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Family: God, Me, my wife Joanna and our two kids: Cameron and Cassy. We get along great all the time and never have interpersonal conflict. At least between the hours of 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. - Most of the time, for sure some time and wait, what was the question?

Education: Bachelor¹s degree from Pillsbury College; Master of Arts and Theological Studies from Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary.

Equipped for Service: God has put within me a passion for leading myself, my family and then junior high students and their families into living a bold and confident evangelical Christian faith. Junior high students and their families deserve the best a church can offer as they navigate this time of life. I believe God has gifted me with the ability to lead this ministry. I have been leading a junior high ministry for 14 years and love it. My perspective has changed from wanting to disciple students exclusively to helping them become disciple makers themselves and supporting families to become what God has designed the family to be.

Prepared for Service: God has used my life experiences, education and mentorship of Godly men to prepare me for service as I am now. I feel God has tested and prepared me to be in this position and continues to give me the passion to love unconditionally and lead others to be better leaders too. Of course, only time will reveal the fruit of our labor and I can only trust that God will bless if I choose to stay faithful to Him.

Free Time: I have learned how much effort it takes to make time for God. It is more important to spend time with God than do things for God. Therefore, I have been trying to be more disciplined in spending time with God because I choose to, not because I have to. After this, I love to spend time with my family. There will always be more things to do, but my family deserves my best. I love spending time with Joanna and our two kids. There is a lot of wrestling in our house (me and the kids), time together around the table, watching movies or playing games. We spend a lot of time together and so far we all like it. I also love to ride my motorcycle, cyclocross bicycle and playing golf. If you ever want to do any of these things, let me know. It is also fun for me to work on cars, bake cakes and dabble with cooking.

Scripture: Luke 16:10: "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much." This verse is important to me in my personal and ministry life. If I take care of the multitude of little things then a big thinis less likely to become a problem.

Visit my blog: lifewithcraig.wordpress.com

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Books

  • "Raising a Modern Day Knight," by Robert Lewis
  • "Wild at Heart," by John Eldredge
  • "One Thing You Can't do in Heaven," by Mark Cahill
  • "Generation Hope," by Mark Matlock
  • "The Seven Cries of Today's Teens," by Timothy Smith
  • "The 10 Building Blocks for a Happy Family," by Jim Burns
  • "Creating an Intimate Marriage," by Jim Burns
  • "The Jesus Creed," by Scott McKnight
  • "Stand," by Alex McFarland
  • "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership," by John Maxwell

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