Youth Ministry Veterans
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Residential Ministry Settings
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Mainstreamed Ministry Settings

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Church Based Ministry

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Possible Cohort Leaders

Kathy Ayres is the co-founder of DeafYouth Ministries and Deaf Teen Quest. She has been involved in ministry with deaf and hard of hearing young people since the middle 1980s. Kathy also serves as a YFC Deaf Teen Quest regional coordinator for the Great Lakes region.

Jessica Belwood served as a DTQ intern with Metro Seattle YFC while in college at the University of Washington and currently works at St. Rita School for the Deaf in Cincinnati. Jessica is a volunteer leader with DTQ Cincinnati and certified "Master Teacher" of 3Story training.

Matt Belwood is the YFC Deaf Teen Quest national coordinator of camps and volunteers for the Cincinnati area. Matt is a dean at St. Rita School for the Deaf and has experience in ministry as part of both YoungLife and Youth for Christ. He has a masters degree in pastoral counseling.

Pam Crosby is the YFC Deaf Teen Quest area coordinator for Mobile, Alabama and an educational interpreter. She has been leading this outreach in the mainstream school setting since 2002. Mobile is one of the few DTQ ministries that established a student-led, on-campus club.

DeeAnn Harmon is the founder/director of Deaf Harvest International and lives near Atlanta, GA. DeeAnn has been a teacher of the Deaf for over twenty years and recently received NIC Master Certification as an interpreter. For the past ten years, DeeAnn has focused her local ministry primarily on Deaf teenagers.

Laurie Johnson is the director of Community of Hope in Minneapolis, MN and the DTQ area coordinator for the DTQ Twin Cities South ministry. Laurie has many years of experience in ministry with deaf and hard of hearing young people in both church and parachurch settings.

Suzanne Mattox teaches at the Alabama School for the Deaf in Talladega, AL and serves as a volunteer DTQ leader. Previously, Suzanne worked as a YFC Deaf Teen Quest program coordinator for Mobile DTQ. Suzanne is a certified "Master Teacher" of 3Story training.

Rick McClain is the Vice President of Academic Affairs for the Deaf Online University and serves as the president of the Deaf Teen Connect Ministry Association. Rick also serves on the national team for DeafYouth Ministries and is the DYM convention pastor.

Bruce Persons is the youth minister for Frederick Church of the Brethren with the program name of Deaf Fellowship Youth Ministry. Bruce is a DTQ volunteer, serves as a program mentor for DTConnect Ministry Association, and is an advisory team member of the NNYM Deaf Teen Ministry Affinity Network.

Matt Reynolds is the YFC Deaf Teen Quest national coordinator of mentoring and currently attends Multnomah Seminary with a double major of divinity and counseling. Matt also leads WaveSTAFF; a specialized training program for young leaders.

Bob Rhoads is a minister at Gallaudet University and in Frederick, MD. Previously with Campus Crusade for Christ, he and his wife Karen began the Deaf Leadership Ministries. Bob also serves as the DTQ area coordinator for Central Maryland YFC.

Mark Seeger is the pastor of Jesus Lutheran Church of the Deaf in Austin, TX which sits directly across the street from Texas School of the Deaf. Between 150-215 Deaf students come to Jesus Deaf Church each school year. Much of this growth occurred as God laid on Mark’s heart the need to not just sit and wait, but to actively reach out.

Marva Sellers is an alumnus of CCC at Gallaudet University and the DTQ area coordinator for the Indianapolis area. She is a substitute teacher as Indiana School for the Deaf and near completion of her master of education program. She is a certified "Master Teacher" of 3Story training.

Stacy Wildes works full-time at Sorenson and is the area coordinator for DTQ Talladega. Stacy also helps with a number of national projects including the modification of the YFC Campus Life curriculum for DTQ groups, the DeafMusic project, and the national convention.

Harry Wood works at the Virginia School for the Deaf in Staunton, VA and serves with the youth ministry outreach called Deaf Youth Fellowship which is actually a community-wide outreach effort from a group of churches. Harry is a 2001 graduate of Gallaudet University.

Reach

Here I am in the back of a room filled with darkness
Where the air is thick with sorrows, pains, and sadness.
As I feel a deep chill shiver up my spine, tingling with guilt and fears.

As I stand alone weighted down by my heavy burdens, screaming in agony
Where my sound has drowned alone in the darkness.

 As if I'm not meant to be heard by anyone until I reach my hand out hoping that
Someone will save me from this despair and this wretched room

where I don't want to be 'til I saw a tiny flicker of a faint glow in the dark calling my name.

 My body refuses to move as if someone was controlling my body by calling me out.
As soon I got closer to the tiny flicker the glow become a light.

 The light become golden as I saw the hand of a man reaching toward me
Waiting for me to grab on as I pull myself out of the age of darkness

 Into the world of light with a man who saves me and is named Jesus.