Student Ministry Staff

If you listen closely and really pay attention you may hear Jon’s voice. He is a shy fellow that keeps to himself and really doesn’t like loud noises. He dislikes sports and is vehemently repulsed by football.

Now if you believe that you haven’t met him.

Jon has appeared in many blockbuster motion pictures over the years. Some of those movies include: Talladega Nights, The Green Mile, Daredevil, and the voice of the character Commander Vachir in Kung Fu Panda.

Jon’s favorite a movie is one that is still currently in production. The epic movie is called “Changing the world through students who love Christ”. It’s guaranteed to receive an "Oscar beyond Oscars”.

      

Ryan was born in "Nawlins," where he grew to love Cajun food and the New Orleans Saints. This is also where he got his nickname “Shoe." He loves sports, games and anything competitive as long as he is hanging out with others.

He is married to Nicole - they met at Hill Country Bible Church when they were both students in the ministry. They have two kids, Caden and Brynn.

Ryan has a variety of trinkets in his office, including roasted caterpillars, spaghetti o’s (yes, he still often eats them) and a blowfish. Stop by sometime for a tour, a game of magnetic darts (you will probably lose) and FREE candy.

Ryan wonders why he is shorter than most middle school students.

He has served as the Middle School Pastor since 2004.

      

Steve was born in Alaska where he was raised on the freshest salmon, moved to Oregon where he was raised on the hippiest granola, and now lives in Texas where he survives on the finest barbeque.

He is more lover than fighter, more Mac than PC, and more flip-flop than shoe, but enjoys finding the balance in all things. Steve is inspired musically by Death Cab for Cutie, Derek Webb, Hillsong United, and Coldplay.

He loves to help people find their voice in worship, and to better understand God’s unique calling on their lives.

Steve serves as our Spiritual Formation and Worship Pastor.

      

JT was born in Lexington, Kentucky also known as “Wildcat Country.” He has a full mouth of teeth, and does wear shoes when he has too! JT has grown up loving anything sports and consumes all types of food without hesitation!

JT is married to Cindy and forced her to have his baby! They both agreed to name him Brody, but are still trying to figure out why he is so loud?

JT is passionate about helping students fall in love with Jesus! He also realizes that leadership is influence, so developing leaders is imperative to him. Influence is the gateway to spiritual friendships and must be pursued.

JT serves as our High School Pastor!

      

Sandy is married to David and mom to Emily, Marshall and Jenna. She loves hanging out with them in all sorts of situations. Her friends and neighbors are a cherished part of her life and she finds cleaning the house therapeutic.

She grew up in Iowa, detassled corn as a part time summer job, ask her how hard that was, and graduated with a communications degree from the University of Northern Iowa. She had a summer internship at Willow Creek Community Church and worked in the Communications Department with Lee Strobel (how's that for name dropping).

A perfect day for Sandy would be sleeping in with breakfast in bed, hot strong coffee and then some reading, shopping, topped off with pizza with her family and a movie.

Sandy coordinates and oversees our Student Ministry at our Steiner Ranch Venue.

      

MANDI:
Mandi's best friend is Laura Ingles. She loves to frolick in open meadows and dreams of having her own little house on the prairie someday where all creatures roam free and tie-dye is readily available to all.

As a child, her one lazy eye blurred her vision of what life could be and set her hopes on near-sighted goals of being the next safety patrol captain or bunny whisperer. But one day she saw clearly and knew it was time. Time to pack up the ol mini-van and leave this great city of Austin to the greatest university of all-TEXAS A&M! Whoop.

It was there she fell in love with traveling, languages, and hearing people's stories. After some round a bout turns of exploring the worlds of barista, bus driver, and translator she has finally found her passion for life. And that is to see people truly walking in freedom as they come to know the Truth and become as they were intended to be.