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You can look through the website, you can pop in on a Sunday night, or you can simply sit and meditate on all things nowGen. Or you can listen to some people who have been there. I mean, really been there. Some of these guys have walked where you've walked. They know the stuff that life can dish out. But they know that God is bigger than all of it. When they gave Him the chance, He turned everything around.
Take a minute or two and let them tell you what's up.
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Name: Pastor Chip Wood
How long at Love Joy? 8 years
How long with Jesus? 31 years
Favorite books: The Message Bible, The NIV Bible, King James, Amplified (personal favorite that’s why I’m so loud) New American Standard (I’m proud to be a Christian American!) The Barbarian way, When Teens Pray
Favorite Music All Praise & Worship All the time! Desperation Band, Hillsong United
Likes: The things of God, I’m addicted and there is no patch for that! Besides . . . if your Christian life is boring . . . YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!!!
Dislikes: Religion without power, acting like a Christian instead of being one!
Advice: Follow Jesus, and lead your generation!
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Name: Cindy Zeis
Best way for students and parent to contact you? Home phone
Grew up in Clarence, NY
How long at nowGen? 3 years
Duties at nowGen: Love on students, mentor some of them, help PC with administration
Favorite music: All Praise and Worship, DeLuge, Michelle Tumes
One book you'd recommend: After the Bible; Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
Favorite food and drink: Coffee, anything chocolate, raspberries
Likes: Winter Weather, worshipping God, fellowshipping with other Christians
Dislikes: Talk Radio, disorganization, peas
Random fact: I am mother to 2 beautiful girls
Advice: Be a Christian with your whole heart and when you fall down get back up again and accept the Lord's forgiveness
Name: Jerry Zeis
How long at Love Joy: 11 years
How long with nowGen: 5 years, I work in safety and assist in mentoring and projects
Likes: My family, soccer, Star Treck
Dislikes: boring food, arguments, and public speaking
Random fact: I have been working with teens since I was a teen
Grew up in: West Seneca
Favorite music: any Christian music I can sing along to.
Book you’d recommend: Bible - over and over
Food and drink: any ethnic food
Advice: Joshua 1 - Your requirements for God to give you courage, strength, and victory is to walk with him and meditate on his word, and NOT TO VEER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT!
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Name: Kimberly Shreve
Best way for students and parent to contact: cell phone
Grew up: Buffalo since age 10
Part of nowGen since: 2002
nowGen duties: Food, computer,powerpoint, whatever needs to be done
Fav on ipod/CD: Newsboys
Book:Uncensored
Food or Drink: Chocolate Chip cookies, grape soda/lemonade
Like: Helping/DinerDash game/warm popcorn
Dislike: Mushrooms/Dust on my shelves/dandelions
Random Fact: I haven’t cut my hair shorter than 8-10 inches since I was 8 yrs old
Advice: Be real with God and yourself. Be confident in who God made you to be.
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Name: Matthew Cooper
Best way to contact: cell phone
Grew up: Blasdell,NY
Part of nowGen: since 2004
Duties: Fill in where needed: Safety, Sound, Set-up, Clean-up
Fav ipod/CD: I’m a musician, I love everything
Book: Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Food: My wife’s chocolate chip pancakes
Likes: Fishing, Hiking, spending time with my wife
Dislikes: Drivers who cut me off, Sarcasm with intent to hurt, Fake people
Random fact: I live in Gowanda by choice!... not like the inmates!
Advice: Stay true to the word and stay true to yourself… then people will see that you’re real and see Christ in you.
Name: Kristy Cooper
Best way to contact- email
Where did you grow up? Clarence Center, NY
When did you start with nowGen? Long time ago
What are you duties at nowGen? Service coordinator
Favorite on the ipod/CD player? Phil Wickham
One book you’d recommend? Lady in Waiting by Jackie Kendall
Favorite food and drink? Watermelon and Grasshopper Cookies
Likes: Matthew/ Mentoring/ Epiphanies
Dislikes: People who don’t use turn signals/ Apathy, Racism and other things that make no sense.
Random fact: I hate mocking and silly pranks/ I’ve lived in 2 different states and 4 different countries/ I don’t like feet or sweat.
Advice: Figure out what God’s plan for the world is and mold your life to fit in with His plan.
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Name: Jim Christie
How long at Love Joy? 8 years
How long with Jesus? 15 years
Favorite cd or book: Who you are by Desperation
Likes: sax in worship, on fire Christians, reading
Dislikes: country music
Advice: Time is the one commodity that can’t be purchased. Every day people going to a Christless eternity. Make every minute count. Lives hang in the balance.
Name: Sue Christie
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Name: Nathan Nadopek
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Name: Corliss White
Best way to contact: phone
Grew up: Ithaca,NY
Part of nowGen: since 2003
Fav ipod/CD: Israel Houghton, Hillsongs
Food and drink: Cake and ice cream
Likes: Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate
Dislikes: wearing wet sandals with dry feet, wearing a wet bathing suit
Random fact: I like to bake
Advice: Attitude is a choice, you control whether it’s good or bad, not the situation.
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Name: Jessica Cooper
Best way to contact: cell phone
Grew up: Orchard Park/Buffalo
Part of nowGen since: 2006
Duties: Attendance/ registration/mentoring flags/ whatever is needed
Fav ipod/CD: Lisa McClendon
Book: The Oath by Frank Peretti
Food and Drink: BBQ ribs/ cream soda
Like: The color orange/red eye frogs/nature
Dislike: sweet and sour chicken /being cold/smell of BenGay
Random Fact: To be without a nail!
Advice: Even though life sucks sometimes, God is always there carrying you through.
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Name:
Jami Wright
How long at Love Joy?
6 years
How long with Jesus?
13 years
Favorite cd or book:
CD: Martha Munozzi (Lakewood Live)
Book: Your ppl shall be my ppl
Likes:
food, ppl, fuzzy animals, piano, writing songs, singing, watching monk w/ Kristy
Dislikes:
Anchovies, the devil, messing w/ my generation, violence
One thing I'd like to say to the nowGeners:
They’re not willing to settle, that’s great! “You tell the devil where he belongs, not the other way around”
“When you feel like you’re down to nothing, that means that God is up to something”
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Name: Rebekah Wood
Best way to contact: cell
Grew up: Liverpool,NY
Part of nowGen: since it’s conception
Duties: Wed. night Sr. High teacher, worship team
Fav ipod/CD: Deluge, Kari Jobe
Book: Anointed by Smith Wigglesworth
Food and drink: Coffee and chicken salad
Likes: Singing, spending time with good friends, dancing
Dislikes: Daytime TV, weak coffee, Questionnaires
Random fact: My first car accident involved me hitting an old man riding a bike.
Advice: Live your life as if you are the only example of Jesus Christ people will ever see.
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Name: Erin Hershey
Best way for students and parents to contact you? 1st cell phone, 2nd e-mail
Grew up in: Amherst, NY (Buffalo)
How long with nowGen: Almost a year
Duties at nowGen: Rides, 103/107 clean-up, requests per Cindy
Favorite Music: Dying Star by Jason Upton
One book you'd recommend: Healing the Wounded Spirit by John & Paula Sandford
Favorite food and drink: Sushi, fruit smoothies
Likes: medical libraries, organization, dreaming (sleeping)
Dislikes: fluorescent lights (they hurt my eyes) faulty conclusions, poor evidence (like erroneous statistics)
Random fact about you: I've been back in the Buffalo area since Sept 2005: I evacuated Hurricane Katrina (New Orleans) while attending Tulane University
Advice: To be able to hear God's voice and be able to pass it on to others
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Name: Joanna Kresse
How long at Love Joy: since 2005
How long with Jesus: Well technically since I was 4. Haha.
Favorite music: Leeland, Kari Jobe, Rita Springer, Lifehouse, Shane & Shane, Casting Crowns.
Likes: Fashion, Photography, Traveling, Music.
Dislikes: Messiness, Salmon & Clowns
Advice: Be yourself and never let anyone change you!
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Name: Greg Hirtzel
Best way to contact: e-mail or cell phone
Grew up in: Buffalo
How long at nowGen: Since 2001
Duties at nowGen: worship leader
Pavorite on iPod/CD player: God of this City by Chris Tomlin
Favorite book: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Food: Chiavetta’s chicken and iced tea
Likes: Music, Starbucks, The presence of God
Dislikes: Metronomes, any movie starring Lou Diamond Philips, Holy Spirit quenchers
Random fact: I started on the nowGen worship team playing djembe
Advice: Don’t ever let your lifestyle be dictated by fear or insecurity. Live a life of purpose and confidence and watch God do amazing things through you.
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Name: Tom Porter (Tall Tom)
Best way to contact: home phone
Grew up: Grand Island, NY
Part of nowGen: since 2004
Duties: Bookstore,media sales, nowGen youth investor
Fav ipod/CD: iworship vol 1, Jyradelix, Scott Blackwell, David Bell worship, Jason Upton live.
Book: Wild at Heart
Food and Drink: Friday fish frys, BK Rodeo burgers, Reeses pieces, milkshakes
Likes: Hearing God speak and doing what He says, Grace and mercy when I miss God, txting.
Dislikes: self-deception, fear, passionlessness, being disconnected from God, not making a difference.
Random fact: I know the Jonas Brothers’ Dad, I took a songwriting class from him at Bible school.
Advice: Read a proverb a day-31 days in a month 31 proverbs.
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Name: Gilbert Velez
Best way for student and Parents to contact you? Home phone
Grew up in City of Buffalo
How long at nowGen? One year
Duties at nowGen? Help where needed
Favorite music: Casting Crowns ,Salvador, Michael W.Smith
One Book you'd recommend? The Bible
Favorite food and drink: Meats, potatoes and a tall glass of Pepsi
Likes: swimming, fixing things, and fellowship
Random fact: Like to joke and have fun
Advice: Love God with all your heart. Be real. God made you unique and special.
Name: Anna Velez
Best way for students and parents to contact you? Home phone
Grew up in Buffalo's Westside
How long at nowGen? One year
Duties at nowGen? Help where needed with the youth
Favorite music: Salvador, Chris Tomlin, Israel (New Breed)
One book you'd recommend: Read the Bible for yourself
Favorite food and drink: Rice with beans, pork chops and Pepsi
Likes: swimming, walking and bike riding
Dislikes: messes, laziness, phonies
Random fact: Love Spanish praise and worship
Advice: Be Real with God and others. Pour out your heart before Him
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Name: Aaron Campbell
How long at Love Joy? Since 5 years old. I’m 21 right now so 16 years
How long with Jesus? same time
Favorite cd or book: David Perkins Will not be Denied
Likes: Music, nowGen leaders but more than that, the youth
Dislikes: Boring Christianity, religion
One thing I'd like to say to the nowGeners: Do not seek fame. Seek Christ and the cross above all else and He will make you famous.
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Name: Malcolm Mac Kay
How long at Love Joy: since 1994
How long with nowGen: since 2007
Likes: hunting, archery, camping, doing stained glass, riding my motorcycle
Dislikes: people without integrity, inconsiderate people
Random fact: I enjoy in-depth, one-on-one conversations with my friends & my wife is my best friend.
Favorite music: Buddy Greene, Eden’s Bridge, Todd Agnew, Don Francisco, Kutless
Book you’d recommend: Bible
Food and drink: bleu cheese, eggs, swordfish, steak, spicy food, cheesecake, & a good cup of coffee
Advice: Get wisdom & never stop learning
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Name: Daniel Clark
Best way to contact: txt message
Grew up: Buffalo, NY
Part of nowGen: since summer 2008
Duties: Leader/mentor
Fav ipod/CD: Looking for you- Kirk Franklin, Hillsongs, Tye Tribbit, Israel
Book: One Heartbeat Away
Food and Drink: Pizza, salad, apples, grapes, chicken, Cherry soda, water
Likes: Reading, movies, fellowshipping with people.
Dislikes: Gossip, unrighteousness
Random fact: Favorite color is blue, a follower of Jesus, a compassionate person who tries to help others in need.
Advice: Walk by Faith and put God first in all you do.
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