MEET OUR PASTORS & STAFF
Thank you for visiting our staff page. Here, you can see our pastors, administration staff, ministry staff, and other movers and shakers behind the scenes at Bidwell Pres.
PASTORAL STAFF

HENRY HANSEN
Senior Pastor
Email: hhansen@bidwellpres.org
ABOUT HENRY HANSEN
In 2016, Henry and his family moved to Chico from the Bay Area, where Henry served as a pastor for nine years. Although Henry grew up in Petaluma, CA, his education pulled him eastward across the country, first to Arizona for his bachelor’s degree (University of Arizona) and then to New Jersey for his Master of Divinity at Princeton Seminary. Henry finally returned to California, where he served as a pastor for missions at First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame, at which time he also earned his doctorate at Fuller.
One of Henry’s joys in ministry is seeing how people make the connections between their faith, gifting, and their service to God. He likes to witness how we receive the fullness of life when we serve in the manner the way Christ made us. Also, with a heart for biblical justice, Henry spends time twice per month teaching a bible study at the Jesus Center in Chico and is a jail minister at Butte County Jail, visiting weekly to support, encourage, and pray with inmates.
Henry and his wife, Jenna, have three young children: Hartley, Hayden, and Madeline. In addition to his passion for Christ and ministry, Henry loves the Giants, Red Sox, 49ers, and Warriors, playing golf, piano and guitar, watching films, reading everything written by Tim Keller, several books by NT Wright, and reading American history. During his time in seminary, he took film classes in New York, received training and performed in the theater, where he also studied in college along with communications.

RAY MEDINA
Assoc. Pastor of College & Emerging Adults
Email: rmedina@bidwellpres.org
ABOUT RAY MEDINA
Ray has served churches for over seventeen years; from Atlanta, Long Beach, the Bay Area, north of Pittsburgh, and now at Bidwell Presbyterian Church. He and his wife of fifteen years, Jeannine, have two boys, Micah (7) and Jayden (5). The boys were both born in the Bay Area and the family is excited to be back on the West Coast.
Ray has a Masters of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary with an emphasis on family and youth and is presently working on a Doctor of Ministry in the areas of Organizational Change and Adaptive Leadership. During his free time, he likes to “chase his boys around in circles,” play guitar, “throw heavy things around the gym,” read mind-blowing stuff, cycle, and date his wife Jeannine.
When asked, “Where are you from?”, Ray likes to respond with the Johnny Cash line, “I’ve been everywhere, man.” He is originally from the Chicago area, where he spent high school and college, but his childhood days were spent in El Paso, Texas.

GREG COOTSONA
Transitional Pastor of Discipleship and Care
Email: gcootsona@bidwellpres.org
ABOUT GREG COOTSONA
Greg is a former pastor at Bidwell of twelve years, holds a Ph.D. in Christian Education, is an author, researcher, and guest lecturer at CSU Chico. He studied comparative literature at U.C. Berkeley and theology at Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), the Universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg, and Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union, where he received his Ph.D. Greg has also served as an associate pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York City. He has been interviewed by CNN, the BBC, the New York Times, and The Today Show. Greg is married to Laura and has two young adult daughters – Melanie and Elizabeth.
ADMINISTRATION TEAM

PATTY DAVIDSON
Administrative Support Assistant
Email: pdavidson@bidwellpres.org

ALLISON MACDONALD
Administrative Support Assistant
Email: amacdonald@bidwellpres.org

JANET LARSON
Administrative Support Assistant
Email: jlarson@bidwellpres.org

CONNIE SHEPHERD
Administrative Support Assistant
Email: cshepherd@bidwellpres.org
HOSPITALITY TEAM
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY TEAM

NICOLE HANSON
Interim Children’s Ministry Director
Email: nhanson@bidwellpres.org

MARQUITA GOODMAN
Interim Children’s Ministry Director
Email: mgoodman@bidwellpres.org
CUSTODIAL TEAM

ROBERT ENGSTROM
Lead Custodian
Email: rengstrom@bidwellpres.org

RICHARD WHITE
Custodian
Email: rwhite@bidwellpres.org
MUSICAL WORSHIP & TECH TEAM

CHRIS JENSEN
Worship Leader
Email: cjensen@bidwellpres.org

MIYKAEL GOODWIN
Worship Technical Director
Email: BPCTechnology@bidwellpres.org

DAVID SCHOLZ
Chancel Choir Director

DARA SCHOLZ
Organist

PRESTON LOPEZ-MORA
Video Technician

COREY KOZLOWSKI
Tech Supervisor

MASHA ELSON
Media Technician

KERBY GERUGHTY
Sound Engineer

HEINZ GRIMM
Sound Engineer
YOUTH STAFF

MARY LOPEZ
Youth Director
Email: mlopez@bidwellpres.org

MELISSA LOPEZ-MORA
Youth Ministry Assistant
Email: mlopezmora@bidwellpres.org
LIFE GROUPS & MISSIONS
OTHER MOVERS & SHAKERS

SHARON OSBORN
Account Tech III
Email: sosborn@bidwellpres.org

RICKY HAYES
Marketing & Communications Director
Email: rhayes@bidwellpres.org

RICH YOUNG
Interim Business Administrator
Email: ryoung@bidwellpres.org
FOUR-LEGGED STAFF
BIDWELL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OFFICE HOURS:
M - TH | 10:00AM -4:00PM
F | 10:00AM - 1:00PM
PHONE: (530) 343 1484
info@Bidwellpres.org
MAILING ADDRESS:
208 W. 1st Street Chico, CA 95928