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JR Woodward

JR is a dream awakener. His primary role is using his gifts to lead, communicate and awaken the body to fulfill the mission and vision of Kairos. He is the founding pastor of [nlcf], a catalytic hub of people and churches seeking to bring transformation to the world, and one of the founding pastors of the Kairos. JR is a church planter, church consultant, a conference speaker, and a blogger. He is a board member with GCM, the Eccelsia Network as well as the Solis Foundation. JR works with the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council and is currently pursuing a Masters of Art in Global Leadership at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. He loves to surf, travel, have a glass of wine with old and new friends, watch films and engage in the art of photography. He resides in Hollywood, California.

Greg Larson

Greg was born and raised in Minnesota. He got an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota, and is currently pursuing a Masters of Art in Global Leadership at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. He helped found the Rock church in Minneapolis, before moving out to LA to help with planting Kairos churches in LA. He is married to the incredibly talented artist Michelle, and has two phenomenal kids; Caleb – who wants to play professional soccer in the English Premier league, and Elisabeth – who is an aspiring actress. He loves to watch films with his wife, explore new neighborhoods in Los Angeles, hang out with his kids, and watch, play or have anything to do with soccer. He also loves to communicate the reality of god's kingdom to people in LA, and be involved in helping mobilize and equip people in Hollywood to contribute their time and resources to the cause of mercy and justice in the city. He resides in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Audrey Blumber

Audrey was born in North Carolina and raised in Tennessee. She attended Middle TN State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with an emphasis in Child Development and Family Studies. She moved to Los Angeles after meeting her husband Eric (one of the Kairos worship leaders) on a mission trip in Africa. She joined the Kairos staff team in the spring of 2005 after feeling God calling her to use her gifts and education to serve the children and families of East Hollywood. She greatly enjoys co-leading the Weekly Gathering Team and directing Kairos Kids and other children’s programs at Kairos East Hollywood. It is her hope that the Kairos community will be transformed by Love so dramatic that it ripples out from our community like a shockwave filling Los Angeles with the light of hope.

Don Chesworth

Don's passion in life is to see how God's Kingdom can come to local neighborhoods, and to see how his rescue from life is bound up in that of others. Don was born and raised in New York, and since college lived in eight different states until he finally felt at home in California. Don studied Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia and was an IT Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers for four years before receiving his Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. Don has served as a Youth Minister in downtown Baltimore, as a Student Pastor in Jamaica, as an Intern/Teacher at Urban Promise in Camden, and as a Co-pastor in Chile. He also has gone on mission trips to Korea, Peru, and Argentina. Don is excited about implementing our vision, serving with our neighbors, and teaching English, Spanish and the Good News of Jesus.

Joe Racek

Joe has been pastoring for over 7 years and has a passion for seeing people grow deeper in their walk with God, and for creating environments where people can experience God more fully. He enjoys playing hockey, fixing things, and being outdoors whether its trying surfing or chasing the kids around in the back yard. Lisa spends her days homeschooling their four children. Her heart is to encourage women to live out their calling in life, and to help Joe in ministry wherever its possible. Joe and Lisa have been married for 8 and 1/2 years and have 4 children, ages 7, 6, 4, and 3.

Andrew Bleyer

Andrew’s dream is to inspire people to find their role in God’s story of redemption. He lives with his wife Kimberlee and son Gavin in Sunset Park, on the border of Santa Monica and Venice. After growing up in Swaziland, Andrew moved to St. Louis where he studied philosophy at the University of Missouri. He married Kimberlee in 2000 and began developing communities that make Jesus understandable to his generation. Andrew is one of the founding pastors of Kairos West Los Angeles and is currently working to connect the Church with both the neighborhood and other Churches in LA. He is also studying for a Masters degree at Fuller Theological Seminary and working with veterans and people who are homeless. He loves surfing, teaching his son to beatbox, and finding a way to grill anything that is edible.

Greg Christman

Greg’s greatest desire is to see God glorified in the hearts of people. Greg works as a Religious Director at the University of California, a mentor and coach to High School students. Also, He is a Discipler and Life Coach of leaders across the country. Greg spent 6 years in campus ministry at Ball State University in Indiana. Greg moved to Los Angeles with a passion for church-planting and community development. Greg has been in ministry for 10 years with backgrounds in Architecture and Communications. He has been active in missions and church-planting. He took active roles in planting churches in Southern Illinois, University of Arizona, and Torino, Italy. Currently, Greg is pursuing a Masters in Organizational Development with Pepperdine University. Greg is married to Julie, an amazing High School math teacher in the LA schools.

Shalom Sanchez

Shalom grew up in New Mexico. While in college on a Christian theatre tour, she felt God calling her to help reach the people of Los Angeles for Christ. She experienced a world of hurting people like she had never known before and the Lord started putting it on her heart to work with that world. After two years of working in the inner city schools in New Mexico she moved to LA to help plant Kairos. She started working with the church plant and teaching full time. Through these experiences, her eyes became even more opened to the brokenness of the people in LA. In 2004 she went on staff with Kairos. She has a variety of different roles from USC's campus ministry, women's ministry, weekly gathering support, and the annual East Hollywood Toy Giveaway. Doing what ever she can to help support people that want to grow more in Christ.
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