Meet our staff
Lead pastor ALex & Taylor Garcia
Pastor Alex is grateful to serve as the new Lead Pastor of Shoreline Fellowship. Alongside his wife, Taylor, and their two sons, Adrian and Dallas, he is thankful for the opportunity to lead and serve Shoreline’s church family. With a deep love for God’s Word and a sincere heart for people, he is committed to helping the church grow in faith, unity, and Christ-centered community for generations to come.
Pastor Alex has served in various areas of local church ministry for more than 10 years, including youth, worship, creative media, preaching and teaching, discipleship, leadership development, young adults, and children’s ministry. His preaching style carries a prophetic edge, and he brings a passionate desire to strengthen leaders within the church. His heart is to see the church grow in love, spiritual maturity, community and extend its reach to future generations through FAMILY.
youth pastor patrick and anna wahlmeier
Youth Pastor Patrick Wahlmeier was adopted into a Christian family when he was 5 years old. He accepted Jesus as his Savior when he was 6, and was water baptized at that same time. Patrick spent his childhood and youth involved in the AWANA program and child evangelism. Patrick attended Multnomah Bible College in 1990. After college, Patrick got involved in bodybuilding and the health food industry. In 1997, the Lord led Patrick to move to Seattle, where he met and married his wife, Anna, in July of 1998. In 2004, Patrick became the Youth Pastor of the youth group at SFGF. Patrick has successfully grown the youth group each year through down to earth teaching and exciting youth activities built to encourage youth to put God first and continue to serve Him no matter what life throws your way.
DAVID AND MAREENA BALL - KIDS PASTORS
David and Mareena Ball were both raised in Christian families in Shoreline, WA. David has attended many churches in the Shoreline area throughout his childhood and grew stronger in his relationship with Jesus during his time in the military. Mareena has been a part of Shoreline Full Gospel since 1998 and a member of the youth group class of 2012 led by Youth Pastor Patrick Wahlmeier. During Mareena’s senior year of high school she was a student teacher at Echo Lake Elementary and took classes in Early Childhood Education at Shoreline Community College. David is currently a police officer in south Snohomish County and takes great pride in serving his community. David and Mareena have two young children and love teaching the young children at Shoreline Full Gospel.
Tristan Herman - ADMINISTRATOR
Tristan grew up in Bellevue WA and has lived in the Northwest his whole life. He is a graduate of Northwest University with a Pastoral Ministry degree and has a diverse work background working in construction, logistics, recruiting, and social work. Tristan first came to Shoreline Full Gospel Fellowship in Spring 2025 and soon after became a member. He enjoys worship, the outdoors, his nephews and nieces, art, dancing, you name it. He is thankful to be part of this great community.
BONNIE CLAUSEN - WORSHIP LEADER
Bonnie has been making a joyful noise in church ever since she was a child, singing solo or in choirs, often playing piano or guitar. Others noticed her talent even as a young teen, but she knew in her heart that her songs were reserved for praising and serving the Lord.
In 2024, Bonnie and her husband Derek started attending Shoreline Full Gospel Fellowship. They quickly fell in love with the church and became members. That summer Bonnie joined the worship team on the piano. Later she became a substitute worship leader. The next year, she sensed the Lord urging her to lead worship full-time.
Bonnie delights in worshiping God. She understands how worship and praise prepare our hearts to hear the Word of God. Each week she prays before choosing her songs and the Scriptures. Then she leads the congregation in singing to Him, not just about Him.
Bonnie fell in love with us, and we've fallen in love with Bonnie and her clear love for Jesus.