Fellowship Staff

Learn more about our staff at LLCC.

Pastor Dave C. Butler

Pastor David C. Butler, Senior Pastor
Contact:  dave@libertylakechurch.com

Pastor Dave grew up in the Pacific Northwest and became a believer during his high school years. His desire to learn more about Christ and the Bible took him to California for a total of 18 years.

About a year after graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, in which time he went to Ireland as a missionary, he began leading a youth ministry in La Mesa, a suburb of San Diego. Shortly after moving to La Mesa, he met and married his wife Kathy.

In La Mesa, God prepared and led Pastor Dave to a preaching and teaching pastorate. This new role led Dave and his family to a pastorate San Bernardino and then to Liberty Lake.

Dave is ordained by the Evangelical Free Church of America.

Personal: Kathy and Dave have five children, Marcus, David, Stephen, Michael and Rachel. Even though Dave’s alma mater is the University of Washington, he loves being a Dawg in Coug country. He believes that God has planned a significant ministry for Liberty Lake Community Church through reaching the Inland Empire with the grace and transforming love of Jesus Christ.

Andrew Fouché
Andrew Fouché, Director of Worship and Youth Ministry
Contact: andrew@libertylakechurch.com

Andrew spent 4 years with Youth With A Mission where he led missions teams to various countries in East Asia. He’s been to 11 different countries, with China being his favorite. Prior to joining the staff at Liberty Lake Church he served at First Covenant Church of Eureka in an associate role.

It is Andrew’s hope for the Youth Ministry to grow disciples, reach out to those who don’t know God, and fulfill the purposes that God has laid out for us through his word. It is Andrew’s prayer for worship, as it pertains to our church, that we would come to truly know God as the object of our worship and that we would live lives of worship that include, but extend far beyond, just singing songs on Sunday morning.

Andrew is married to Jessica and they have 2 sons and a daughter. 

Steve Allen
Director of Fellowship and Outreach
Contact: steve@libertylakechurch.com

Steve is a lifelong Spokane guy graduating from CV in 1984 and WSU in 1988. Having married his high school sweetheart, Carrie, he taught high school English for 19 years at Rogers and Mt. Spokane before God led him to full-time vocational ministry. He was the youth pastor at Valley4th and most recently a mission mobilizer. Steve founded and led Mission ConneXion Inland Northwest and has a heart to see every tribe, tongue, and nation know the name of Jesus. Steve and Carrie have five children (Grace, Hannah, Jacob, Lily, and Abby) three of whom are adopted from China. Through the adoptions, his heart has also been burdened by the plight of the orphan around the world.

Cheri Balogh
Director of Children's Ministry
Contact: cheri@libertylakechurch.com

Cheri was born and raised in Reno, NV. She graduated from the University of Nevada Reno and also spent one year at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst as an exchange student. She moved to Liberty Lake with her husband Mike in 1994. She and Mike have been married for 20 years and have three children, Brett, Jake and Alisha. Cheri began her ministry at LLCC as a member of the Liberty Lake Christian School and Child Care Board of Directors. She also served as a volunteer at LLCC in the nursery, and through the years was involved with teaching Children's Church. Cheri was on the committee that created Kid's R.O.C.K. and has been in her current position as Director of Children's Ministry since 2007.

Cheri's prayer is that our children will come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. She prays also that our children will be inspired by the volunteers who give their time and love to them and that they would share their love for Christ with their family, friends and community.





Denise Kolva
Director of Discipleship
Contact: denise@libertylakechurch.com

Denise was born in Wisconsin, moved to Portland as a baby and then continued to move around (she went to 5 different grade schools!) until 5th grade when her family settled in Lewiston, ID. She was raised both Catholic and Unitarian, but always felt like there was something missing. She met her husband Bob after college and he introduced her to Christ. Bob and Denise have attended three different churches in the 25 years of their marriage and in each church Denise was involved in various aspects of children's ministry. After attending LLCC for a couple of years, Denise felt God shifting her heart from children's ministry to adult ministry.

Denise has a nursing degree from Boise State University. She has always loved to teach and spent 5 years teaching at East Valley's Continuous Curriculum School. She developed a language arts and spelling program and then trained the school's teachers in the program. She also taught Latin for five years. She has been married to Bob for 25 years and they have two grown children. In addition to her ministry at the church, Denise is also a part time bookkeeper. She loves to read, bike, play racquetball, and visit with people.

Denise's vision for the discipleship program is to offer a variety of classes throughout the year that meet the needs of the members of our church. She hopes to see people choosing to grow in Christ-like character so that they will begin to disciple others to grow in Christ-like character until it is a natural part of LLCC.  She envisions a program where people are taught to Lead Like Christ and fully embrace these leadership qualities to use within the church, their families, and their work environments. She sees small groups as the foundational discipleship program where people are encouraged and taught to turn to the Bible for answers.


Julie Quirk
Administrative Assistant
Contact: admin@libertylakechurch.com

Julie was born in Tacoma. She moved to Spokane at the age of 7 and lived between Spokane and Bellevue until she was 15. She has been in Spokane ever since. She was raised going to church occasionally but did not have a personal relationship with Jesus. Both Julie and her husband both became believers in 1983. They attended an Easter Service at Calvary Chapel and accepted the Lord. They came to LLCC in 1992 and both were very involved in children's ministry and VBS for many years. Julie began working as an administrative assistant in 2004.

Julie married her husband Dean in 1980. They have 4 grown children, three sons and one daughter. They also have one grandchild and another on the way. Julie loves spending time with her family, babysitting her grandson, scrapbooking, reading, and going on day road trips with her husband.