Pastor Roy and Gail Conwell
Roy L. Conwell, grew up in Kent, Washington with his parents, Ernie and Alma Conwell, and 8 brothers and sisters. Family has always been important and even today, his extended family gathers monthly for family birthdays to fill the house with laughter. Roy graduated from the University of Puget Sound and received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1976 and was ordained by 1977.  Roy and Gail were married in 1976 and have four kids (2 girls and 2 boys), and now one grand-daughter.  Roy received his doctorate through Bakke Graduate University in Theology where he graduated in June 2010.  Roy has been the Senior Pastor of Mountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Covington, WA for over 20 years.  Roy and Gail continue to serve in missions while acting as the NW Missions Coordinators and as the Area Pastoral Care Leaders. Roy and Gail have Mission experience in the past in the Dominican Republic, Alaska, the Amazon, Mexico; in the present in Nicaragua, Japan, Korea, and Kazakhstan.

Tami Sleeman
Tami is our newest addition to the office staff, she fulfills the role of Office Administrator. She overseas the administration of the office and assisting Pastor Roy, coordinates activities, manages print media, communications and scheduling, as well as many other functions to assist other ministry staff. Tami has found her place at the heartbeat of Mountain Vineyard, but you will find her rooting for the Nebraska Cornhuskers on the weekend. Tami loves to serve and continues to find ways to bless others. She has attended Mountain Vineyard since 2003. Tami has been involved in the Vineyard movement since 1983.
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Karen Evans

Karen, and her husband Rick, started attending Mountain Vineyard in 1987 where they quickly became rooted and involved in
the life of our church. Karen oversees the accounting and office, and is currently overseaing our involvement in the community through our Community Connect ministry. Karen is also on the Church Board as the Corporate Secretary. In all of her “spare time”, she works part-time as the accounting manager for Aptech Systems, Inc., a software company in Maple Valley.
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Georgeanne Glassner
Georgeanne and her family started attending the Vineyard in 2004. After several months of attending the church, in 2005 she took on the job of Financial Assistant. Since then, Georgeanne has taken on the job of Financial Administrator. Georgeanne is an active Dragon Boat paddler and you can find her most weekends on Lake Meridian paddling with her teamates on the Kent Dragontails team or going to her daughters rugby matches. She and her husband Chris enjoy serving the Lord and spending time together doing just about anything.
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Michelle Paxton
Michelle came to Mountain Vineyard in August of 2007 to work with the youth ministry. Michelle has a heart to reach the youth of today and the church of tomorrow. In addition to Mountain Vineyards youth ministry, Michelle is also going to Bible college at VLI to further her knowledge and understanding of the bible to pass onto our youth. Michelle’s heart for ministry was birthed through being involved with Young Life at Kentwood high school for 7 years. Michelle is excited to see where God is taking the youth leadership team, and the watching our youth grow into young adults that love Jesus whole heartily.
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Ernie Conwell
Ernie is our facilities maintenance engineer. Ernie has been with Mountain Vineyard since it began and is Pastor Roy’s Father. Ernie, can often be found working on the property doing everything from changing light bulbs to widening our roads and prepping for work to be done for our new facility. We couldn’t do what we do without Ernie.