Leadership

Chino - 2020

Jannet is an Elder at New Hope Center in Chino where she has served as a staff pastor for 2 years. She currently works at APU as an Assistant Campus Pastor. Her responsibilities include chapel leadership, mentoring and discipling students, coordinating interns, and pastoral counseling.

Garden Grove - 2020

John Rittenhouse has been pastoring Living Spring Church in Garden Grove since 2006. He and his wife Lisa have been married for 28 years and currently live with their teenage son Jesse and dog Atticus in Cypress. They have 2 daughters; Audrey is married and teaches high school biology, and Emily is newly married and recently graduated from Grand Canyon University with a degree in business. John's into sports, loves sushi, plays the guitar, and is trying to learn Spanish. He has his MAPS from Azusa Pacific University.

Long Beach North - 2020

Gay has been attending and serving at Light & Life Long Beach for many years and has a passion to see people come to know the Lord and grow in the gifts He gives to them. Gay and her Husband have trained and taken over fifty people through the Strengths Finder profile by Gallup, 4 MAT Learning Style assessment, and various other personality profile assessments to help people identify and grow in their spiritual gifts. Helping others learn where they can effectively serve in ministry and preparing couples and/or marriages for enriched relationships is one of Gay’s passions.

Garden Grove - 2020

Dr. Heather and her family have been attending and serving at Living Spring Church for eleven years. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a doctorate from Ryokan College. Heather currently runs her own psychiatry practice called The Healing Heart since 1997 with Christ as the central component of her counseling services. Dr. Heather is also a published author and award winning poet.

Garden Grove - 2020

Gary and his wife have been part of Living Spring in Garden Grove for over 20 years. Gary was a school teacher for 10 years and then spent 40 years in sales management. He has a love for singing and organizational management.

Long Beach North - 2020

Rachel serves at Light & Life in North Long Beach. She is an alumnus of the Center for Transformational Leadership internship program and a graduate of Westmont College. Rachel is part of Light & Life's office administrative staff for almost two years. She works largely with finance, social media, her discipleship group, and general administration.