Meet Our Staff

Learn about our pastor and staff guiding NWCOV with care.

Meet the Leaders Who Guide Our Community

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Bruce Bruns

Lead Pastor

Rev. Bruce Bruns grew up in the Evangelical Covenant Church. He has previously served as pastor of Milwaukie Covenant Church in Milwaukie, OR, Anchor Covenant Church in Lake Geneva, WI and Simi Covenant Church in Simi Valley, CA.

He received his B.A. in Theology & Psychology from North Park University, and his Master of Theology from North Park Theological Seminary.

Pastor Bruce is married to his best friend and they have three sons.

 

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Daun Geissler

Director of Administration and Communication

Daun was born and raised in Mt. Prospect. She attended North Park University and worked for a major oil company for 20 years before coming back to Northwest as the Director of Children and Family Ministries in 1995. Daun became the Director of Administration and Communication in 2018.

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Jake Jacott

Director of Student Ministries

Jake is originally from Minnesota and grew up in the northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities. He later attended North Park University in Chicago, graduating with history and biblical and theological studies degrees. He was also a member of the men's golf team. Jake also served as summer staff and an intern at Covenant Point Bible Camp in Iron River, Michigan, and spent a year as a youth intern at Northwest Covenant in 2022. Jake returned to Northwest Covenant in August of 2024, where he began serving as the Director of Student Ministries.

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Joshua Smith

Director of Worship

Joshua joined the team at Northwest Covenant in 2022. Joshua has served at Winnetka Covenant Church prior to joining Northwest Covenant.