Church Leadership

Clinton Gilbert - Teen Director

Clinton Gilbert was born in Dallas (Lewisville), Texas. He was the youngest of seven children. Clinton was saved at the age of 8 years old at a Southern Baptist Church camp. He changed from the public school system at grade 11 and began education at the Temple Christian Academy. There he met his future wife to be, and a daughter of Pastor Brent Fore. After graduating, he attended Golden State Baptist College in Santa Clara California. He completed a 4 year degree in Assistant Pastoral Theology. During his studies he was Bus Captain for 3 years and taught Sunday school for the teen boys.

Julie Mendez - AWANA Co-Commander

Julie Mendez was born in Crossville Tennessee. She moved to Washington in 1976. She is a twin and the youngest of five by five minutes. Julie was saved and baptized at the age of 13 at a church revival. She and her husband Ben have been going to FBC of RH for more than 10 years and have been involved in the Awana program since it began in 2000. Initially Julie started out just watching and getting in the way - 'not willing to leave her two sons.' Awana has been a huge part of Julie's children's spiritual growth. As well as being a lot of fun for the whole family. In her opinion, last year was the best year yet with the addition of Eastside Baptist Church and Pastor Fore.

Vicky Miller - AWANA Co-Commander

Vicky Miller was born in Bellevue, Washington 1969. She graduated from Newport High School in Bellevue and went on to receive her Bachelors in Microbiology at Washington State University. Vicky was saved at the age of 26 via a door knocking visit from the Pastor at Eastside Baptist Church. Since joining the church Vicky has been continually active in church ministries such as: Nursery Director, Sunday school teacher, AWANA Commander and VBS teacher. She is the proud mother of two young boys and has been married for over 10 years.

Adrienne Gwinn - Vacation Bible School Director

Adrienne was born and raised on a dairy farm in Ontario, Canada. Her family was very involved in the local Baptist church and she accepted Christ at the age of 6 and was baptized two years later. Adrienne committed herself to missions at the age of 12. She attended Bible College in Alberta and graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor's of Religious Education. Four months later she married her college sweetheart, John from Kirkland, WA. After serving in children's ministries for 2 years in their church in Red Deer, Alberta they joined WEC Int. and began preparing for missions overseas. In Jan. 1996 with their two small children, they left home and served in 2 different countries for 4 years. They returned to North America and settled in the Redmond area August 2000. They began attending FBC of Rose Hill where Adrienne became involved in the Awana program, teaching Sunday School, and helping with VBS. She also keeps busy volunteering at her children's schools and leading a Mom's In Touch group.