Josh has served as Youth Minister at the Church in the Falls since July of 2004. Josh grew up in Manitoba Canada. He graduated from High School at Western Christian and before transferring to Harding, he spent his freshmen year taking bible at Western Christian College. Josh worked in construction after he graduated from Harding University in December 2002 earning a B.A. in Missions.
He and his wife Jeanine were married at Church in the Falls on May 27, 2000 and moved back to Tallmadge after graduating from college. Jeanine also graduated from Harding University earning a B.A. in Elementary Education and M.Ed. in Reading Education. Jeanine is currently working for Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools at Highland Elementary as a 1st grade teacher. Jeanine loves working with the teens as well and sees it as a great opportunity, because it was in High School that she was lead to Christ.
Josh has been involved in several mission opportunities in the past few years. He and Jeanine went with Church in the Falls to Honduras in 1997 as High School Students. In 1998 Josh went to Uganda, Africa for six weeks to work with the Jinja Team. On his way to Africa he also worked in Belgium helping Luk Brazle and others work on their Bible Camp. At Harding Josh worked as a campus minister for College church of Christ. During the summers Josh and Jeanine were able to go on a six week mission to Scotland singing and teaching in three different congregations. Later that same summer Josh and Jeanine worked in Canada with the Estevan church of Christ. Josh & Jeanine’s passion is to give God’s love as a gift where ever they have the opportunity to work.
Josh has a natural ability to strike up a conversation with a perfect stranger and that comes in handy as he works with teens that bring their friends. Josh is passionate about missions and instilling the value of mission work in teenagers. In 2005 Josh lead a group of thirty, teens and chaperones to Honduras. This trip has done great things among all that went. Josh’s goal is to equip the teens with God given skills for life, and to put students in contact with His word and let it spring up in their lives and flow out to all they come in contact with.
“May my steps be worship, may my thoughts be praise and may my words bring honor to your name.”