OUR STAFF
AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. Danny Bradfield
Senior Minister
Danny Bradfield (he/him) is originally from southern California, where he grew up attending a Disciples congregation with his grandparents, parents, and two sisters. After being ordained in 1998, he served as pastor to several California congregations before accepting a call to First Christian Church, Bloomington, in December 2023. One reason Danny accepted the call here is because he was excited to find a congregation that he could learn from as well as teach.
Danny earned his bachelor's degree in social science at Disciples-related Chapman University in Orange, California, and his Master of Divinity degree at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis.
Danny and his wife Ginger have two adult children: Ethan, who lives here in Bloomington; and Tristan, who lives in San Diego. He has served on various regional committees, has served on the boards of local interfaith and community organizations, and has provided leadership at Disciples church camps in four regions.
Email: dbradfield@blmfcc.org
Danny earned his bachelor's degree in social science at Disciples-related Chapman University in Orange, California, and his Master of Divinity degree at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis.
Danny and his wife Ginger have two adult children: Ethan, who lives here in Bloomington; and Tristan, who lives in San Diego. He has served on various regional committees, has served on the boards of local interfaith and community organizations, and has provided leadership at Disciples church camps in four regions.
Email: dbradfield@blmfcc.org
Rev. Holly Irvin
Associate Minister
Holly came to First Christian Church in January 2017 as our Director of Music and Youth Ministries. She is from Pekin, IL and attended Western Illinois University in Macomb, Il, and Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. She has two children, Shelby and Lydia.
Holly loves walking, biking, reading, laughing, and making music, especially playing the flute. She also enjoys meeting new people and developing relationships and friendships. She is passionate about involving children, youth, and adults in the church and in helping them deepen their relationship with God.
She has been in ministry for over 35 years in Georgia, Virginia, and South Carolina and is glad to be back home in central Illinois (but not for the weather!). Her greatest enjoyment is in helping people use their spiritual gifts to praise and serve God, and find the joy and fulfillment that comes from that!
Her favorite scripture is Micah 6:8: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and walk humbly with your God. She believes the best symmetry in life is when justice, kindness, and humility are equally embraced and practiced.
Email: hirvin@blmfcc.org
Holly loves walking, biking, reading, laughing, and making music, especially playing the flute. She also enjoys meeting new people and developing relationships and friendships. She is passionate about involving children, youth, and adults in the church and in helping them deepen their relationship with God.
She has been in ministry for over 35 years in Georgia, Virginia, and South Carolina and is glad to be back home in central Illinois (but not for the weather!). Her greatest enjoyment is in helping people use their spiritual gifts to praise and serve God, and find the joy and fulfillment that comes from that!
Her favorite scripture is Micah 6:8: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and walk humbly with your God. She believes the best symmetry in life is when justice, kindness, and humility are equally embraced and practiced.
Email: hirvin@blmfcc.org
Debbie Stumm
Financial Secretary
Debbie has an Office Administration degree from ISU and joined the FCC staff in August of 1981. She came to type the bulletin one Friday afternoon and has now stayed 42 years. As our Financial Secretary, she is responsible for managing our income and expenses. She also keeps track of prayer joys and concerns and the church’s membership records.
Debbie is a member of First Baptist Church of Bloomington where she is also the Financial Secretary there, teaches preschool Sunday School, and sings in the choir. She also enjoys playing games, cats, flower gardening, and square and round dancing. One of Debbie’s favorite Bible verses is the 100th Psalm which is read each year as the prayer at her family’s Thanksgiving dinner: “Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing …”
Email: dstumm@blmfcc.org
Debbie is a member of First Baptist Church of Bloomington where she is also the Financial Secretary there, teaches preschool Sunday School, and sings in the choir. She also enjoys playing games, cats, flower gardening, and square and round dancing. One of Debbie’s favorite Bible verses is the 100th Psalm which is read each year as the prayer at her family’s Thanksgiving dinner: “Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing …”
Email: dstumm@blmfcc.org
John Dailey (volunteer)
Facilities Manager
John has an engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati and worked for GTE and Verizon for 35 years, retiring in 2009 as the engineering manager. With an engineering background and a “do-it-yourself” attitude about building and maintenance projects, he wanted something to do after retirement that would put those skills to use and help others. The Caretaker position at FCC was the perfect fit and he has been doing that since 2013. In that role, John does routine maintenance of the building mechanical items and also does building projects as needed for block party, VBS, Sunday School, etc. When contractors are needed for major projects, he serves as the church’s representative in managing that process.
John and his wife Kathy moved to Bloomington in 1995 with their two children, Sarah and Mark. Sarah is in San Francisco now and Mark is in San Diego, so visits to California are a welcome wintertime break. John and Kathy are also involved in supporting Boy Scouts and make several trips each year to the Scout camp in Canada to help maintain the camp.
Fishing and golfing are among John’s other hobbies.
John and his wife Kathy moved to Bloomington in 1995 with their two children, Sarah and Mark. Sarah is in San Francisco now and Mark is in San Diego, so visits to California are a welcome wintertime break. John and Kathy are also involved in supporting Boy Scouts and make several trips each year to the Scout camp in Canada to help maintain the camp.
Fishing and golfing are among John’s other hobbies.
Lou Ann Fillingham
Service Musician (organ/piano)
Lou Ann received bachelor’s degrees in sacred music and organ performance from Illinois Wesleyan University prior to completing master’s degrees in organ performance and business administration from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She became the organist of the First Christian Church in March 2006.
Lou Ann and her husband, Dan, are the parents of one son, Nathan. Lou Ann also has a daughter, Stephanie, step-sons Michael and Christopher, and step-grandson Andrew.
Lou Ann and her husband, Dan, are the parents of one son, Nathan. Lou Ann also has a daughter, Stephanie, step-sons Michael and Christopher, and step-grandson Andrew.
Gabe Warren
Custodian
Gabe is no stranger to FCC. He was baptised in these very walls, and has spent a good chunk of his childhood within the church in a variety of ways. Gabe is currently attending Heartland Community College, and is considering a transer. Gabe loves music, so if you catch him while he's here, you'll probably here him sing. It brings a smile to everyone's faces!
Trish Logan
Child Care Coordinator
Trish and her husband, Ted, became members of FCC after they moved to Bloomington in 2001. Trish is originally from Hamilton, IL. Trish started volunteering in the nursery after her daughter was born in 2002, and would eventually become the permanent nursery child care coordinator.
Trish works full-time as the billing coordinator at Advanced Rehab and Sports Medicine’s corporate office in Bloomington, where she has been working for 19 years.
She loves to be around family & friends. She also loves listening to her daughter, Abby, play cello and watching her son, Drew, play baseball. In her free time, she enjoys exercising and playing with her 2 dogs, Maizy & Hazel.
Email: tllogan4@hotmail.com
Trish works full-time as the billing coordinator at Advanced Rehab and Sports Medicine’s corporate office in Bloomington, where she has been working for 19 years.
She loves to be around family & friends. She also loves listening to her daughter, Abby, play cello and watching her son, Drew, play baseball. In her free time, she enjoys exercising and playing with her 2 dogs, Maizy & Hazel.
Email: tllogan4@hotmail.com
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