Brent Epp

Brent Epp and his wife, Susie, came to Foothills Alliance Church in 1993 where Susie served as an intern and in the pre-school ministry at Foothills. Brent’s areas of service, both past and present, have been in the areas of Extreme Kids, Care Groups and previously serving on the Elders Board. Brent also served a four-year term on the national board of directors of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada.

Brent was born in a Christian home with a strong Christian heritage. He became a follower of Jesus at a young age and was baptized prior to attending Canadian Bible College. After graduating with a degree in Commerce from the University of Alberta, Brent served with World Vision and Samaritan's Purse in the countries of Sudan, Somalia, former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In 1995 Brent and Susie returned to Calgary to start raising a family and now have three children – Noah, Hannah, and Micah.

Brent practices corporate and commercial law through his own law firm in Calgary, advising charities and businesses. He also provides legal counsel to people relating to tax, wills and estates matters. Brent's recreational interests are cycling, reading and spending time with his family.

Larry Fournier

Larry Fournier and his wife Yvonne have been attending Foothills since 1989. They have both served in many ministries within the church. Larry has especially enjoyed serving for the past seven years within the junior high ministry. Yvonne and Larry have two children, Joel and Hannah, both of whom serve with the Children’s Ministry. Larry was the Project Manager during the construction of the new FAC Family Centre. Although Larry grew up in a loving and caring home, he did not grow up knowing Jesus Christ. Larry found and committed his life to the Lord at age 19 through a Christian youth group.

Joanne Giesbrecht

Joanne Giesbrecht was born and raised in the Maritimes. She is married to Syd and has two children, Chris and Kim, plus five grandchildren. Joanne gave her life to Jesus as a 12 year old and rededicated her life through immersion baptism in her twenties. In the summer of 1989 Syd and Joanne started to attend Foothills. Joanne has a Bachelor of Education degree and taught with the Calgary Board of Education for 14 years. She also worked on staff at FAC in Children’s Ministries before going to Airdrie Alliance to become their children’s pastor for three years. Joanne is a professional artist and has her work in collections around the world.

Ric Gilbertson

Ric Gilbertson and his wife, Ruth-Anne, have been part of the Foothills family since 1996. They have two adult children: Derrick, along with his soon to be wife, Rebecca, reside in Calgary and are recent graduates of Ambrose University. Karissa is currently a student at Ambrose.

In 1992, the Gilbertsons left to serve as International Workers in Venezuela. They served in various capacities there until 2004 when they were appointed as Regional Developers for the C&MA in Latin America. Currently Ric is the Director for Candidate Mobilization and Development for Global Ministries, the C&MA in Canada. Part of his job involves teaching at Ambrose University.
Ric loves enjoying the outdoors in and around Calgary.

Daryl Ginter

Daryl and her husband, Lorne, have been attending Foothills for nearly 24 years. They have two adult children: Sheldon and Hilary. Daryl was born in Ontario and has spent enough time on the Saskatchewan prairies to consider herself a “farm girl.” Part of the “farm” still sticks—she regularly visits her cousin’s Strathmore farm to ride her favourite horse.

Daryl’s areas of ministries over the years have been quite varied: serving in the nursery, teaching children, leading small groups and helping on numerous committees. However, Daryl is passionate about Women’s Ministries and currently serves as the facilitator for Evening NEWS and on the Women’s Ministry Leadership Team. She loves to help people grow in their knowledge of God, discover their gifts and passions and then see their ministries uniquely released.

Daryl treasured staying at home to raise her children and enjoyed working at Samaritans’ Purse for many years. But, somehow, Daryl always ends up back in school! She has had the privilege of earning a Bachelor of the Arts in Religion from Rocky Mountain College and more recently, a Masters in the Arts of Leadership and Ministry from Ambrose University College. Daryl is also an accredited Alliance worker.

Daryl’s life verse: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2

Jonathan Greb

Jonathan Greb and his wife, Julie, have three children: Natalie, Emma and Madeline. Together they have been a part of Foothills since the spring of 2005. During his time at Foothills, Jonathan has taught in the Summit Series and is currently serving our church as a Care Group leader and member of the Finance Committee.

Jonathan grew up as a “pastor’s kid.” He became a Christian at a young age and was baptized as an early teen.

Jonathan is a Chartered Accountant working in the oil industry. His interests and hobbies include golf, basketball and spending time with his family. 

Dave Ingram

Dave Ingram and his wife Cyndy have attended Foothills since 2005. They have 3 boys, Jordan, Mark and Brent. Dave grew up in Chicago and first came to Canada to attend Canadian Bible College. They moved to Calgary from West Africa where they had been Alliance missionaries since 1995. Dave served as Missionary in Residence at Ambrose College and Seminary for 3 years. He currently works at Samaritan's Purse Canada, where he has been the Africa Projects Manager since 2007.

Lawrence Stalder

Lawrence Stalder and his wife Joy started attending Foothills in 1991. They were married at Foothills and have been blessed by the Foothills Family who has helped them raise two children Paul and Natalie.  Lawrence has served at Foothills as an Elder, Treasurer, and in many other ministries. Lawrence is an advocate of mentoring future leaders and mentors to further Christ’s kingdom.

Lawrence is an IT Manager at Talisman Energy responsible for Enterprise Architecture. His interests include research; anything electronic, squash, and hiking.

Greg Thomas

Greg has grown up going to Foothills Alliance. Greg and his wife Karen and family, Kennedy (9), Carson (4) and Cassidy (3) have been back in Calgary since 2004, having spent a few years away for work. Greg has been involved as a Care Group leader and helping to build sets for productions at the church.

Greg is employed as a Captain with WestJet Airlines based in Calgary. His interests include home improvement, aquarium fish and spending time with family.

Greg Young

Greg Young and his wife Julie have attended Foothills Alliance since the summer of 2005 when they moved to Calgary from Vancouver. They have three children: Caitlin ('97), Cameron ('99), and Connor ('04). Greg served on the Building Committee for the church’s Family Ministry Centre expansion project and the Young family is one of our Foothills Family International Workers.

Greg grew up attending church with his family and was active in leading youth, university and young adult ministries. His first experience in missions was as a Mission Builder with YWAM in 1986. Today, after having worked as an architect in private practice for 14 years, Greg is in full time missionary work as the Executive Director for Engineering Ministries International Canada. Beyond his senior administrator role, Greg organizes and leads teams of volunteer architects, engineers, planners and surveyors to serve schools, hospitals, seminaries, vocational training and other ministries in the developing nations by providing master planning as well as facility and infrastructure design.

Greg enjoys the outdoors and is active in coaching and participating in various sports activities with his family and in the community.