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Shaw is the Senior Pastor at Christ's
Church. He's earned a couple of degrees, delivered a bunch of sermons, written a few blurbs, and led a few projects, but he takes most seriously his roles as husband and father. Darin joined the staff at CCA in January of 2000. He and his wife Shari and their four girls came to New Hampshire from Florida. | ||
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In addition to spending time as a family involved in their daughter's pursuits, Darin enjoys playing music in local pubs with his band 3 Chords & A Cloud of Dust, watching (and cheering loudly) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and talking with people about the story we find ourselves in. Darin loves to write, is addicted to blogging (see the evidence here and here), and vacations with his family in the mountains of western North Carolina every summer. You can reach Darin by email pastor@ccnh.org or by calling the church office. | |||
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Michael Knight is a Distributed Pastor of Christ's Church. Mike grew up in Merrimack, NH and joined Christ's Church with his family in 1986. During his summers as a teenager he traveled doing short-term missions work to many different places including the Bahamas, Pakistan, Brazil, and Western Europe. Mike graduated from Concord Christian High School and then went on to study Youth Ministry at Baptist Bible College. | ||
| After graduation Mike joined the staff here at CCA in September 2002, serving as Pastor of Student Ministries for about 5 years. In December 2007, he took on the role of Distributed Pastor to Namibia with the goal of pursuing how we might expand our partnering relationships with our friends overseas. He lived in Namibia for a year serving alongside our partners and learning more about youth ministry in a different culture. Some of his hobbies include photography, playing guitar, and songwriting. He enjoys many sports like volleyball, skiing, ultimate Frisbee, and one of his personal favorites, freestyle walking. He loves football, playing and watching, especially his 3-time World Champion New England Patriots!
He
loves
hanging out with teenagers. God's given him a passion for seeing young people
grow into maturing disciples of Jesus Christ. He also enjoys using his musical
gifts to lead others in worship and connect with teens who are musicians. He loves to read. Some of his favorite authors are John Piper, Donald Miller, Brennan Manning, and C.S. Lewis. He also enjoys reading the old writings of past saints such as Henry Scougal, Jonathan Edwards, and G.K. Chesterton. | |||
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Jesse Andreasen is the Worship Arts Minister at Christ's Church. Jesse is a tremendous musician, but more than that he is a devout follower of Jesus Christ. The blend of his musical talents and his passionate faith has been a blessing to the congregation at Christ's Church for more than a decade, as he has served as a musician and a song leader for our music ministry. In March of 2008, Jesse assumed the role of Worship Arts Minister at Christ's Church, a newly created position aimed at broadening our congregation's worship experience, developing a deeper culture of worship, and also providing Jesse experience in pastoral ministry. Come join the conversation before the throne on Jesse's blog. | ||
| Jesse and his wife Lisa were married in 2005 and reside in Milford. You can visit the Worship Arts section of our site, here. You can reach Jesse via email at jesse@ccnh.org or by contacting the church office. | |||
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Sharon Havens is the Administator at Christ's Church. On staff since 1999, Sharon finds work at the church dynamic and challenging. She is involved with everything from putting up Christmas Trees, organizing and feeding the multitudes a gourmet meal at a grad banquet, tracking a team of 30+ missionaries to Namibia, Africa to appropriating the confetti for a Worship Service. | ||
| Her family consists of husband, CCA worship leader, Peter, 3 sons Gregg, Joe and Jesse, and 1 daughter Caroline, 3 Pugs: Pugsly, Nellie and Bella Lupita, 2 Parakeets: Jaime & Claire, and a NYC refugee cat who would rather live on the roof, named Silly.
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