Staff

Senior Pastor
David Randall-Bodman

David is a native Downeaster, having grown up in the other Washington County, Maine. A graduate of Bowdoin College and Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York, David was ordained in 1988 at Centre Street Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Machias, Maine.

David was called to serve Bethel in 2003. Prior to his arrival in Oregon, he served churches in Boulder, Colorado and Harrisonburg, Virginia. David has encouraged the Bethel congregation to embrace a theology of grace. He is committed to the Still Speaking Initiative's core message: "no matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!"

David's wife, Jeanne, serves as Pastor at Kairos-Milwaukie UCC. Jeanne and David live in the community and have two sons, Caleb and Jacob.

Program Director
Erin Barber

Erin grew up in Lake Oswego, Oregon attending church with her family where she served in Sunday School as a teacher and sang on the worship team throughout high school. She went on to attend Seattle Pacific University where she met her husband Kyle, another Portland native. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre, and then began using her "storytelling degree" at Westside Church in Ballard where she directed the children's ministry for four years. During that time, she and Kyle welcomed a baby girl, Georgia, and it wasn't long before they moved back to the Portland area to be closer to family. Erin loves putting her creativity to work behind the scenes, whether working in the theatre or church! In her spare time, Erin loves reading for her book club, playing Dungeons and Dragons with her husband and friends, and writing fiction.    

Director of Music Ministry
MELANIE MADIGAN

Melanie grew up in Denver and started singing in choirs at her large Lutheran church when she was five. She continued to have a passion for choral music and chose to attend Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance, and had the privilege of singing under and studying choral conducting with Paul J Christiansen, son to the renowned F. Melius Christiansen who founded the St. Olaf Choir. 

Melanie has conducted choirs since graduating from college and has held full time Director of Worship positions at St. John’s Lutheran, Denver and Victory Lutheran, Mesa, AZ. As the Choral Conductor for West Hills Universalist Unitarian from 2014 to 2019 she grew the choir membership from 14 to 33 members. She comes to us from First Christian Church where she has been the Director of Worship since 2019. Melanie has been vocal staff for the Portland Symphonic Choir and toured Europe several times as a paid soloist. Her claim to fame as a choral singer is that she performed in the Sistine Chapel–surreal!

Melanie is also Project Coordinator for the Department of Pediatrics at OHSU. She has 3 children, the youngest of whom will graduate from PSU spring of 2023. They are her crowning joy and she loves spending time with them. Dancing, hiking and theater are her hobbies.