovereign Grace Fellowship providing oversight to assorted ministries and fulfilling various administrative needs within the church. His passion is to shepherd people, teach and preach God’s word, and to serve the church wherever he is needed. Tim grew up in Grass Valley, CA and he and his wife Nicole consider it a blessing to live in the area where both of their families still reside. Tim received a B.A. from The Master’s College in 2000 and an M. Div. from The Master’s Seminary in 2004. Tim and Nicole have four children, Caitlin, Grace, Carson, and Kaylee.
  
  
• Rick Schauer  (rschauer at asgrace.org)
  Rick Schauer serves as an elder at Sovereign Grace Fellowship shepherding a Grace Group and is the elder assigned to the Facilities Team. Rick served the Los Angeles Police Department as a robbery detective supervisor and retired after twenty-six years. Rick then worked as a corporate security director for fifteen years and has recently retired from that position. Rick was saved 24 years ago and has been continually blessed by the knowledge of God’s work and presence in his life ever since. Rick and his wife Barbara of thirty-eight years reside in Colfax, CA where they are actively involved in facilitating Bible studies, parenting training and life affirming ministries (New Life Pregnancy Center). They have been abundantly blessed with six children (all married) and fifteen grandchildren.
  
  
• John West  (jwest at asgrace.org)
  Serving as an elder since the inception of the church, John West is committed to Sovereign Grace Fellowship and all that it stands for. John has a passion for missions and for reaching out to the community in practical ways. As with the other elders John leads and shepherds a Grace Group made up of several families from within the body. With the remainder of his time John works in the area of construction management. John and his wife Jan have raised four children- Eric, Lisa, Emily, and Erin all of whom are a part of Sovereign Grace.