Melissa and I have 7 children and have lived in Loveland for 8 years. We moved here from Fort Collins where we had lived there for the previous 11 years. Craig was ordained as a pastor in 1998, Melissa is a home mom, and the kids are the glue that holds things together (or maybe I should say they are usually "glued" together.)

Melissa and I are both from California. We graduated from the same high school (she in '80 and I in '77) and went on to college from there. Melissa first attended Westmont College for 2 years when I interrupted things and we were married in 1982. Melissa went on to California State University in Northridge where she received her bachelors and masters degrees in speech and language communications. I received my bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona and then went on as a master's fellow to receive my masters of engineering at UCLA. I landed my first job at Hughes Aircraft working on radar systems and worked there for almost 6 years until 1987. We then packed up our one child and moved to Fort Collins where I continued my career in electronics at Comlinear Corporation for the next 11 years. You're probably wondering how I went from being an engineer to a pastor. Well, let's just say that it started with many years of being involved in great churches, many years of studying God's word, many years of character shaping trials, and a few years of fruitful labor for the Lord. I guess it just reached a point where God was already using my life in many of the aspects of being a pastor, and I reached a point where I really wanted to serve him full time. So, somehow all that worked together to bring me where I am today!

So, that pretty much explains all the vital statistics, but let me explain a little bit about what charges my batteries. My true heart is to help people grow in their relationship with Christ, and to bring as many people into that relationship as possible. I believe that the truths in the Bible are exciting and are relevant to every day life: work, play, relationships, parenting, marriage, finances, and yes even sex! Let's face it, those things are what life is made of, and if our understanding of the Bible doesn't impact those areas, it's not impacting our lives. If it doesn't impact our lives, then it's boring and irrelevant, and it really only matters on Sunday mornings. If you want an expositional dissertation from the Greek on a given passage, that's great, I've got some good books you can borrow. If you want to grow and change and be challenged from the Bible in an encouraging way, then come check us out! I think you'll enjoy our church.

I'm sure that's pretty much more than you ever wanted to know about me, but I better add a little disclaimer, just in case I'm not there when you come to visit! Hey, I appreciate you reading through all this. If you ever have any questions or anything else you'd like to talk about, drop me a line at craigswing@dayseven.com or call me at the church office at 970-461-1818. Hope to see you this week!