Leadership

Pastors

REV. CALVIN GOLIGHER

Rev. Calvin Goligher was ordained and installed as Pastor of First OPC in October 2016. Calvin grew up in Vancouver, BC. He studied history at Simon Fraser University, and then prepared for ministry at Geneva Reformed Seminary in Greenville, SC. He and his wife Joanne have six children.

REV. NATHANIEL VROOM

Rev. Nathaniel Vroom was ordained and installed as Associate Pastor of First OPC in November 2023. Nathaniel grew up in Vancouver, BC. He studied at New College Franklin, and then prepared for ministry at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. He and his wife Emma have one daughter.

Elders

DR. JAMES R. LEMEN

Dr. James R. Lemen has been a ruling elder of First OPC since 1989. Jim is a retired astrophysicist, and he serves as the stated clerk of the Session.

Mr. James Ohannesian has been a ruling elder of First OPC since 1994. Jim is now retired and is devoted full-time to his ministry as elder.