SKIPP MACHMER   CEO/SENIOR CONSULTANT

Skipp spent the last 25 years working in two churches first as a Creative Arts Pastor and now as Executive Pastor of Programming and Strategic Development at Riverside Church in Big Lake, MN. He brings a wide range of experience to Living Stones including expertise in building teams, both staff and volunteer; planning, producing, and leading worship services and special events; and evangelistically fruitful community outreach efforts. He is experienced in leading churches through directional changes related to worship and technology, in helping churches transition from being inwardly focused to being outwardly focused, and helping churches navigate conflict in life-giving ways.

He is coauthor, with Eddy Hall and Ray Bowman, of THE MORE-WITH-LESS CHURCH: Maximize Your Money, Space, Time and People to Multiply Ministry Impact.  Skipp and his wife Cherise live in the Twin Cities area with their three daughters.