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Rusty Ackman-Junior High Director
Rusty (Formerly known as "R.T.I." (Rusty The Intern) is now our awesome Junior High Director. He's halfway through his schooling at Southwestern Bible College on his way to becoming a Youth Pastor. Interesting thing about "Rusty", very few people know his actual first name, even fewer know his middle name...
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Zach Sharp
Zach is a sophomore in College, and working his way towards becoming a Youth Pastor. As our official "Jr High Intern", Zach puts in a lot of extra time and enjoys learning about youth ministry from the ground up, and all the behind the scenes things that make a youth ministry successful (That's a fancy way of saying he gets to empty the trash cans in the youth room). Interesting thing about Zach...he bears a striking resemblence to Mr Tumnus, some say he's actaully him in disguise!
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Kara Langlois
Kara loves being a part of the Jr High Staff. She is a small group leader and one of the team leaders. She's a Sophomore in College and working towards a degree in Social Work. She has grown up at Horizons and always has a smile on her face. She loves working with the girls in the Junior High group. An intersting thing about Kara, she knows the first 54 digits of the number pie....not really...but she is actually terrified of whales!
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Christine "Ginger" Baumgardner
Ginger is a graduate Biola University in Los Angeles. She is always putting together sleepovers for the girls and is our female "lead counselor" at camps and on trips. She absolutely loves Junor High students and is always there for the girls! She also likes pumpkins.
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Kalena Skvarek
Kalena, or "Kay-Kay", is a valued member of the Junior High team. She is in her 4th year on Junior High Staff. She's a freshman at ASU West. Kalena has the distinction of being the only person since Troy's been a youth pastor to be a sophomore on the Junior High staff. She works with a small group and is one of our team leaders. Kay-Kay has been at Horizons for many years, come through the youth ministry, and will always be there when you need her!
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Ben Kinsella
Ben is a techie and helps a lot in the sound cage and set building. He loves hanging with the Junior High guys, and always has a grin. Ben is praying about becoming a youth pastor. Interesting thing about Ben...he's a walking tool box. Need a screwdriver, open-end box wrench, or a toothpick? Ask Ben.
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Robert Ramirez
Robert, a.k.a. Roberto or Rivas, is a one of kind youn man. He's a Sophomore at Grand Canyon University, studying to become a Youth Pastor. He's very talented with making our videos for the youth ministry!. Robert also has a gift with Music, able to sing and play numerous instruments. Interesting fact about Rivas, he hates being called Rivas!
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Colette Norton
Colette is our volunteer youth administrator, secretary, life-saver, doer of all the stuff Troy isn't good at. Words could never be enough to describe the importance of Colette's selfless and behind the scenes heroics that she does every week!
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TROY NORLING-Our Youth Pastor
Troy "TN" Norling has been our youth pastor since Sept, 2004. He's been married to Liz for over 20 years after dating her for 4 years. They have one son, Caleb, who is 14 years old. One of TN's recent accomplishments is to have a "secret menu item" at Herrera's Mexican Food named after him. It's called "The TN Special" (a Carne Asada Burrito and a Cheese Quesadilla w/ Guacamole). Kind of like ordering something "animal style" at In-N-Out Burger.
You can E-mail Troy, follow him on twitter, facebook, or his blog by clicking on the links under his picture.
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