Daniel S. Lambert, Senior Pastor
Daniel is a native of Louisiana, but spent most of his formative years in
Texas. He is blessed to have a long standing heritage of faith, coming from
a Christian home. He grew up on a small farm in East Texas until the middle
of grade school and then moved to the suburbs around the city of Houston,
TX. He has a Bachelors degree from Baylor University in Waco, TX, a Masters
degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX and
a Doctoral degree from the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Calgary,
AB. Daniel has been the pastor here at Easthaven since 1991.
Daniel is married to Vicki and they have two children. Daniel William and
Adrianna. Vicki is an accomplished musician and serves in the church as our
worship leader by coordinating all the music for our services. Their family
enjoys camping, games, movie nights at home together, and travel. Daniel is
an avid hunter and has a deep commitment to mission work around our state.
The Lamberts have found their home here in Montana.
Joey Gardner, Associate Pastor
Pastor Joey was born and raised in Kalispell. He started attending
Easthaven when he was in 6th grade. He graduated from Flathead High School
in 1983. After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree
in Mechanical Engineering Joey spent six years in the Navy. He was
stationed in San Diego, Japan, Moscow (Idaho, not Russia) and served onboard
a destroyer in the Gulf War. In 1993 Joey and Debby were married and they
headed to California for seminary. While attending Golden Gate Baptist
Theological Seminary Joey served as youth and family minister in Vallejo,
California. Joey and Debby returned to Kalispell 1998 and Joey has been an
Associate pastor at Easthaven since March of 1999. Joey and Debby have four
boys; Caleb, Josiah, Jonathan & David.
Matthew Fitzwater, Associate Pastor
Pastor Matthew was born in Pasadena, CA. to Earl and Barbara Fitzwater,
the second of three sons. Matthew was raised in the Kalispell area since
the age of eight and has attended Easthaven Baptist since that time. He
graduated from Flathead High school in 1988. Following high school
graduation Matthew attended the University of Mary Hardin Baylor where he
graduated with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Religion and later
returned to get his Masters of Arts degree in Psychology. It was also at
UMHB that Matthew met his wife, Christy whom he married in June of 1991.
Matthew has worked for nine years for Western Montana Mental Health Center
and started a private Christian counseling practice. Matthew and Christy
have two children; Jayme and Caleb
Job Dittmer, Associate Pastor
Pastor Job was born and raised in Waterloo, IA. He and his wife
Marie moved to the Flathead Valley in 1993 and started attending
Easthaven soon after. Job worked with the Technical Services (computer
support) group at Plum Creek until they returned to the Midwest in
1998. His degree is in Computer Applications and Training. From 2001
until 2006 he worked for Lands' End (the catalog company) and managed
staff development for their Technology area.
He now puts his training and managerial experience to work by handling
church administration and by helping new people get integrated into the
right ministries. Job and Marie have four children: Samantha, Seth,
Siobhan, and Silas.
Andy McPeak, Associate Pastor
Andy is a relatively new addition to the Valley and is desperately
trying to become a "true" Montanan. He spent the majority of his
adolescent, high school and college years in Connecticut. He was
blessed with an amazing college experience at Messiah College in
Grantham, PA. There he earned his bachelor's in Business Administration.
Following graduation he endured a 4-year transition period which
included some time as a banker, working and ministering in Glacier
National Park, directing a College Ministry program, and directing a
Youth Missions Site on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Lame
Deer, MT. It is this journey that brought him to begin ministry here at Easthaven
in November 2006. His main responsibilities include the direction and
oversight of our Junior High ministry. When Andy isn't at the church
working on some aspect of the ministry he is most likely out hiking or
doing something with music.
