Our History

Desert Song Community Church was planted here in Redmond Oregon in 2004.

In 2010 the church moved to the old Ace Hardware building on 7th and Evergreen. Then in 2016 to the current location at the old Centwise Hardware/Sporting Goods Store right in the heart of the city on 5th Street.

As a church we continue to strive to fulfill the mission of Transforming the Heart of our City.

Desert Song is affiliated with Open Bible Churches. We invite you to explore their statements of faith at openbible.org.

Desert Song is also a part of the Redmond Ministerial Association and continually strives to network and build relationships with other churches, pastors and organizations within our community.

Who We Are

OUR MISSION

Transforming the Heart of Our City though Relationships with God and People

OUR VISION

At Desert Song we believe in making every effort to see lives transformed and living out our mission. We accomplish this by practicing our core values of Loving Wide, Growing Deep, and Serving All.  This happens in a variety of ways from our Sunday morning services, to Life Groups, Ministry Teams, and mission opportunities.

OUR VALUES

LOVE WIDE - GROW DEEP - SERVE ALL
Our Core Values are the driving force of who we are and motivates us in all we do. It all starts with our LOVE for God, OTHERS  and OURSELVES. We are committed to GROW in understanding and GROW in relationship with God and with each other. We are motivated and empowered by The Holy Spirit to SERVE each other, the community and the world.

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Chuck & Shalene Gustafson
Lead Pastors

^{Pastor Chuck & Shalene met in Bible College in the early 90's and have been serving in ministry ever since. They came to Desert Song in 2017 after serving as Youth & Associates Pastors in Gig Harbor Washington for over 20 years. Chuck has a BS in Pastoral Studies & is  Ordained through Open Bible. Shalene has  BS in Business Management with a certificate in Bible & HR  and is a licensed Pastor through Open Bible.  They are both natives of the Pacific Northwest and love being called to Central Oregon.}

Freddy Wachter
Worship & Creative Arts  Pastor

Angel & Lauren Abundez
Youth Directors

Daniel & Kayla Deckard - 
Next Gen Ministry 
Ministry Associate & DS Kids

<sup>Pastor Freddy has been a Worship & Creative Arts Pastor since 2008.  He is originally from  Southern California but came to Desert Song in 2025 from Washington State where he served as the Creative Arts Pastor since 2020. 

Pastor Freddy  is a licensed and ordained Worship Pastor  with an  AA in  Visual Communications  as well as a certificate in Worship Leading through New Life School of Worship in Colorado.</sup>  

^{Angel is a graduate of Cal Lutheran University and comes to us with more than 15 years experience in student ministries.  Lauren is a Kindergarten teacher at Tumolo and they are both passionate about seeing students grow in their faith and walk with Jesus.  Angel is from Southern Cal & Lauren is a native of Redmond. They began serving on Youth Staff in 2023.}  

<sup>Daniel & Kayla joined our team fall of 2025. Daniel serves as Ministry Associate & Kayla serves as our DS Kids Director. They both have a heart and passion to see students and young adults  find community  and develop a walk with Christ. 

Daniel is originally from Martinez, CA,, where he served at his home church for many years in worship and other various ministry rolls. He spent five years interning at Waypoint Community Church in Springfield, Oregon, where he gained experience in ministry, leadership, and worship. Daniel has a heart for helping people encounter God through music and building community. He is currently working towards completing his second year of Discover Ministry School. 

Kayla grew up in Washington before attending college in California. She attended Cal Baptist for 2 years before transferring to Thrive Ministry School at Bayside, where she interned in Student Ministries and got her BS in Communications from South Eastern University. She has tons of experience running and managing large kids programs . She has a heart for kids and their families; as well as  for students, and young adults.</sup>

Mark Gerdes

Jim Goad

Ben Wolfe

Steve Shear

Loree Bowers,  Shelly Turre, Teresa Douthit

Bronwen Griffith &
Beckie Gerdes

Debbie Osterhoudt
Beckie Gerdes

Mark & Carole Dowsett

Our Pastors