Our Staff
Jon Thorson
Lead Pastor
Jon and his wife Breanna are both local DC Alumni and and have a great passion and love for the DC area and surrounding communities. Jon has a degree in Biblical Theological Studies and Pastoral Ministry from North Central University in Minneapolis MN. From 2015-2018 Jon served as the Associate Pastor at Crossroads Community Church (Now Grace Hill Church) and in the Spring of 2018 accepted the call to become lead pastor.
Jon currently lives in Cokato, MN with his wife Breanna and their children: Lydia, Amara, Karis, Micah, and Wesley,
Contact: 763-300-0779
jon.r.thorson@gmail.com
Keith Barberg
Pastor
Keith and Jan both grew up in the Dassel/Cokato area, and came to know Jesus Christ as their savior in their youth. Knowing the call of God to serve Him, they both attended bible college in southwest Kansas where they fell in love.
For 8 years they ministered to the drug addicted and emotionally challenged youth that lived together with them in a family setting at two different caring homes. One was in Stillwater, MN and the other was in Detroit Lakes, MN.
After that Keith was a sales representative for Dayspring, a christian greeting card company. He worked for them for 15 years. In 1997, Keith became the senior pastor at Christian Fellowship Church in Detroit Lakes, MN and served there for 12 years.
In 2008, Keith and Jan moved back to the Dassel area, where Keith is a program counselor at a group home.
Keith and Jan have been blessed with 5 children and 17 grandchildren.
They are grateful and excited to serve the Lord at Grace Hill!
Contact: 218-841-2130
keithb@cfcdl.org
Alicia Boltz
Office Administrator
Alicia is from Maple Plain, MN where she grow up in a Lutheran church. She moved to the Dassel Cokato area after high school and pursued Graphic Design at St. Cloud Technical College. After graduating with a diploma in Graphic Communications, she was hired by Herald Journal Publishing in Winsted, MN. She worked there for 10 years in a variety of positions including graphic designer and print department manager. During those years she met her husband Joshua and together to found that they needed more out of their faith and together decided to move to a non-denominational church, which eventually lead them to Crossroads Community Church (Now Grace Hill Church).
Alicia is currently a homeschool stay-at-home mom and a freelance graphic designer, as well as the office administrator here to Grace Hill Church.
Alicia currently lives in Howard Lake, MN with her husband Joshua and their two children: Luke and Ezra.
Contact: office@gracehillmn.org
Connor Huston
Youth Director
JT
Tech Director/maintenance
Spiritual Leadership Team
Pastor Jon & Breanna Thorson, Pastor Keith & Jan Barberg, and George & Donna Pavelek.
Church Business Board
President: Jim Lindgern, Vice-President: Frank Cruz, Secretary: Kristine Birkholz, Treasure: Cole Nielsen, and Board Member: Linda Fisher.