Meet our Pastors, Elders, and Church Staff


  • Cliff Woolls


    Senior PasTor

    (Leading and Teaching)

    Cliff and his wife Christina have been part of Bridges since 1984 and are both graduates of UC Riverside. From 1989-1991 they attended seminary at Columbia Graduate School of Missions in Columbia South Carolina and from 1995-2002 they served as missionaries to Thailand with OMF International. They have two adult children and five grandchildren. Christina teaches Computer Science at Martin Luther King High School. Cliff was the Associate Pastor at Bridges from 2002-2009 and has been the Senior Pastor since 2009. He preaches, teaches, leads the staff team, coordinates pastoral care, provides vision and guidance for church ministries.

  • Brian Drummond


    Associate pastor

    (Administration, Vision, and Operations)


    Brian has a strong passionate commitment toward teaching and pouring into the next generation of students and kingdom minded world changers. Biblical teaching and expository preaching is a part of what he does to bring a greater understanding of God’s Word to people so they can be transformed and apply His Word to their lives. He graduated from California Baptist University majoring in Christian Studies “Pastoral Leadership” and also majored in Business Administration “Management”.  Brian also graduated from Gateway Seminary with a Master of Theological Studies and will be graduating with a Master of Educational Leadership in December of 2024. Brian will begin his PhD in Leadership Studies at California Baptist University in the fall of 2025. He is married to his awesome wife Francesca and is a new father to his wonderful daughter Fern. For Brian, serving God is his greatest passion! Brian oversees and manages the day to day administration of the church. He also helps provide insight and oversight on church ministries such as children's, youth, and young adults. He leads and assists the elders and senior pastor in providing the future vision for Bridges church.


Our Elders


  • cliff woolls

    Cliff and his wife Christina have been part of Bridges since 1984 and are both graduates of UC Riverside. From 1989-1991 they attended seminary at Columbia Graduate School of Missions in Columbia South Carolina and from 1995-2002 they served as missionaries to Thailand with OMF International.  They have two adult children and five grandchildren. Christina teaches Computer Science at Martin Luther King High School.  Cliff was the Associate Pastor at Bridges from 2002-2009 and has been the Senior Pastor since 2009.  He preaches, teaches, leads the staff team, coordinates pastoral care, provides vision and guidance for church ministries.

  • Gary Astfalk

    Gary is married to Patty and they have two married children, Corinne and Luke, their spouses and three wonderful grandchildren. Gary owns a business in Ontario, CA. Their lives are full with family, farm animals and fruit trees. Gary is the financial officer for Bridges and enjoys leading folks into the biblical truths of stewardship, but finds the most pleasure serving others.




  • Sean Cadd

    Sean is married to Dina and they have raised two sons. They have attended Bridges since 1989. Sean is retired law enforcement and Dina teaches pre-kindergarten. Sean is passionate about biblical truth, theology, and doctrine as the foundation for engaging an increasingly confused church and contentious world. 



  • Don Lee

    Don was born and raised in Riverside. He accepted Jesus as his Lord at 17 years old. He married Evelyn in 1977. They have two married children and four grandchildren. He is a retired firefighter and enjoys his family and hiking. Early in his Christian life he challenged the veracity of the Bible and has come to understand that the Bible is God’s word from cover to cover. God made the world as He states in Genesis, that Jesus came to offer salvation from the penalty of our sins to all that believe in Him, and that one day God will judge all peoples. He enjoys leading a Bible study and helping at church. 

  • Chuck Hiroto

    Chuck and his wife, Becky, have three grown adult children and six wonderful

    grandchildren who keep them feeling young and full of life. The Hirotos

    have worshipped in Riverside since their marriage in 1977, and have attended

    Bridges for over twenty-five years. Both are retired educators from Riverside Unified

    School District and treasure the freedom to enjoy their interests and serving in the

    community. The Lord has been faithful to shine his grace and love on Chuck as he

    continues to learn, grow and enjoy in his walk with the Lord as a husband, father and

    with his fellow believers in the Bridges' family.

     


Church Staff


  • Ash Leatherwood


    Pastoral Intern


    Ash grew up as a missionary kid in Spain. After graduation he moved to Riverside, CA to study at CBU where he is training for ministry and missions. When not at school or serving at church, Ash enjoys spending time with friends,  going to the beach, creating and uploading apologetics content on social media, and spending time with God - his oldest and best friend.