Meet The team

Pastors, Staff, Board, and Elders

Jack Schull

Lead Pastor

Jack Schull is the Lead Pastor at Elements City Church. Jack and Amy have been married since 1995 and have 3 children. They love doing things as a family and are avid University of Arizona sports fans #BearDown
Jack has a Communication degree from the University of Arizona, a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from Gateway Seminary and has been in ministry since 1990. He has served as a Student Pastor and then Associate Teaching Pastor at Casas Church before helping launch Elements City Church in 2013. He has a passion to help people ‘know Jesus better’ & take next steps in their journey of faith. (Ephesians 1:17)
He enjoys golf, sports, music, travel, good books, lattes and dad jokes.
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Lyle Thompson

Associate Pastor

Lyle started as the Worship Leader at Elements City Church in 2009 and got ordained as Associate Pastor in 2021. He has been married to his wife, Anya, since 2010. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of Arizona. Lyle began leading corporate worship since the age of 13 and has over 20 years of experience. His passion for worship and discipleship go hand-in-hand as he seeks to not just lead people to sing songs on the weekends, but to inspire others to more passionately worship God in their daily lives as they grow in their knowledge of and love for Jesus Christ.
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Jennifer Warnstedt

Ekids Director

Jen is the Ekids director and has been with Elements since it's very beginning.  She has a love teaching the young ones about Jesus and creating a space for them to feel loved, welcomed, wanted, and important.  Apart from her job at Elements she is a full-time teacher of 8th grade math, a mother of two (Bryson and Parker), and an amazing wife.

Matthew Warnstedt

Ministry Assistant

Matthew Warnstedt is the Ministry Assistant at Elements City Church.  He married his wife Jen in the summer of 2015 and has 2 children, Bryson (7) and Parker (3).    Aside from that, Matthew volunteers with our student ministries and Ekids ministry with his wife Jen.  Together, they are passionately committed to walk alongside the students and youth in their journey with Christ.
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Elder Team

The Elders of Elements are serving within the church and leading in shepherding, encouraging and caring for the congregation with the Lead Pastor. This team prayers for our church and keeps watch over our church family. They work together to ensure that we are a vibrant healthy biblical community as we pursue our vision, mission and living out our values.
  • Gabe Secrest
  • Lyle Thompson
  • Ryan Meek

Board

The Board of Elements City Church is governed by a set of Bylaws and a Governance Policy document. The Board leads specifically through the Lead Pastor who is the Board’s one employee who is accountable to the Board. The Board defines direction and delegates authority in advance to the Lead Pastor rather than approve staff plans. The Board is responsible for ensuring that the Vision and Mission of Elements are in sync with the will of God for our church and that the staff is leading the church towards them. The board empowers the Lead Pastor and staff, within the preset written limitations, to fulfill our vision and mission. The Board is proactive by setting policies and then the board judges the plans to ensure they align with the policies. 
  • Colleen Niccum *Chairman of the Board - colleen@elementscitychurch.org
  • Laura Theobald – laura@elementscitychurch.org
  • Josh Teed – josh@elementscitychurch.org
  • Ryan Barents – ryan@elementscitychurch.org
  • Debb Oebker – debb@elementscitychurch.org
  • Suzanne Sartori – suzanne@elementscitychurch.org
  • Jack Schull – jack@elementscitychurch.org