ANTHONY PATTON
Lead Pastor

FAMILY:
I met my wife, Janice, through church when we were both fifteen years old, and we got married five years later in 2007. As an adoptive/foster family, our hands and home are joyfully full with six kids, two cats, and a lot of laughing, laundry, and love. Together, our family is blessed to serve in many ministries, including our church’s worship team, small group, and Kairos Prison Ministry.  

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
Growing up in a Christian home, I watched my Dad serve to bring Jesus’ love to inmates in the prison. As an adult, I also have had many opportunities to serve with a team of other Christian men, to share the gospel with Kairos Prison Ministries in Coxsackie and Greene Correctional Facilities. I am currently the Chair of the Advisory Council for the Hudson Valley Kairos. I ran the media and sound system at Living Water Church for 10 years and served on the worship team for 12 years. I was privileged to sit under the teaching and discipleship of my friend, mentor, and pastor Derek (D-rock) Duncan. Shortly before Derek was called home to Glory in 2020, I was ordained as a pastor. I then became lead pastor of Living Water Church and am currently attending Moody Bible Institute online.

HOBBIES:
Coffee consumption borders on obsession in the Patton home, the darker the roast the better! I spend much of my free time with friends from the church, often playing board games or just talking about the Lord. As a family, we enjoy camping (the more off-grid, the better), hiking, canoeing, fishing, and any bonfire which can be used for roasting 'smores and brewing coffee!

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
Both my wife and myself have been involved in serving in church since we were teenagers. We participated in youth group and then individually served in different roles. I served at our last church on the media team while Emma served in children’s church. We are excited to be serving together as leaders of the youth.

HOBBIES:
In our free time we enjoy spending time together with our cat, watching movies, and camping.

STEVE LOGEE Elder / 3:18 Groups Leader

FAMILY:
Debi and I met at The King’s College in the early 70’s. This year we will be celebrating our 48th anniversary. We are both retired public school teachers. We moved to Dutchess County in 2017 to be closer to family, especially our 3 grandkids.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
I have been involved in discipleship ministry for 40 years. Using Biblical principles learned through the Navigators we are blessed when we see people “growing in the Grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”

HOBBIES:
Debi and I enjoy all things outdoors but especially campfire get-togethers. Winter finds me reading a lot of historical fiction.

DAVE JENKINS
Elder / Men’s Group Leader

FAMILY:
Susan and I have been married 31 years. We have two grown children, Ben 25 who lives in Norwalk CT and Beth, 22, who lives in Anchorage, AK. We both grew up in Virginia and graduated from Virginia Tech. In 2004 we moved to the Hudson Valley. I work as an engineer for Metal Container Corporation in New Windsor, NY.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
I grew up in church and accepted Jesus and was baptized at age 7. However, for the next 30+ years, I knew all the answers to the spiritual questions, but lacked a sense of tangibility and fervor in the Lord. Shortly before coming to Living Water Church, God became real when a dear friend invited me to a Tres Dias weekend which was the beginning of a spiritual transformation.

Over the past eight years, my growth at Living Water has included mission trips to Uruguay and Dominica. God has continued to place ministry opportunities in my path including helping lead the Living Water Men’s ministry and Men’s Group. I have also had the privilege of serving on a Tres Dias weekend team. Susan and I actively serve with Love INC serving the needs of those in our local community.

HOBBIES:
Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my family, hiking, and home improvement projects.

PAUL STEIER
Elder / Children’s Teacher

FAMILY:
I am the blessed father of six children and one new granddaughter who is an absolute delight. We are longtime residents of LaGrange and most of my children still live nearby. We enjoy backyard bonfires, biking on the rail trail and hiking everywhere there is natural beauty.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
As a child growing up in a Christian household I was fortunate to have parents who prioritized their availability for church ministry in whatever capacity the Lord led. The joy and peace my parents displayed serving the body of Jesus became something my siblings and I never wanted to be without. The past few years at Living Water Church I have been blessed to serve and teach in the Children’s ministry. What fun we all have upstairs in “The Dock” and so often the questions the kids ask me in response to the morning’s teaching has challenged and build up my own faith. I can say with all sincerity it has been all joy to part of what the Lord has been doing ever week at Sunday School, Wednesday evening prayer and many other Living Water Church outreach ministries.

As a Church Elder it is my deepest desire to continue the good work the Lord has started with this body of believers. Loving God, Loving people, making disciples. Seeking new and creative ways to reach our community and to build a stable church foundation with Jesus Christ as the Head.

Colossians 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.”

DANA DUNCAN
Children’s Director

DEREK DUNCAN
Founding Pastor (Now home with the Lord)

FAMILY:
Derek and I met while at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) and were married in 1985. We lived in Memphis, TN until 2009, when we moved to the Hudson Valley. We raised three children, Andrew, Jonathan and Elizabeth. We have a daughter in-law, Carlin, a son in-law, Austin, and four beautiful grandchildren.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
My journey in ministry started when Derek and I got married. We began to serve in the local church as volunteers and never stopped. I have taught all ages of children, birth through 12th grade. I have served in the music ministry in choir, orchestra, and directing youth band. Our entire family has served together on local, national, and international missions projects, working extensively in Uruguay, South America from 1999-2007. In August of 2009, our family moved to Dutchess County as missionaries to start Living Water Church. Even though Derek left us for his heavenly home in October 2020, I continue the work here, as God has given me to do. I love our children’s ministry at Living Water Church, as we seek to support our parents in the spiritual nurture of their children. It is a joy to watch the children grow as they learn about the truths in God’s word and how Jesus loves them.

HOBBIES:
My favorite thing to do is spend time with my grandchildren and children. I enjoy music, gardening, and working on my house.