In addition to his role as a Pastor, Chaplain and owner of Corporate Chaplaincy Services; Pastor Joel is also a Shepherd with Standing Stone Ministries, an Interim Pastor with Interim Pastor Ministries, the President of The Rissinger Resource Group, LLC & also the President of Joel Rissinger Ministries, LLC. He’s a certified speaker and coach with the John Maxwell Group and a Founding Pastor of LifeWay Church in Newington, Connecticut.  Joel also served for several years as Director of Church Planting for Converge Northeast (Baptist General Conference). He’s the author of several books and has graduate degrees in Religion and Religious Education from Liberty University in VA.  More importantly, he has been married to Karen Rissinger, for 40 years. Together, they have two adult children, an awesome son-in-law, two beautiful granddaughters, and two soon-to-be-adopted foster grandsons.
 

Vice President of Operations for Rissinger Resource Group and serves as a chaplain as well. Kris has more than 33 years of clinical healthcare experience, and served 23 years as an executive leader in the hospital system. Kris is an ordained minister and is currently a lead pastor in addition to his responsibilities at RRG. He is in the board of directors for Knox Theological Seminary as well and Love Inc. Kris is married and has 2 grown children who are recently married.  

I live in Vernon, CT with my wife Wendy and our son Sterling III. 

I was born in 1960 and born again in 1969 and have been trying to get it right ever since. Sanctification is an adventure!

My walk has been a bit diverse over the years. I’ve been a Baptist, a Reformed Christian, and an Independent. 
I have been a member of the Presbyterian Church of Coventry since 1996. Deacon at PCC from 2001 through 2010. Ruling Elder at PCC since 2010. 

I graduated from a Christian College (that no longer exists) in 1982 and was a Co-founder (in 1988) of a community Christian Library that closed in 2002.

Over the years I’ve preached in various churches as pulpit supply, served in various nursing home ministries, taught Sunday School classes, worked for a time as the manager of a small Christian radio station, worked with youth groups, and have been involved in street evangelism. I currently serve as Chaplain to folks in long term care facilities .

One writer has put it this way: “Christianity is one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread.”

I’m here to share the menu whereever God calls me.

Pete Benedict has been married to his wife Jill for 27 years. Currently I am an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian Church of America. I have taught Sunday School for high school students and have served on various committees in my home church. 

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Graduated high school in 1969. I have been a chaplain for 4 years now and really enjoy leading Bible studies and visiting with people and praying with a lot of residence on a regular basis.

Pastor Roger Bolduk was born in 1965.  He grew up in Chaplin CT and was brought up in the Christian faith at Chaplin Congregational Church. 

At 29 years of age, Pastor Roger accepted in the fullness of the Holy Spirit, Jesus into his life.  He then went through multiple ministry programs at the Church of God and is a student of Antioch School of Church Planting where he is getting his bachelor’s degree.

During his years at the Church of God, he was the Minister of Music as well as a Lay-minister for many years.    On December 2nd of 2007, Pastor Roger accepted the Call of God to the Pastorate and gave his first sermon as Pastor of the Chaplin Congregational Church, the church he grew up in.  He is now ordained through the Chaplin Cong. Church.

Pastor Roger works as a Chaplain for Corporate Chaplaincy Services and has been with them for several years.  He is also the Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Council for Christian Arts, LLC.  Roger has worked on the Board of Directors for Caring Families as well as providing oversight for the Willimantic Camp-meeting Association VBS.  He is also the Vice President of the WCMA.

Jeremiah 3:15 - And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jose Rivera has been a chaplain since June of 2024.  He conducts a Sunday service once a month at the facility and truly enjoys engaging with those who want to grow closer to Christ and to be a witness to those who may not know Him.  Jose attended school at the Southern New England school of ministry in Charlton, MA.  He is a certified pastor and currently leads the kids ministry with his wife at LifeWay church in Newington, CT.  They have been leading this ministry for a year.  Jose is also a member of the prayer team at his church. He has been married to his wife for 13 years and they have 4 daughters.  Together him and his family also lead a homeless street ministry 2 times a year in the greater Hartford area.

Josh Popovitch serves as the Director of finance for Corporate Chapliancy services. Originally from Connecticut, he and his wife Gianna moved to Jacksonville in the fall of 2023. Josh and Gianna met while studying at Gordon College, a Christian school in Massachusetts. It there Josh earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. He is currently studying for his Master’s degree in Sports Management, Athletic Administration and Coaching from Liberty University. 
An avid fan of baseball, he played it his whole life, including at the college level. Over the last few years he has taken on the role of coaching both baseball and basketball and is currently a P.E. teacher at St. John’s Academy in St. Augustine, FL. 
He and his wife attend Mission Way Church in Jacksonville and are members who lovingly serve the church. When he is not teaching, he loves fishing, golf, and shooting skeet.