Rt. Rev. Brian Bethke, Senior Pastor
Contact: brian@middleton.org
As a California native, Brian moved to New England in 2017 after retiring from twenty-one years of active duty military service in The United States Marine Corps, in which he concluded his career as an officer. Stateside, Brian has planted and pastored churches in California and Massachusetts with his experiences encompassing a variety of pastoral responsibilities. He has also held leadership roles in several parachurch ministries. Brian is a graduate of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary and is currently working on his Doctor of Ministry degree at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with an emphasis on ministry in New England. He is a Harold J. Ockenga Fellow, a group which focuses on the intersection of faith and culture. He also serves as a missionary bishop of REACH-North America. Brian’s passion is to develop, equip, empower, and release Christ-centered missional disciples to have Kingdom impact in all of life.
Brian has three adult children and one granddaughter. He enjoys Brazilian jiu-jitsu, playing bass guitar, riding his Harley Road King and “adventuring” around with his wife, Erica.
Frank Albert, Pastor of Worship Arts
Contact: frank@middleton.org
Frank has led worship in Christian gatherings since his college years. He comes to MCC with a career history that includes playing in symphonies, teaching, and composing. Frank is an avid entrepreneur who owns two violin shops and has launched several orchestra programs in K-12 schools. He is a multi-instrumentalist who particularly likes playing his seven string electric violin. Frank also serves at Manchester Community Music School as the business manager. With his wife, Lucy, he is realizing a long time dream to serve together in the context of church ministry. Frank loves cycling and enjoying the outdoors.
Rev. Lucy Albert, Pastor Of Operations
Contact: lucy@middleton.org
God used Lucy’s sense of adventure to draw her and Frank from North Carolina to New England in the summer of 2020. They’ve always enjoyed camping and cycling together and, in recent years, took up off-road tandem cycling and tandem kayaking. They raised three sons and remain crazy about them while relishing the empty nest.
In the last two decades, Lucy became an avid observer of leadership in the Kingdom. She began to sense a call to ordained ministry in 2015, engaged a lengthy discernment process, then was ordained as a vocational deacon in the Anglican Church in North America in 2018. Her ministry passions are executive leadership and pastoral care. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree at Wheaton College in Illinois and joyfully serves at MCC as clergy as well as directing church operations.
Tammilynn Elerath, Next Generation Pastor
Contact: youth@middleton.org
Tammilynn has been joyfully married to Justin for over 20 years. She became a Christian at the age of six and loves the Lord with all her heart. Tammilynn is devoted to working with teens and seeing them grow in their faith. She attributes her passion for youth to having been a foster child who was adopted into an amazing family; this gives her a unique perspective on youth and the issues and challenges they face daily. Early in their marriage, Tammilynn and Justin became foster parents, and God built their family through the gift of adoption and fostering. They have three adult daughters, a son-in-law, and four wonderful grandchildren.
In contrast to her Sunday School teacher persona, Tammilynn also works with bikers throughout New England in a ministry called “Black Sheep Harley Davidsons For Christ." She loves serving as youth director at MCC alongside her family.
Stacy Smith, Administrative Assistant
Contact: admin@middleton.org
Stacy serves at the administrative assistant for MCC. She graduated from Toccoa Falls College with a degree in journalism. She and her husband, Kyle live in Middleton, and they have attended MCC since 2014. She worked in banking for several years before becoming a stay-at-home mom to her three girls: Emma, Ella and Lydia. She loves to read, write and spend time outdoors when the weather allows.
Middleton Elders
Liz Hartel (Chair)
Kathy Mambuca
Phyllis Bonugli
David Craig