Administrative Pastor | eugenegrimm@me.com | 928-925-6057     

The Rev. Dr. Eugene Grimm began his ministry in 1967. The first 21 years of his ministry was as a parish pastor. In 1988, he was called to serve the national church as a stewardship consultant, working with over 500 congregations throughout Ohio. During those years, he conducted stewardship seminars in over 38 states and in Ontario, Canada. That role was in part to help people discover the joy of giving. In 2009, Gene and his wife Margie, moved to Prescott, AZ. In 2011, Gene joined the Arizona Rangers.  In 2020, he was tapped as the first Ranger in Lonesome Valley Company to become a Lifetime Ranger with the rank of First Lieutenant.  From the completion of his probationary period, he was tapped to become one of the chaplains of the company. He also served as Internal Affairs Officer for the company. In 2013, Gene became an NRA Certified Pistol Instructor. Later he was also certified as a Chief Range Safety Officer. He served on the Range cadre since that point. In addition to running the AZPost for numerous Rangers, he has taught classes in the Phoenix area. At the age of 75, he decided to go back to school and become a gunsmith. I joined with The American Gunsmithing Institute. It has been very rewarding. He and his son Dave formed High Chaparral Gunsmithing with locations in Prescott and Mesa, AZ. In January of 2021, Gene and his friend and colleague Dan Storvick began serving Mountain Reformed Church in Prescott Valley. What a joy it has been to serve MRC. Our time together has been one of Gene’s most rewarding experiences as a pastor. Thank you, MRC for the love and support you have given us.

Pastor | dastorvick@gmail.com | 928-710-0835

Born into the home of a Lutheran Pastor, Daniel Alfred Storvick has known parsonage and parish life from infancy. He arrived on Epiphany Day, January 6, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. When he was three, Storvick’s father accepted a Call to be the founding pastor of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Lakewood, California, which is where he spent all his school years, graduating from Lakewood High School in 1965. Undergraduate studies took him through California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, majoring in Speech Communication. While there, thanks to the prayers of his parents and the influence of strong Christian friends, Storvick decided to enter seminary. During those same years, he courted and eventually married Louise Ann Litschke, whom he had met at a church youth group. After four years of seminary studies (including one year of internship in Beaverton, Oregon), the nascent pastor received his M.Div. degree and a call to serve as Assistant (later Associate) Pastor of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Granada Hills, California. Three years later (1976) God called him on to pastor Messiah Lutheran Church in Yorba Linda, CA. God’s hand, growth, and great people made it a very fruitful and satisfying pastorate. During those years God blessed Dan and Louise with three children: Jonathan in 1979, Michael in 1981, and Anna in 1985. American Lutheran Church in Prescott, AZ, invited him to become their Sr. Pastor in 1988. The years at ALC were filled with growth (church and personal), an earned Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Seminary, and ministry experiences that rivaled those of Messiah in terms of both challenges and joy. During those years he was involved in church and community leadership, including the startup of a new church in neighboring Prescott Valley. founding board member of Young Life of Prescott, establishment of The Rock (a youth ministry outreach house across the street from local high school), and a member of the boards of directors of several church, community, government, and nonprofit organizations (including Dignity Yavapai Regional Medical Center. Prescott Frontier Rotary, and YMCA among them). Since retirement Storvick has served as Interim and Supply Pastor at various small congregations in AZ and MN. His hobbies include cooking, furniture restoration, camping, photography, and hunting ... and traveling to California to visit two of his three children and his three youngest granddaughters.

Minister of Music & Worship | ryan@mountainreformed.org | 928-277-6428

Born and raised in Prescott, Ryan Gastonguay has been an active church musician his entire life and has been involved with music ministries locally and throughout the state including: American Lutheran Church in Prescott, North Phoenix Baptist Church, Palmcroft Baptist Church in Phoenix, and Trinity Presbyterian Church in Prescott. As an instrumentalist Ryan began piano at the age of 4 and performing with the Prescott Pops Symphony in 2000 as a sophomore in high school on French Horn. He studied Horn with Dr. John Ericson at Arizona State University, graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in music performance in 2007. Ryan was honored to serve as the interim conductor of the Pops during the 2022-23 season and has continued as their associate conductor to the Present. Ryan has performed horn with the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera, Mesa Symphony, Sedona Symphony, Arizona Winds, and the Prescott Chamber Orchestra, among others. He also contracts many of the professional orchestras in the Prescott area, including those for Prescott Chorale and the Yavapai College Performing Arts Department. In addition, Ryan has performed vocally with the Camerata Singers, Prescott Chorale, Yavapai College’s Master Chorale, Sunday Afternoon Barbershop Quartet and the High Desert Ringers, a local advanced bell choir under the direction of James Klein. Ryan is delighted to serve as the Minister of Music and worship at Mountain Reformed Church, a congregation devoted to reverent worship, music and arts ministry, and would like to thank James Klein and Joseph Place, whose continued support and mentorship over the years has cultivated a deep love for church music!

Lay Minister & Prayer Ministry | lyndi@milehighlending.com | 928-899-2085

Lyndi is a creative, eccentric spirit with a heart for God. She is a gifted writer and communicator with a passion for organizing prayer, service projects, and fellowship for our church family. Lyndi frequently provides music for our Sunday services as a singer/songwriter/arranger and is best known for her use of the autoharp, ukulele, and flute. She holds a bachelor’s degree in woodwind performance and spent 5 years working in professional ministry as a church choir director prior to arriving in Arizona. Lyndi currently leads our prayer ministry along with preaching occasionally when needed. She works full time as a mortgage loan processor and volunteers for the church.

Collaborative Pianist | craigjralston@gmail.com

Dr. Craig John Ralston is the Programming Director of YCPAC and Associate Dean of Performing Arts at Yavapai College in Prescott, AZ. He has been in education for over thirty years – teaching, directing, performing and administrating. His past eight years at Yavapai College have been deeply rewarding as he has directed both the performing arts academic program and the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center. He has instituted new musical theatre and technical theatre programs, expanded performances for the CUES! educational series and programmed extended show offerings in the Verde Valley. One of his passions is directing musicals and he has greatly enjoyed each of the shows he has conducted and directed here at YC: The Phantom of the Opera, It’s A Wonderful Life, The Secret Garden, Little Women, Willy Wonka, A Christmas Carol, and Hello, Dolly! Prior to coming to Arizona, Dr. Ralston was Chair of Fine Arts at Clearwater College in Clearwater, FL for 16 years. He is a judge for the International Piano Guild and the United States Open Music Competition and a published composer who regularly performs as a pianist and vocalist. His educational background includes Piano and Theory diplomas from the London Royal Schools of Music and a BS, MM and DMA in music from various institutions.