MEET OUR TEAM

I started my journey into vocational ministry 10 years ago when I actually left LifePoint Church as an 18-year-old kid and joined up as a U.S. Missionary Associate under the covering of Kansas Youth Alive. Since those early days of working with students and youth pastors all over the state with KSYA, I have not been able to imagine doing anything in life outside of ministry. I have been blessed to serve in a few different capacities in ministry before landing back home at LifePoint, but my focus has always been the same: to raise up life-long followers of Christ.

Being back at LifePoint as the Youth and Spiritual Formations Pastor is an honor and a dream come true. Our family moved to Valley Center in 2018, and we had no idea we would be serving just a few blocks away from our new home a couple years later. That said, we believe God knew what He was doing, and He orchestrated our steps perfectly. When it comes to our ministry strategy with students, we realize we are watching a generation of students grow up in a largely biblically-illiterate, post-church, and internet-addicted culture. We want LifePoint Students to be a safe haven for these students to find rest, regeneration, and Truth. It is our top priority for students to experience the community that Jesus established in the Church, which hinges on faithfulness to the commands and commissions given to us by Christ and a sincere compassion for one another. Everything else builds on those two values: faithfulness and compassion.

When we aren’t too busy hanging out with our three awesome kids, Tia and I love to paint, go on walks, and drink lots of coffee together. Tia is a math and reading interventionist at the Valley Center Intermediate School and has inherited my hometown as her own: pouring into the lives of students and teachers everyday and sharing the love of Christ through her hard-work and dedication to our school district.

Creating a space where children feel welcomed, cared for and safe is my top priority! It is such an honor to be someone who helps children know that Jesus is their very best friend, God loves them and has a plan for their life, and the Holy Spirit gives them power. Children, from a young age, can start to develop their spiritual understanding of who they are in Christ. It is a blessing to be able to minister to your children each week with our incredible Lifepoint Kids team!
My wife, Amy, and I have been married since 2010. We both are from the Wichita area. I grew up in this church and it is an incredible honor to serve at the same church, where I decided to follow Jesus and was taught to live each day for Him. I came on staff in 2010 after volunteering under the previous children’s pastor for 18 months and was a youth and children’s pastor preceding.
Amy and I love to spend our free time together, with our five wonderful boys or visiting family and friends. I am a coffee snob and was the first non-manager certified Starbucks Coffee Master in Wichita. I love to read and am involved in the area elementary schools, where I am known as “the magic man.”