Staff

  • Jeff McCracken

    Lead Pastor

    Pastor Jeff was born and raised in Huntingdon, PA. He received a B.S. in Business from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA and worked most recently as a custom woodworker while serving Chambersburg C&MA as a layperson. God called him into full-time Christian ministry at the age of 50, and he has been our lead pastor since 2014. Jeff married Julianna in 1987; they have two wonderful children Kate and Jeffrey, and two grandchildren. Pastor Jeff loves hunting, fishing, golfing, and traveling with his family. His favorite color is orange, and he hasn't met a fruit he doesn't like. Most of all, Pastor Jeff loves his Lord and Savior, Jesus, and wants to please Him in everything he does.

  • Xavier Godoy

    El Camino Spanish-Speaking Pastor

    Xavier has been married to Alexandra for 25 years, both born in Quito, Ecuador. They have three children: Valerie, Sofia and Andres. Xavier became a Christ- follower in 1997 at the El Batan Alliance Church in Quito, Ecuador, where he and Alex committed their lives to serve full-time as a church planters. In 2015 he started the El Camino Family Encounter Spanish-speaking ministry in Chambersburg, PA. Xavier loves to play and watch soccer with his children, hiking, jogging, reading and watching the news about what is happening worldwide. The Godoy’s favorite verse is Psalm 138:8.

  • Tim Degelman

    Youth Director

    Tim was born and raised in northern New Jersey. He attended Nyack College where he earned a B.S. in Youth Ministry and worked at churches in New Jersey, Wyoming, & Ohio prior to coming on staff at Chambersburg Alliance. Tim married his wife Riley in 2016, and they have a beautiful daughter, Finley. He enjoys a good game of ultimate frisbee, and watching the New York Giants (win or lose!). Tim is passionate about working with teens to help them become engaged followers of Jesus Christ, and keeps the words of Paul in Acts 20:24 at the forefront: “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.”

  • Martha Chisholm

    Secretary

    Martha has been at Chambersburg Alliance Church since 1975 and has seen many changes since then. Her husband pastored the church for 40 years. Martha and her dog Lady keep things running smoothly in the church office. Her hobbies are dogs, birds, cross stitching and sewing.

  • Ingrid Winckler

    Bookkeeper

    Ingrid is happy to keep our finances in order as church bookkeeper. She is serves on the Missions Team and helps out in the church office. Ingrid enjoys being with family, playing organ and piano, working in the yard, hospitality, cooking, sewing and knitting. She has two married sons and three granddaughters.

  • Connie Chisholm

    Custodian

    Connie is married to Daniel Chisholm, retired from military. Besides keeping the church building tidy, Connie cleans homes and has two home businesses. Dan and Connie have two children, Hailey and Nathaniel. “Our children keep us busy with their activities. I love watching their faces light up with big smiles & laughter! The best part of cleaning the church building is that we can do it together as a family, and it teaches our children responsibility.”

  • Vincent Elbel

    Landscaping

    Vince keeps our grounds looking beautiful. “I enjoy working outside and filling the big shoes of our former groundskeeper, my dad Emery.” Vince and his wife Carla have three grown sons. He enjoys fly fishing, hunting, dirt biking, and riding his Rhino UTV with his grandchildren.