Leadership

David is also a Denver native. With a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Colorado, David was commissioned into the Air Force in 1971 and served as a pharmacist for 21 years, returning to Littleton and joining GracePoint in 1992. He was a medical editor with a nationally recognized drug information publishing company as well as a community pharmacist over another 20 years before finally retiring in 2014. David has been honored to serve multiple terms as an Elder. He and his wife Mary enjoy skiing and bicycling, visiting grandsons in California and the beaches in the Carolinas and Hawaii.

I was born and raised in Virginia where my family’s roots run deep, especially in the Eastern Shore of the state.  I met my husband, Tim, while working in the Northern Virginia area and we were married in 1989.  We were blessed to have had 4 children of which two are married now.  I have been active in Children’s Ministry for over 20 years.  I love children and have always been driven to introduce them to a loving God who not only loves them but wants a relationship with them.  My goal put simply is to introduce children to God in Christ and build a base that supports them going forward into their adolescent years.  I have always taught using Biblically centered curricula because that is the starting block in their journey to know Him.  In short, my hope is to teach your children about God and for them to have fun while doing it.

I can be reached at efoster@gracepointcc.us

Originally from Virginia where I married the love of my life Emily in 1989, our family moved here in June of 2015, following God’s call for change.  We prayed God would show us where He wanted us to serve and, after a long wait, He showed us GracePoint Community Church in February 2016.

A musician and singer most of my life, I began serving God as a Worship Leader in 1996 when there was a need for someone to step in a fill the position while they searched for a replacement.  Six months later that replacement was me.  Over the last 20 years, I have tried to use music to serve God in His Church; to encourage others in the faith with music.

The Presbyterian Church we left behind in Virginia currently has as it’s Worship Leader my son Connor who has served up front with me for many years.  It is a real joy to share in this ministry with Him.

I love spending time with Emily and the kids, watching movies, and photography.

I can be reached at tfoster@gracepointcc.us.

Senior Pastor Fred Lian

Yes, those photos are the present me and “back in the day” me. You can see that I really haven’t changed much.

Let me introduce myself to you. I am a renegade New Yorker who moved to Colorado in 1975 to attend Denver Seminary. I graduated with a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and directed a Christian counseling center for six years. I went back to the seminary to take additional coursework to be ordained in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and was called to GracePoint in 1986. After six years of classes, research and typing my thesis, I completed my Doctor of Ministry degree in 2001. What all that means is: I’ve been around for awhile.

The GracePoint congregation is a blessing from God. The people are a pastor’s joy to minister to, as well as alongside. And the staff I get to work with is pure delight. I am grateful and humbled that God would grant me His favor in placing me here.

In the photo to the right you will notice major evidence of God’s grace to me. Kerrie and I have been married since 1977. She has her own graphic design business, as well as drawing sketches of people’s beloved animals. Our daughter, Madison, is also a graduate of Denver Seminary having completed her MDiv degree in 2018. She is married and her husband, Elliot, is a Youth Pastor at a metro Denver church, and where she oversees the Alpha Ministry. What you don’t see is our other “child” – an Old English Sheepdog, Aslan, who believes he runs the house.

My hobbies include running. I identify with Chariots of Fire‘s Eric Liddell, who said, “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.” I’m not a world-class runner like he was, but I’ve run my share of races and marathons, including Denver, Chicago, New York and Boston.

I spend time on the missions field, having taught for five Februarys at a Bible school in Romania, and more recently, the past 11 years ministering in Kazakhstan.

Pleasure reading and good dark chocolate (one of the proofs of the existence of God) also provide refreshment.

I’m one of the few people I know who wakes up in the morning and looks forward, not only to what God has planned, but also to what I get to do — ministry for the kingdom’s sake. It doesn’t get any better than that!

Williams James wrote, “The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” With God’s help I’m striving for that finish line.

I can be reached at fredlian@gracepointcc.us.