Our Team

Pastor

Pastor David Kokiong with his wife Kelly.

David Kokiong

David J. Kokiong is, first and foremost, a husband to Kelly and father to Isaac. Prior to serving at Lents SDA Church, he dedicated eight years to the gospel ministry as an Associate and Youth Pastor of Hinsdale Fil-Am SDA Church. In 2014, he earned his Masters of Divinity, with an emphasis in Missions (Islamic Studies) from Andrews University. Prior to his response to God’s calling to pastoral ministry, he served as First Elder of the Montreal Filipino SDA Church for five years and worked as a Business Analyst in the domain of Software Engineering.

David’s passion includes intentionally ministering to kids, youth, young adults, and their families to help nurture their spiritual growth. It is his prayer and passion that the seeds sown by the church and the community would foster more disciples that will help lead others to Christ.

“Test all things. Hold fast what is good.”

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Elders

Jerson Caluya

Head Elder

Andy Drapiza

Elder

Bob Wilkening

Elder

Fred Harvey

Elder

Loren Strode

Elder

Vern Henry

Elder

Deacons

Alex Reyes

Head Deacon

Jackie Flores

Head Deaconess

Treasurer

Deborah Esmond

Treasurer

Clerk

Denise Esmond

Clerk

Audio/Video

Baoheng Duong

Audio/Video Team Lead

Alex Teav

Audio/Video Team

DJ Villaester

IT Manager

Website Team

Jonathan Lane

Jonathan Lane

Main Web Developer

Jonathan Lane is a full-time student who has been attending Lents SDA Church for more than four years. While leading the AV team, he is obtaining a B.S. in Computer Science.

Lizven Alged Galleto

Photographer, Writer

Alged is a graduate of Education and he is currently working on his thesis for his Master’s in Educational Management. He loves to travel to different countries and places, he’s also passionate to learn new languages and cultures. 

Darryl Villaester

Site Maintenance, Writer

Darryl is a part-time student who majors in Computer Science System and Networking. He’s 100% Filipino who grew up in Thailand. Playing the instruments is what he enjoys on his spare time.  

Baoheng Chen Duong

Site Maintenance, Writer

Alex Teav

Developer, Site Maintenance