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Jeff GentrY
Senior Pastor

Jeff is a native of Arizona, having graduated from Greenway High School, Grand Canyon University, and Phoenix Seminary. He began his ministry at HCC in 2005 as the Associate Pastor, and was named Senior Pastor in 2017. He and his wife, Shari, have been married since 1988 and are parents to 4 young adults and a pretty cool son-in-law. Jeff loves history but hates okra.

Matt Suman


Family Pastor

Matt is a native of AZ and has been in ministry here in the valley for over 20 years. He and his wife Rose have two young adult kids, an awesome son in law, and a beautiful granddaughter. Matt is an avid sports fan and if you stop by his office to visit, he will always have chocolate.

Ryan Lashua
Student Pastor

Ryan graduated from Arizona Christian University with a degree in Christian Ministries and has a passion for relational discipleship and teaching God's Word. He enjoys music, movies, and sports. He and his wife Kassie have three amazing children and love spending time as a family.

Shari Gentry


Director of Media & Worship

Shari grew up in SoCal and moved to AZ to attend GCU. Prior to being on staff at HCC, she was a teacher in the Peoria School District. She is married to HCC's Senior Pastor and is mom to four young adults, a son-in-law, and 4 fur babies. Shari is passionate about missions, adoption, and worship.

Colette Norton
Office Manager

Colette has lived in the valley since 1984. She and her husband have been attending HCC since 2006. She volunteered as our Youth Administrator for 7 years before joining the staff as our office manager in 2014. She loves Jesus and cats! Yes, she is that crazy cat lady!

Dennis Holland, Facilities Manager

Dennis is super shy and hasn’t given us a bio yet. He’s also super busy digging holes and painting everything and building stuff. We’ll keep working on it…