Our Staff | COV & LBC

Rev. Dr. Michael Kosik

SENIOR MINISTER

Prior to being our church’s Senior Minister, Rev. Dr. Kosik served for several years as our Associate Minister and has been a part of our church community for over thirty years; spending twenty of those years working with our children.

Rev. Dr. Kosik received his Master of Divinity degree and his Doctor of Ministry degree from Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California graduating with honors and receiving the school's highest award for preaching.

Pastor Michael has a passion for building our church community and is focused on fulfilling our call to do outreach. Creating a diverse and welcoming community is extremely important to him and he continues to pursue new avenues of achieving an even more inclusive congregation.

Prior to his work in ministry, Pastor Michael was an accomplished actor, performing on stage, film, and television.

Photographer Hans Gutknecht

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Claudia Moss Tumaliuan

CHILDREN AND YOUTH DIRECTOR

Claudia Moss Tumaliuan began teaching Sunday school at Church of the Valley at the age of fourteen. She was given the opportunity to work with some of our youngest church members, from Preschool to Elementary age students, and became the Assistant Children's Minister at twenty-one!

Teaching Sunday school for so many years helped spark Claudia's passion for helping children learn about God's love. As the Director of the Children's and Youth Department at COV, Claudia strives to bring in new and exciting ways of learning.

Claudia has studied Childhood Development, taken first aid classes, is CPR certified, and she is currently looking into furthering her spiritual education at seminary school!