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Meet the Hughes!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Michael and Lynette have been in ministry since 2009. Michael served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Central and Northeast Wisconsin, first ministering to college students as a campus staff and then serving for three years as an Area Director ministering to campus staff and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hughes Family moved to South Carolina in 2019 and Michael served as the first Director of Davenant House, a study center for young adults, pastors, and Christian academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, they returned to Wisconsin to start “House Beautiful Retreats in the beautiful driftless area of Wisconsin., in order to serve pastors and missionaries along with their families,<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Bowman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Bowman received his M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is currently the Pastor of Christ Covenant Church (P.C.A.) in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Michael has spent his life in the Coulee Region, currently raising the 7th generation of his family to live in the same valley. He is married to Emily, and is father to Haddon, Martin, Eliza, & Warren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steven Brinkman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven works as a financial advisor in central and northern Wisconsin. He is married to Jessica and together they have three children, Libby, Evan, and Elam. Steven and Jessica currently live in Marshfield, WI. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Cashen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris grew up working in his family’s residential home building business, which his Dad eventually left to pursue pastoral ministry. He has a Civil Engineering degree from VMI and served in the Air Force for 6 years as a Civil Engineer officer, continuing to the present to serve in the Reserves. He and his family relocated to Greenville SC in 2018, and since 2019 he has been a financial planner. He particularly enjoys strategic level planning initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jim Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim is a retired business owner from southern Wisconsin.  Jim spent 30 years as a Caterpillar engine mechanic and 4 years as a shop manager before setting his tools aside to work with his wife in the online business she began in 2003. They retired in 2019 after selling their business to their son. Jim was involved with the Gideons International for 13 years and currently serves as the treasurer of his church.  He has been married to his first wife, Joan, for 42 years.  Together, they built a home, homeschooled their children, and turned a Ford Transit van into a home for their daughter with under 1,000 hours of help from You-Tube. They enjoy truck camping and gardening, and they recently welcomed their 4th<\/sup> grandchild.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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