Chad Jordan

Chris Gilbert

Melissa Graw

Melissa Graw attends Stratford Heights Church of God in Middletown Ohio and has been the Paradise Players Worship Arts Director including drama & dance for the last 7 years. In addition to the team, she also directs the church-wide Christmas & Easter drama musicals.  She has worked with the Oasis youth ministry at Stratford Heights for 17 years. Additionally, she has served the church of God as a Teen Talent Drama Division judge in several states. Her passion is to see young people glorify God through drama and dance and spread the message of Jesus Christ.

Chad Muncy

Chad is 32 years old and has served as youth pastor at the Central Ave. Church of God in Portage, Indiana since 1997. He has also served on the Indiana state youth board from 2002-2006. He coaches basketball and track at Portage Christain School. Chad is big into interacting with teens and helping them find their place in ministry.

Alex Santoyo

Alex Santoyo is 22 years old and was born and raised in the city of Chicago. He has been working as youth pastor and logistics director at Life Pointe Church, a Church of God congregation in Homestead, Florida since January of 2008. Prior to his service at Life Pointe he traveled for two years with the contemporary Christian band Salvador.

He also plays drums in his own band called the Saturn Project. He has been playing drums and percussion since the age of 12, and music has to be one of his greatest passions..

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Sarah Glover

Sarah Glover is a pioneer in Church of God Student Ministries. She has retired after 42 years of ministry to the students of Sumiton Church of God in Sumiton, Alabama. Sarah in many ways blazed the trail for youth ministries and especially for female youth ministers in the Church of God. The beginnings of her youth ministry focused on starting a youth choir. After much success and years of dedicated service she became a full time youth pastor.

In addition to her duties at the Sumiton Church of God she has served on the NYLA Board and Smoky Mountain Winterfest Steering Committee. She is a frequent speaker for local, regional, state, and national youth and youth leader training events.

She recently wrote the inspiring and instructional book Building a Youth Ministry,: One Youth Leader's Journey. It is available through Pathway Press.

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Justin Bradley

Justin has been doing full-time youth ministry for the last 7 years.He has been involved in all levels and facets of church ministry and brings a contagious passion to reach students with the Gospel everywhere he goes, which so far includes MI, KY and FL. His heartbeat is to see students experience God and live out His destiny and dreams for their life. He is currently the youth pastor of No Limits Student Ministry at Abundant Life Church of God in Lakeland, FL, where youth group attendance has grown from 70 to 140 in less than a year. Justin believes that God has big plans for this generation, and strives to set an atmosphere where this generation can encounter a big God.