Rev. Eric Garner served Valmont Community Presbyterian church from June 2014 to May 2025.

Eric’s history of ministry with the church has included working as a volunteer in youth groups; taking on a variety of positions for an interdenominational camping ministry; working as a full-time youth director; and now, most recently, serving as Valmont’s pastor. He received his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey; avidly engages in Biblical studies and theological inquiry; and has an unshakable hope in the Gospel of Jesus the Messiah. Pastor Eric and his wife Anneva left Valmont Church serve at a church closer to family.

 

Rev. Stephen Bird served Valmont Church from September 1996 to September 2011.

Prior to beginning his ministry, Stephen spent twenty years in the U. S. Air Force, serving as a director of aircraft maintenance and squadron commander.  Upon retirement from the Air Force, Stephen felt called to explore the ministry and attended Colombia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA,  graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in 1996. That same year he was ordained and called to pastor at Valmont Community Presbyterian Church.  After ministering here for fifteen years, he and and his wife Dottyanne were called to serve as missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators, serving at the JAARS Aviation Center, Waxhaw, NC.  In 2016 they returned to Colorado to retire. They continue to worship with Valmont Church where he is Pastor Emeritus.