Senior Pastor
Senior Pastor Gary Braley was born in Sanford, Maine but was raised in the town of Limington. He has experience in several trades from working in his parent’s store as a teenager, working in his family’s auto transmission shop as a young man, to welding; Pastor Gary is no stranger to hard work.
A graduate of Bonny Eagle High School, Gary pursued a different sort of post high school education. It was in his second year of Bible school at Pinecrest Bible Training Center that he felt God call him to be “separated unto the gospel of Christ” (Romans 1:1) and from that moment his desire to serve God and the people He loves has only intensified.

Pastor Gary continues to grow and serve God’s people through attending Pastoral Conferences, providing Godly council to all who need help, and leadership training for his staff. He oversees all of the leadership in the Church which includes, the pastor – elder board, all department heads, Living Waters Christian School, and most recently Living Waters Christian Daycare. He also preaches, teaches, and disciples.

Growing up in a God fearing home and having made a commitment to follow Christ when a teenager, Pastor Gary has provided his family with a wonderful foundation of love and support. Family is very important to the Pastor, who has four married children, two grandchildren, and a third grandchild on the way. Despite his very full ministry schedule, Gary is committed to spending quality time with his family. He enjoys taking his grandsons on four wheeler rides, hunting and fishing with his son and sons – in – law, as well as having devoted much of his time to coaching his three daughters. He is also committed to maintaining a solid marriage which he does by, and this is his favorite activity, keeping his weekly date night with his beautiful high school sweetheart and wife of thirty – two years, Cheryl Braley.

Assistant Pastor
Bob Nelson has not always been a pastor, in fact, he spent twenty-five years driving transit buses for the Portland area before being called into full time ministry in 2004.

Born and raised in Portland, Maine, Pastor Bob began attending Living Waters Christian Church in 1994. A Deering High School Alum, Bob went on to graduate from Pinecrest Bible Training Center in 2004. Since entering full time ministry he has developed a passion for men's ministry, emphasizing discipleship, growing men into mature leaders with servants hearts, both at church and in the home.
With thirty-eight years of marriage under his belt, three children, and one grandchild, you will be hard pressed to find a more capable, wise, and humble leader for our men. Pastor Bob also maintains the church building as well as the grounds, making sure LWCC is beautiful inside and out.

To relax and have fun Bob can be found doing a little fishing, tending his garden, or reading a good book.

Youth Pastor
Pastor Chris Hilton was involved in youth ministry long before he became the youth pastor at Living Waters Christian Church. Having attended LWCC most of his life, Chris grew up going to Sunday school and youth group but it wasn't until he became a teenager that he developed a personal relationship with Christ. Since that time Pastor Chris has only moved forward in his calling. After graduating from Nyack College, he returned home and began teaching as well as serving under Pastor Bill Braley in youth ministry. While working in this capacity, Chris was able to learn many important truths that have served him well as Youth Pastor. One of those truths is vision; Chris is believing that one day Revive, the teen center at Living Waters, will develop into a center worthy of its own staff and its own facility allowing it to change the lives of teens in the community just as his own life was changed.

When Chris is not leading a weekly teen Bible study or spending his Sunday evenings at the Revive Teen Center, he can be found providing lights, sound, and visual enhancements to many activities at Living Waters, including Sunday services. Pastor Chris also maintains the church website.

Despite his busy schedule, he does enjoy a little down time. Some of his favorite hobbies are fishing, working with anything electronic, ATVing, and his all time favorite activity is spending quality time with his beautiful wife, Stephanie, and their two precious little girls, Isabella and Abigail.