Our Pastors
Jay Cochenour
Pastor
Pastor Jay Cochenour was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He and his family moved to Melbourne, Florida in 1984. Pastor Jay was raised in church at Bethany Baptist Church in Melbourne, Florida. He attended Brevard Christian School through 9th grade. He and his family moved to Marathon, Florida where they lived on a boat in the Sombrero Harbor. Pastor Jay attended Baptist Bible College and Tennessee Temple University.
Pastor Jay is married to the love of his life, Rachel and they have 3 amazing children (Jonathan 17, Tirzah 15, and Elizabeth 13). Pastor Jay and his family have spent many years as evangelists traveling the United States sharing Jesus with people of all ages and from all walks of life. In 2025, Pastor Jay came on staff as the assistant pastor of Life Community Church. In 2026, He became the Pastor when Pastor John Schneck retired and became the pastor emeritus.
Pastor Jay and his family have a genuine love and commitment to Jesus Christ and preaching and teaching God’s word. Their family sing and play several musical instruments. We look forward to having you come and worship with us at Life Community Church this Sunday!
Pastor John Schneck
Pastor Emeritus
Born in Huntington, Indiana, and raised in Thomasville, Georgia, John has spent most of his life in Central Florida. His wife, Nancy, is a retired teacher and they have 4 children (Allison, Jonathan, Jordan, and Jessica) and 9 grandchildren (Alana, Liam, Kenadi, Olive, Colton, Claire, Avery, Isla, and Cavitt). John and Nancy are dog lovers and their family also includes Gia and Charlie, both Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mixes. John studied music at Georgia Southern College and ministry at Covington Seminary. He is the founding Pastor of Life Community Church (1997), and the Chaplain for the Eustis Fire Department.
John played in rock and country bands in his early years and has enjoyed lending his “announcer voice” to several central Florida radio stations. He enjoys singing and playing any one of his several guitars, and target shooting with any one of his several handguns, and bicycling.
John has recorded 3 Gospel albums, and after winning a vocal Elvis impersonation contest on an Orlando radio station in 1992, he has both entertained and ministered over 475 times with his program, “Love Songs From Two Kings.”