LOUIE GIGLIO

Louie Giglio directs Choice Resources, a ministry designed to lead people to renewed passion for God and fresh encounters of worship. He is the founder of the Passion movement, an emerging “gathering ministry” among college students throughout the world. Since 1996, God has used Passion to unite over a quarter million college students in worship events throughout North America, fueling them to live for the glory of His name. As a part of the passion network, Louie heads sixstepsrecords, a worship label partner with EMI Christian Music Group. In addition to his responsibilities with Choice/Passion, Louie speaks in various ministry settings throughout America and the world.

Louie holds degrees from Georgia State University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has done graduate work at Baylor University. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry degree through Grace Seminary.

Louie and Shelley live north of Atlanta in Alpharetta, Georgia, where they are an active part of North Point Community Church.

FRANCIS CHAN

Francis Chan is the pastor of Cornerstone Church and the president of Eternity Bible College in Simi Valley. In addition to being a pastor, Francis speaks to thousands of youth throughout the U.S., challenging them to deeper commitment. He can be heard on his radio program “Truth Be Known.” Francis has a great sense of humor, a genuine love for Christ and a commitment to teach straight from the Word of God.

Francis and his wife Lisa have been married for 12 years and have three daughters and one son: Rachel, Mercy, Eliana and Ezekiel. He is a graduate of the Master’s College and Seminary.

DONALD MILLER

Donald Miller is the best-selling author of Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality; Searching for God Knows What; and Through Painted Deserts, which have sold over 700,000 copies combined. His candid, often hilarious writing on life, faith and meaning has attracted a devoted cult following.

Miller grew up in Houston, the only boy in a family of women. His father took off when he was two. He examines how his father’s absence shaped his life in his new book, To Own a Dragon, offering the benefit of his experience to other young men growing up without fathers. “This book has been healing for me to get on paper,” Miller says. “I hope something like my experience in writing this book happens for the reader.” He will launch a foundation this year to provide support for single mothers and mentors for fatherless children.

Miller’s writing often tackles what it means to be human; the deceptive messages of American consumer culture; redemption; doubt; and community. He finds spiritual insights everywhere from nature documentaries to Romeo and Juliet. His ability to use his life, friends, and foibles to illuminate universal questions has invited comparisons to Anne Lamott as well as to Douglas Coupland and David Sedaris.

A popular speaker at churches and on college campuses, Miller is the director of The Burnside Writers Collective and coeditor of The Ankeny Briefcase, a quarterly collection of short stories from unpublished writers, along with music from unsigned artists. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

For more information, visit www.donaldmillerwords.com.

For an interview with Donald Miller,contact Kelly Hughes, (312) 280-8126 or kelly@dechanthughes.com.

SUE MILLER

Sue Miller is one of the newest members to join the ReThink Group. She and her family moved to the Atlanta area after 16 years of leading the Promiseland ministry at Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, Illinois. Her responsibilities included leading and directing a ministry that involved 3,000 children and 1,000 volunteers. Sue was instrumental in leading the change process that grew Promiseland into a cutting edge, contemporary children's ministry. The story of how all that happened is told in her book, "Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week."

Sue’s passion to reach unchurched children and grow them into fully devoted followers of Christ is absolutely contagious. She has travels extensively nationally and internationally motivating and inspiring church leaders and volunteers to raise the value of building effective ministries for kids. She is involved in mentoring other leaders, and often serves as a consultant for churches who want to take their children's ministry to a new level.

Sue and her husband, Rick, live in Cumming, Georgia, and have two grown children: Holly and Ryan.

REGGIE JOINER

Reggie Joiner is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of The reThink Group (formerly known as FamilyWise), a non-profit organization providing resources to help parents and children rediscover family time. The reThink Group provides curriculum for preschool, children, families, and students over the Internet to churches throughout the US and 8 other countries.

Reggie is also one of the founders of North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. In his role as Executive Director of Family Ministry, Reggie developed a new concept of relevant ministry for preschool, children, students and married adults over the course of his ten years with the church. Additionally, during his time with North Point Ministries, Reggie created KidStuf, a weekly environment where kids bring their parents to learn about God, as well as Grow Up, an international conference to encourage and equip churches to create relevant, effective environments for children, families and teenagers.

Reggie is the coauthor of The 7 Practices of Effective Ministries along with Lane Jones and Andy Stanley. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Cumming, Georgia, and have four grown children: Reggie Paul, Hannah, Sarah, and Rebekah.

LANNY DONOHO

President and Creative Director of BigStuf Productions, formerly Youth Ministry Resources, Lanny has been working with kids, producing events, and creating environments for ministry for….seems like 43 years, but probably more like since 1975.

He’s the brain behind the BigStuf Camps and has been the emcee/host guy for those events, as well as Atlanta Fest, DCLA, CHIC, Catalyst Conference, Orange Conference, his kid’s birthday parties, and KidStuf at North Point Community Church. He does some creative consulting for a bunch of Christian and secular organizations and his mom is really proud of him.

Most recently, Lanny founded the 410 Bridge. This non-profit organization is focused on partnering churches in America with churches in Kenya to help meet the specific needs of Kenyans. Since visiting Kenya in 2005, Lanny has had a passion to use the resources on this side of the world to help and equip people on the other side of the world.

He wrote this bio himself, and wondered why he typed it all in third person. He also figures that all the stuff in the paragraph really doesn’t mean a whole lot, but that his relationship with God does.

He and his talented and creative wife, Peggy, live in Alpharetta, Georgia, and are presently enjoying the challenge of raising their three sons: Landon, Andrew, and Evan.

CRAIG JUTILA

Craig Jutila has been providing Leadership and creative resources for Children’s Ministry for the last 20 years. He has served as Children’s Pastor at two churches, most recently with Saddleback Church in Lake Forest CA for the last 13 years. He has authored and contributed to more than 10 books championing Children’s Ministry. He was also voted by Group Magazine as one of the Pioneers of the Decade for his work in Children's Ministry. Craig has founded Empowering Kids (www.empoweringkids.net),  a company that provides leadership and resources for children’s leaders in the local church. He and his wife Mary have also founded the company Hadassah’s Hope (www.hadassahshope.org), a non-profit company that helps loving parents offset the cost of adopting children internationally and provides care for orphans around the world. Craig does coaching, consulting and speaking throughout the country, championing leadership and what it means to create a Children’s Ministry on Purpose.

Craig has been in Children’s Ministry since 1988 and resides with his loving wife Mary, sons Alec and Cameron and daughter, Karimy, in Southern California.

JIM WIDEMAN

Jim Wideman is an internationally recognized voice in children’s and family ministry. He is a much sought after speaker, teacher, author, personal leadership coach, as well as church ministry consultant who has over 30 years experience in helping churches thrive. Having served for 17 years at Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim understands what it takes to grow dynamic, relevant ministries to people of all ages. Along with overseeing one of America’s largest children’s ministries, Jim has also held various other positions giving him a background in almost every area of the local church and Christian school. He has successfully trained hundreds of thousands of children’s ministry leaders from all denominations and sizes of congregations in conferences and seminars around the world.

The International Network of Children’s Pastors awarded Jim the “Excellence in Ministry Award” in 1989 for his outstanding work, and Children’s Ministry Magazine in 2001 honored him as one of ten “Pioneers of the Decade” in children’s ministry.

JEFF HENDERSON

Jeff Henderson is the Campus Pastor of Buckhead Church, the first multi-campus location of North Point Community Church. Prior to Buckhead Church, Jeff managed the sports & beverage marketing efforts of Chick-fil-A, Inc. He spent 15 years in marketing working for the Atlanta Braves, Callaway Gardens Resorts, Lake Lanier Islands Resorts and Chick-fil-A.

DAVID KINNAMAN

David Kinnaman is the President and Strategic Leader of The Barna Group. As a spokesperson for the firm’s research, he is frequently quoted in major media outlets (such as USA Today, Fox News, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and The Wall Street Journal). He is also in demand as a speaker about ministry trends, today’s teenagers, the profile of young leaders, and generational changes. He is the author of the Barna report, Ministry to Mosaics: Teens and the Supernatural. David is also the author of Baker Books unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity … and Why it Matters. Based upon new research among 16- to 29-year-olds, this book unpacks their mindset, their skepticism and their experiences in relation to their spiritual openness.

The son of a megachurch pastor, David has served in various capacities within congregations he has attended, including working with teenagers, teaching, and providing strategic consulting. He graduated summa cum laude from Biola University, where he served as Student Chaplain.

David and his wife, Jill, live in Ventura, California, with their three kids: Emily, Annika, and Zack.

JARED HERD

Jared is an Atlanta, Georgia native who is considered one of today’s freshest communicators. Over the past few years, Jared has been traveling the country sharing the hope of Jesus with a humorous and captivating approach that has reached thousands of teenagers and college students. He is one of the primary speakers at BigStuf Camps in Panama City, Florida and is also active at Rock Harbor, his church in Los Angeles.

SUSAN SHADID

Susan Shadid grew up as the daughter of missionaries and is a 22 year veteran teacher in public schools. She joined the Promiseland staff at Willow Creek Community Church in 1996. She is the Director of training for Promiseland and has a passion for training staff and volunteers who work with kids. Her knowledge and experiences have enabled her to integrate educational research, design, and development into the curriculum and all areas of training within Promiseland. She wrote the Scope and Sequence for the published Promiseland curriculum and has published the eight, “Thought You’d Like to Know” series based on ages and stages of kids, infants through fifth grade.

Susan has visited 28 countries, sometimes serving, sometimes teaching, but always learning. Doing life with family, friends and kids of all ages, and learning and interacting with them are her greatest pleasures. Additionally, she volunteers in content development and as a teacher in the Spiritual Mentoring ministry at Willow Creek.

CHAP CLARK

Chap is associate professor of youth, family, and culture and director of youth ministry programs at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Additionally, he is a team leader and pastor of Emmanuel Church in Burbank, California. As well as being a two-degree seminary graduate, Chap holds a Ph.D. from Denver University in Human Communication specializing in relationships, teams, and organizational and family systems. His books include Creative Bible Lessons in Romans: Faith on Fire, Daughters and Dads, and Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers.

NANCY ORTBERG

Nancy Ortberg served as a Teaching Pastor for 8 years at Willow Creek Community Church in So. Barrington, Illinois. During that time she led the Network ministry, helping people identify their spiritual gifts and find a place of service in the church. She also led Axis, for the 18-20 something generation.

Axis included weekend services of 1200-1500 people in their 20's who worshipped together, served the poor and participated in small group communities. Nancy is a founding partner of Teamworx2, a consulting firm that works with organizations, helping leaders overcome the team dysfunctions that are obstacles to high performance and work enjoyment. She and her husband John live in the Bay Area and have three children, Laura, Mallory, and John.

CAREY NIEUWHOF

Carey Nieuwhof is lead and founding pastor of Connexus Community Church, a multi-campus church north of Toronto, Ontario and strategic partner of North Point Community Church (www.connexuscommunity.com). He has spoken at numerous conferences on family ministry and leadership across Canada and the U.S. and has a heart for helping church leaders effect transformation in their church.  For twelve years, Carey led Trinity Community Church, a product of the amalgamation of three small churches that combined their efforts to create a next generation church that has impacted the lives of hundreds of families. Carey holds degrees in law, history and theology, and that is enough for him.  He lives in East Oro, Ontario with his wife, Toni, and their two sons, Jordan and Sam.

GABE LYONS

Gabe Lyons is the founder of Relevate, a non-profit organization that convener and mobilizes societal leaders to create and celebrate good culture. Prior to Relevate, Gabe co-founded Catalyst, the largest next-generation leadership conference in the nation, while serving as Vice President for John Maxwell’s INJOY organization.

Gabe recently released his first book, UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity…and Why it Matters, which he co-authored with David Kinnaman.

Gabe lives with his wife, Rebekah, and their three children in Atlanta.

JEANNE STEVENS

Jeanne Stevens has been working in student ministry for more than 15 years. She began her work with Students as a Youth for Christ Leader. Jeanne spent 11 years as a Student Ministry Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, IL. She frequently speaks at conferences, camps, & retreats. Her first book for youth workers, Soul School, will be out in the Fall of 2007. She recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia to be a part of North Point Community Church. Jeanne heads up training and ministry development at Youth Specialties. She has been married to Jarrett Stevens for 11 years and they have a 2-½ year old son named Elijah.

JEFFREY REED

Jeffrey Reed is the executive director of arts and programming at Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas. (Hillsidewired.com) From serving as a program director for Young Life camps, a student pastor, a children’s ministry director, a worship leader, to his current position as executive pastor and program director at Hillside, Jeffrey has worn many diverse hats in church ministry.

He also serves as a consultant to churches across the country for curriculum development and ministry start-up. He specializes in working with churches that have limited or no resources.

Jeffrey and his wife Katherine have been married for 12 years and have 4 children, including a newly adopted daughter from China.

MIKE CLEAR

Mike is one of the founding pastors of Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. In his role there, he oversees the vision and leadership for all of Discovery’s Family Ministry environments. He also produces/co-hosts their weekly Family Experience called Discovery Kidz. Mike lucked out and married a gorgeous girl named Crystal - who now, thanks to him, has the coolest name ever – Crystal Clear!

TODD CLARK

Todd Clark is the founding pastor of Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. Discovery was planted in February 2003 with the solitary vision of being “a new church like the first church” that we read about in the book of Acts Chapter Two. Todd is married to his high school sweetheart Rene and they have two very unique, interesting, joy-filled children, Ruby and Cole.

JENNIFER STOWELL

Jennifer Stowell has recently joined the amazing team at Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. For 9 years she was the Preschool Director at Yorba Linda Friends Church. Now she runs with the elementary crowd as the Director of 2:52 Street at Discovery. Her favorite food group is sugar.

GREG PAYNE

Greg is one of the original KidStuf actors as well as the first director and writer for the production. He was on staff at North Point Community Church for 8 years in various creative capacities within Family Ministries. Greg joined the staff of The reThink Group in the summer of 2006 as a part of the product development team and the curriculum team for 252 Basics. He and his wife, Lynn, live in Cumming, Georgia, with their two daughters, Carly and Graylyn, as well as two dogs, Zippy and Charlie, and a rather extensive collection of rubber animals.

BILLY BOUGHEY

Billy Boughey is a graduate of Georgia State University, New Orleans Seminary, and is taking his next educational step at Reformed Theological Seminary. His number one passion is Christ followed by music, art, communication, and relationships. Billy travels the world hosting events, leading worship, and encouraging people to chase Christ with all they have. He serves at Camp KidJam with rethink and collaborates on the creative team helping to come up with crowd participation ideas and worship sets. Billy lives in Atlanta (a.k.a. "A-town").

SUNNY WILLIAMS

If you ask Sunny, she’ll tell you that she owes most of where she is in life today to Reggie Joiner. He was the man who led Sunny to Christ in January of 2000. Since then she’s worked for North Point Community Church as a Drama Director and Video Producer, for Buckhead Church as Service Programming Director, met and married Jon Williams, gave birth to Dora Grace in 2004, then retired from full time employment in 2006 to be a stay at home mom and freelance actor, director and producer. She feels that being at Orange with Reggie has brought her full circle...from her first church experience at KidStuf in 1999 to being at Orange in 2007 and 2008. Sunny would also tell you that Orange was never really her color...but since working along side the reThink team...its finally grown on her!

AUTUMN WARD

Autumn Ward is a founding member of Mountain Lake Church in Cumming, GA. She has been a volunteer in the children’s ministry since day one. She has also been a writer for My First Look preschool curriculum and is now the Creative Arts Director. She and her husband Chad have three awesome kids; Joseph (10), Sarah (8) and Anna (5).

JENNIFER TAMBORELLO

Jennifer Tamborello started her professional journey in theatre as an actor/director. Starting in 1998 she served as one of the original creative team members for the family production curriculum. She then spent the next seven years combining her love of theatre with the vision to reach families as one of the Directors of KidStuf at North Point Community Church. She currently produces the “Get Reel” DVD project for The reThink Group each quarter. She and her husband, Mike, live in Cumming, Georgia, with their 2.5 children: Toryn (5), Jadyn (3) and 1/2 who is yet to be determined. Additionally, they are raising a dog, Hamlet, and cat, Ophelia, who truly are tragically in love.

EMILY MEREDITH

Emily Meredith is on staff at Buckhead Church in Atlanta where she has served as the Director of UpStreet for 5 years. Prior to moving to Atlanta, Emily ran a children’s ministry in Texas and earned her masters degree from Southwestern Seminary. She is also a writer for First Look, 252 Basics, and FamilyTimes. Emily is married to Gary and lives in Hapeville, Georgia.

CHUCK BOMAR

Since 1999 Chuck has served as Pastor of Student ministries at Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, Ca. where he started and currently pastors the college-age ministry. He is a professor at Eternity Bible College, founder of CollegeLeader (www.collegeleader.org), and is currently writing a book on college-age ministry with Zondervan. His passion for truth and people has kept him in ministry for the past 12 years.

WYNDI BECK

Growing up with a pastor for a father, Wyndi began volunteering with children at an early age. She has led children and students from birth through college. She is excited about the opportunity to create a more holistic approach to influencing families in her role as the Family Ministry Director of Watermarke Church in Kennesaw, Geogia. Wyndi has also helped train family minstry leaders internationally and serves on the creative team for Camp KidJam. In her spare time, she's trying to figure out how add more hours to the day.

DARREN KIZER

Darren Kizer is in awe of the privilege of being a husband, father, pastor and follower of Jesus. His current role as one of the pastors at Parker Hill Community Church in Scranton, PA, has him leading the Family Ministries Team and strategizing with the Leadership Team. He has stopped asking “How do we grow our youth group?” and is currently seeking to answer the question “What must we do to make a significant God impact on the 12,000+ high school students of Lackawanna County?” His life journey has led him through bible college, a hilarious Masters degree in recreation, one heck of a good time as the director of a summer camp, inspiring years as manager of a wilderness leadership organization, and now onto the pursuit of a Doctorate focused upon student internships, family ministry and advocacy. Darren lives in Clarks Summit, PA, with his bride, Becky, of 16 years, teenage daughter, Brynn, and middle school age son, Tucker. He’d really be juiced if the snow would melt so that he can go kayaking.

DAVE FOX

Dave is the Director of Family Ministries at The Bridge Church in Decatur, IN. Along with producing and co-hosting their weekly KidStuf Family Experience, he oversees all ministries for newborns thru high school. Dave and his wife Missy helped start The Bridge in 2000 and now he bravely supervises Missy who is the Director of Children’s Ministries. Dave worked for Youth for Christ for 15 years and was also a High School Pastor in Oklahoma City, OK before starting at The Bridge. Two of Dave’s passions are seeing people come to know Christ and helping parents understand how to spiritually develop their children. Dave and Missy have 3 children: Hannah, Mary Grace and David.

STEVE NEDVIDEK

Steve Nedvidek has been working for Chick-fil-A for 23 years. He spent four of those years working full time in the restaurants while attending Wingate College. Since receiving his undergraduate degree in Communications from Wingate and his Masters Degree in Theater from Wake Forest University, Steve has worked in a variety of different fields from radio and television to film and art direction.

Upon first arriving at the Chick-fil-A headquarters in Atlanta, Steve spent 6 years writing, producing and directing many of the corporation’s internal communications. Currently he serves as Senior Manager of Marketing managing Marketing Ideation, which means that he works to drive creativity and ideation generation into all marketing initiatives.

Steve’s major love is time at home with his wife of 19 years, Sue, and his children Michael (16), Emily (14) and Alex (12). He is an editorial cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and paints as a hobby. He also spends his spare time working in the children’s and drama ministries of his home church in Kennesaw, Georgia.

TIM VANDLEN

Tim has served for over ten years as the children’s pastor at Blythefield Hills Baptist Church in Rockford, Michigan. He is passionate about leading his team and finding creative ways to help children know Jesus. He and his team have redesigned their ministry strategy to equip and empower parents including the launch of a monthly family production. Tim enjoys playing tennis, U2, writing, and creating full-length feature films starring his beautiful wife Jen and children – Drew (7) and Sophia (2).

BRIAN VANDERARK

Brian is the Senior Pastor of Family Ministries at Ada Bible Church near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Over the past seven years, Brian has grown Family Ministries from 50 volunteers in children and youth ministries to over 450 volunteers. He has developed milestone teaching moments for parents. He has very cool co-workers who all are energized by ORANGE thinking. While liking the color orange, for his college sports team he enjoys the Maize and Blue of Michigan. Brian hangs out with his wife, Ruby (an Ohio State Fan), and Will (Michigan fan-yes-dad won!)), his 11 yr old son.

CLAY SCROGGINS

Clay Scroggins is the Director of High School Ministries at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. Clay speaks frequently at North Point in a number of different environments. Additionally, he speaks at BigStuf camps in Panama City Beach, Florida and at the Lighthouse Family Retreat, which serves children with cancer and their families. As well as a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and Georgia Tech, Clay is a dynamic, vibrant, and gifted communicator who is passionate about challenging students to live lives that are as big as the God we serve. When he is not speaking, Clay can be found with his beautiful wife, Jenny, and a set of golf clubs or a basketball in his hands.

NORV BROWN

Norv Brown is the Children and Family Pastor at Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, Washington. He oversees and hosts a weekly KIDstuf Family Production. He previously served as Director of Ministry Programs for the International Network of Children’s Ministry. He has served in several church ministries including Alderwood Community Church in Lynnwood, Washington, and The Chapel in Akron, Ohio, where he ministered for 11 years to over 2,200 children each week. Norv has served as a consultant for Scripture Press Publications and David C. Cook Communications since 1978. He has also served as president or chairman of many Christian Education oriented conferences. Altogether, Norv has over 35 years of ministry experience. Norv and his wife ,Linda, have three daughters, two sons-in-law and five grandchildren.

LARRY THOMPSON

Larry Thompson is senior pastor at the 13,000-member First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale, at the heart of South Florida's fastest-growing residential, entertainment and business corridor. First Baptist isn't a typical downtown Baptist church, since determining to intentionally become a community of faith which reflects its larger culture. Members from more than 70 nations worship as one, and international translation is provided live and on the Internet in five languages. Larry has been on the front page of USA Today and in the past year appeared on ABC News and Fox and Friends. He and his wife Cynthia have two married daughters: Taylor, communications director for DATA (the organization behind Bono's One and Red movements) and Jennifer, who is completing her doctorate in counseling.

KELEN FRANCO

Music has been an integral part of Kelen Franco's life since early childhood, from singing at church at age 4 to learning to play piano by age 5. Kelen has been a worship leader, studio singer and songwriter for over 15 years and also has three solo albums. Currently, she serves full-time as the worship leader, KidStuf director and Director of Service Programming at Grace Chapel Church in Londrina, Brazil. Kelen’s husband, Paulo Wesley, is the lead pastor of Grace Chapel, and they have a wonderful 8-year-old daughter named Luiza.

HEATH BENNETT

Heath Bennett is the Lead Pastor of Rock Point Community Church in Chattanooga, TN. Rock Point is a Strategic Partner of North Point Community Church in Atlanta, GA. Prior to being at Rock Point, Heath had over 15 years of student ministry experience with the last 8 years being at North Point Community Church where he had the opportunity of leading a middle school ministry of over 1,000 students each week.

Heath and his wife, Kerri, live in Chattanooga with their wonderful kids, Luke and Kailey.

ALLISON HODGES

Allison is a graduate of Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas (go Horned Frogs!), with a degree in theater, speech communications and secondary education. Allison loves helping kids and families connect to their God in big ways, and she had the privilege of doing just that as the Director of KidStuf at Buckhead Church for four years. You can find Allison either on stage, in a creative meeting, or singing to Streisand while cleaning the house. She lives just north of Atlanta with her husband, Jason, and their daughter, Caroline.

SHAUNA SIMMONDS

Shauna Simmonds is the Executive Producer of MakeYouThink® TV. MakeYouThink has designed a series of relevant, character-based DVDs for students. Shauna also speaks directly with students in schools, camps, youth organizations and communities. Under the auspices of Miss Canada International, a pageant for inner beauty and character, she is Miss Ontario 2008. She is also a worship leader and along with producing the MakeYouThink® movies, she writes original music for each film. Shauna lives just north of Toronto, Canada, where she enjoys playing the game of hockey in her spare time.

MIKE TAMBORELLO

Besides leaving Florida State University with a degree in theatre, Mike also left with the desire to find a job that somehow combined his love for theatre with ministry. Unfortunately, he didn't have a very clear picture of how that was going to happen. After working in professional theatre and then as a youth director, Mike eventually moved to Atlanta. After meeting Reggie Joiner and seeing Kidstuf for the first time, things started to get a little clearer. Mike spent 8 years playing "Vinny" in the original Kidstuf cast. He has had a passion for being a part of a family production ever since he first got involved in 1998, but is especially passionate now that he has 3 daughters! Toryn (5), Jadyn (3) and Harper (6 mos.) are a huge blessing to him and his wife Jenn. Mike is now the Multi-Campus Director of KidStuf with North Point Ministries, Inc. He hung up the leather jacket a couple of years ago and now co-hosts KidStuf each Sunday at North Point Community Church.

KEVIN RAGSDALE

Kevin Ragsdale serves on the Leadership Team at North Point Ministries and is the Multi-Campus Director of High School for North Point Community Church (NPCC), Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. Kevin was the second family ministry division employee at NPCC and developed the overall philosophy for student ministry. Kevin and his wife, Gina, live in Cumming, Georgia with their three children, Brock, Braden, and Brittan.

JEFF GOODE

Jeff has been involved in ministry with North Point Ministries, Inc. from the very beginning. He spent his first 7½ years as music director and on the creative team developing the weekly Sunday services. In 2004, he made a move into the Missions department at North Point, consulting with their international partner churches to develop strategic next steps and implementing key environments. As his interaction with partners takes him overseas for nearly half of the year, Jeff spends his free time gardening, cooking, writing music, and enjoying the outdoors.