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Children's Pastor

Spouse's name: Crystal

Married since: July 6, 1996

Number of children: 4

Children'snames: Jonathan,Jacob, Jessica, & Jordyn

Where were youborn: Omaha, Nebraska

Saved since: May 1991

On staff since: April 1, 2008

Previous lines of work: 5^thGrade Teacher (Omaha Public Schools); 6^th Grade Teacher (Trinity ChristianSchool, Omaha);Director of Children's Ministry (TrinityChurch, Omaha)

Schools Attended: Universityof Nebraska-Omaha (BS-Ed.1995; MS-Ed. 2003)

Hobbies: Sports, games, reading, computers,studying Turkish, and spending time with my family

Favorite sports team: NebraskaCornhuskers football; UNO Mavericks hockey

Favorite movie: "TheLord of the Rings" and the original "Star Wars" trilogy

Favorite fiction or non-fiction book: "Transforming Children Into SpiritualChampions" (Barna); "Redefining Children's Ministry in the 21^stCentury" (Fischer); The "Circle" Trilogy (Dekker)

Favorite restaurant: Famous Dave's BBQ

Craziest(legal) thing you've ever done: Left our home, ourfamily, our friends, and the only life we've ever known...andfollowed God to a new adventure in Adrian,Michigan!

Interestingfact that most wouldn't know about you or your family: Three of our four kids have theinitials "J.A.C." (the fourth is "J.K.C.")

What would youhope to have written on your gravestone (your epitaph) to summarize your life's purpose? "He wasa good Children's Pastor...but he was a GREAT husband and dad!"

What is your salvation testimony? I grew up Catholic, lived a very "lost" life throughmy teens, but was saved at age 22 primarily because of the"lifestyle-witness" of a friend God brought into my life. The yearssince then have been a wonderful, challenging, and steady process of going"higher and deeper" with Jesus. I was baptized by the Holy Spiritin 2003, and soon after that the Lord called me to leave the classroom and stepout into this new adventure with Him!

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