Our Staff
Dan Walter
Staff Director and UNO
Since joining the staff at CSF in July of 2000, Dan tells of how God has been teaching him so many things……here are just a few he talks about……….
“First, remember where you’ve come from. I attended UNL back in the early 1990’s (How many years it took really isn’t relevant). When I was 21 years old, I came to the realization that I was spiritually bankrupt. I had been running my own life for about five years, and wasn’t doing a very good job of it. It was the ministry of CSF that helped me re-focus on God and on His plan for my life. I want to remember every day I go to campus that there’s a 21 year old kid somewhere on campus going through exactly what I went through, and be available to help them get on track with God.
Second, remember who means the most to me. First, I’m amazed by our God and how He richly blesses life and what a ride relationship with Him is. I’m still blown away by the fact that the creator of everything desires so much to know us and have us know Him. After Him is my family. God has blessed me with such a wonderful wife. On our wedding day, July 16, 1994, I knew that I had achieved one of the greatest coup’s of all time. Since that time, God has blessed us with Lindsay (born August 10, 2000) and Gabe (born June 19, 2003). To think that God would entrust kids to me!
Third, remember why you do what you do. I absolutely love campus ministry. When I think of where our students are going, what they’re learning, and how they’re living life, I get so excited. We have an opportunity to radically change the business, educational, governmental, financial, scientific and philosophical establishments of the world—not to mention the Church, through the students that we minister to. What an honor! What a responsibility!
Fourth, HAVE FUN! The Christian life isn’t meant to be dull. We’re meant to enjoy life to the fullest! To help people recognize that is a blast!
Finally, don’t be so long winded. Still working on that one….”
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Rachel Charley
UNk
Rachel joined the CSF team in 2005 as an intern, but it was apparent from the beginning, she was made of something “special.” When her internship was not even completed, the Board of Directors eagerly invited her to come on staff as Women’s Ministry Director for CSF at UNK. Living on the girls’ floor at CSF the first several months gave her a unique insight into the hopes, dreams, and struggles of the young women on the UNK campus. Hailing from Maryville, Missouri, she grew up rooting for the Northwest Bearcats – and still does – but Rachel is settling into the “Husker nation” quite well.
After attending Northwest Missouri State University for a year, Rachel soon decided her plans to pursue a degree in business management were not what God had planned for her. She transferred to Ozark Christian College to prepare for campus ministry, and graduated in May of 2005, eager to jump in with both feet.
Rachel knows well the rewards and challenges of living a life of ministry as her dad, Roger, has been serving as a campus minister for 20 plus years. She has experienced first hand the kind of impact at God has on the University Campus and knows from the inside how important this crucial mission field is to the growth of God’s Kingdom.
Rachel says, “College years are a pivotal part of everyone’s life. For many, it is the point in their life when they must decipher between living their parents’ faith, and defining their own. It is so exciting to see students desire to dig deeper into God’s word! They continually challenge me as I watch their faith become real and personal, and to see them seeking God’s will for their life in everything they do.”
When spare time is available – which is not often for those in campus ministry – Rachel enjoys “Quick Trip!” (yes, the convenience store), hanging out with people, playing and watching sports, road tripping, and playing hostess. So if you are ever in the area, you are welcome to stop on by to say hi and experience her gift of hospitality first hand!
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Kyle Dellevoet
UNK
After graduation, he continued to be involved with CSF as a prayer partners and mission trip sponsor. When the opportunity came to join the staff, Kyle recalled, “It was 12 years ago this fall, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I pulled up to Centennial Towers West with a few boxes full of belongings and a million questions, hopes, and fears. That fall UNK became my new home. For a small town boy it was a little overwhelming: a new school, a roommate I had never met before, and a brand new faith that was only a couple months old. It didn’t take long to realize that college would throw hundreds of choices in my direction. Thankfully, with the help of a good friend, one of the first choices that I made was to become involved with Christian Student Fellowship. Looking back now I can honestly say that only a handful of decisions in my life have been as important as that one.”
Kyle now brings his passion for worship, teaching, and discipling young people to the CSF team. By the way, since he and Jody unloaded that U-Haul last year, they now have FOUR sons!
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Julie DeFor
Northeast Community College
Julie has been married almost 20 years to her husband, Tim. They have four kids. When she is not busy with her family and CSF, she enjoys hanging out with college students, reading Scripture, exercising, crafting, decorating, singing, and having coffee with her girlfriends!
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Tim Lillard
Tim is excited about his role in leading young men into a dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ.