I am very thankful to have grown up in a Christian home and to have known the Lord from a young age. With family in ministry, I spent a lot of time at church, and I’m genuinely grateful for those formative years. For much of my childhood, though, my faith felt more inherited than personally owned. During some difficult seasons in high school, God gave me a few “10,000 Foot View” moments. These moments allowed me to zoom out and see my life more clearly. It led me to realize that many of the things I was wrestling with weren’t just circumstantial but things I needed to surrender to Him. Embracing a personal relationship with Him has truly changed everything.

When we moved to the Bay Area before my junior year and joined Calvary, it quickly became home in a way that’s hard to overstate. I met lifelong friends, and even my future wife, in High School youth group. These relationships challenged and shaped my faith and showed me what doing life together really means. Courtney and I married in 2011 and now have three kids: Hannah (11), Eli (9), and Micah (7). My prayer for Calvary is to continue to be a church that points others towards Jesus. It makes me so happy to see so many young families at Calvary, and my hope is to continue helping them connect and feel rooted here.

I’m deeply humbled to be considered for an elder position and incredibly excited about the possibility of serving Calvary in this way. Community is essential both to understanding the Gospel and to sharing it, and I’m grateful to be part of the community here. My desire is to help strengthen that community and continue to foster a peace that can only come from Him.

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV

Elder Candidate Interview

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