Meet Our Team!
Lead Pastor Tim Schulte
About Tim
Tim was born and raised in the St. Louis area. Before entering the ministry, he spent several years as a heavy duty truck mechanic, several years as a mechanic with high end exotic cars, and eventually traded the wrenches for a hammer and owned and operated his own residential construction business for 15 years. Tim began his journey into ministry in 1999 as a youth volunteer and then as a youth director at The River at Eureka in 2008. He answered the call to pastoral ministry in 2010 and completed his seminary studies at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, IL) in July 2017. Tim was appointed as the associate pastor at The River at Eureka in 2012 and began serving as the lead pastor in February 2017.
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Tim is also a frequent guest on Total Christian Television (TCT Network) as a panelist on their popular "Ask The Pastor" show.
Favorite things about Eureka
Great community spirit, easy access to amazing hiking and mountain biking trails, skiing at Hidden Valley, and the "everyday wedding cake" at Sarah's Cake Shop.
Family
Sherri, his amazing wife (and high school sweetheart) have been married for over 38 years. They have two wonderful daughters and an awesome son (plus two great sons in law and a delightful daughter in law), and eight beautiful grandchildren.
Favorite activities
Hanging out with family and friends, off-road adventures in his Jeep, mountain biking, hiking, stand up paddle boarding, downhill skiing, fly fishing, and traveling.
Anything still on the bucket list?
Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, conquering the Rubicon trail in the Jeep, downhill skiing somewhere in the US in May, September, and October; all of the other months have already been checked off of the bucket list!
Sherri Schulte,
Office Manager
Sherri Schulte
Please contact Sherri Schulte via email at office1@the-river.church
Richelle Vanderveen,
Family Ministry Director
Richelle VanderVeen
ABOUT Richelle
Hi! I’m Richelle VanderVeen, and I’m so grateful to serve as the Family Ministry Director at The River at Eureka, leading both XStream Kids (Pre-K–5th) and RAPIDS Youth (6th–12th). My husband Randy and I moved to Eureka in 2024 and began attending The River within our first month here. From the moment we joined, this church has truly felt like home.
Faith, family, and serving others are at the heart of who we are. Randy and I love being involved at The River and in the Eureka community, and I feel incredibly blessed to pour into the next generation through ministry. My heart is to create a space where kids and students feel seen, known, encouraged, and challenged to grow in their relationship with Christ.
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Randy and I have two amazing kids, Braxton (a senior) and Mila (a sophomore), and life is full of sports, school activities, church, and community involvement. Alongside ministry, I help run our family businesses, Randy’s Lawn and Property and Frontier Hippie Bakery.
At home, life is full in the best way. We have two cats, Jay and Zeus, and a dog named Moses, and as a family we love spending time outdoors, traveling, and making memories together whenever we can.
I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve in this role and to help lead the next generation as they grow in faith, build lasting relationships, and discover the purpose God has for their lives. My prayer is that every child and student who walks through our doors would know they are deeply loved by God and called to live boldly for Him.
“We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done.” — Psalm 78:4
Need more, my bio
Contact me:
Richelle.VanderVeen@The-River.Church
Scott Springman,
Praise Team Director
Scott Springman
About Scott
Scott was born in St Louis and raised in Eureka. He has lived in and around the Eureka area his entire life. After graduating from the University of Missouri-St Louis in 2009 with an BA of Arts in English he pursued a career in window tinting. Having retired his tool belt in 2017 he is now working in Eureka in the banking industry. Scott entered ministry in 2009 as Director of the Youth Praise Team at The River at Eureka. In 2015 Scott was appointed Praise Team Director for The River at Eureka's contemporary service.
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Favorite Things About Eureka:
The community in Eureka is amazing. History is rich in the Eureka area. Scott likes O'Dells and Joe Boccardi's.Interests:
Scott enjoys playing video games in his free time. His favorite types of video games are role playing games. He is always playing music and learning new instruments...with strings. Scott also likes to go to concerts and has a serious passion for music.. He is an 80's cartoon kid who still likes to watch Transformers and Thundercats! Scott also runs for fun in his free time.Please contact Scott Springman via email at scott.springman@the-river.church or cell at 314-560-2990 if you'd like more information about the Praise Team. You can also visit with Scott on Sunday mornings after the worship services.
Our Leadership Teams
The River at Eureka Church Board
The purpose of the Church Board is to establish policy, financial reporting, compensation review, and budget approval. The Church Board meets as needed to address the corporate/business matters of the church.
Our 2026 Church Board members are: Michael Butler, Sarah Guest, Doug Stallman, Wes Sir, Christina Murray and Matt Krechel.
The River at Eureka Vision Team
The Vision Team works closely with the pastor and meets monthly to discern God's vision for the church, to develop leaders, and to set goals to ensure that we are on course for fulfilling the mission given to us from Jesus and the vision revealed to us through the Holy Spirit
Our 2026 Vision Team members are: Richelle VanderVeen, Jerry Diekmann, Sarah Guest and Dane Smola. The pastor is also part of the Vision Team.
Pastoral Spiritual Support Prayer Team
The prayer team gathers twice per month with Pastor Tim to seek God's will and guidance for the ministries at the church and to earnestly discern the spiritual matters of the church.
Our 2026 Prayer Team members are: John Murray, Christina Murray, Pastor (retired) Len Krudop, Helen Krudop, Tracy Springman and Becca Ewers.