Staff

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Pastors

Contact our pastors at (209) 239-5566

• Brian Hunt, Lead Pastor
• Ed Applegate, Executive Pastor of Ministries
• Rick Lackey, Executive Pastor of Operations & Programming
• Sean Mahoney, Pastor of Worship
• Jim Todd, Pastor of Outreach

Directors

Contact our directors at (209) 239-5566

• Jay Clark, Peer Counseling Director
• Jay Cruz, Director of Communications
• Heather Mahoney, Director of Jr. High
• Christine Thompson, Director of Children’s Ministries
• Bill Walmer, Director of High School and College

Support Staff

Contact our support staff at (209) 239-5566

• Mark Bejsovec, Pre-teen Coordinator
• Erin Boswell, Programming and Logistics Administrator
• Bronwyn Callahan, Elementary Coordinator
• Jason Cary, Graphic Designer
• Debbie Clark, Receptionist
• Matt Cloak, Multimedia
• Amy Davis, Accounting Specialist
• Gillian Erikson, Pastoral Assistant
• Edna Glidden, Bookkeeper
• Stephanie Harvey, Next Step & Growth Group Assistant
• Heather Lee, Assistant to Lead Pastor
• Amanda Lowe, Worship Administrative Assistant
• Megan Lueders, Assistant Worship Director
• Shawn Luis, Outreach Assistant
• Erin Nickels, Pastoral Assistant
• Amber Huynh, Kidz City Assistant
• Amy Rhoten, Facilities
• Theresa Salcido, Early Childhood Scheduler and Service Coordinator
• Eliette Valverde, Student Ministries Assistant

Meet Our Pastors

Five ways to describe him

Christ Follower, Husband, Daddy, Athlete, Aspiring Jelly Belly Taste Tester

What he does for Crossroads Grace

Brian is the Lead Pastor and Visionary for Crossroads. He is the primary communicator and is passionate about seeing people apply their faith in their daily lives while seeking to win the next generation to Christ.

Family

“I am incredibly blessed to be the husband to Cherie, daddy to my daughter Aniston and son Easton. I was born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota and also lived in the Chicago Area for 13 years before moving to California. I still have family in both South Dakota and Minnesota, but hopefully I can convince them to say goodbye to snow and hello to sunshine soon.”

What makes him laugh

I love sarcasm and dry humor. Also anything my kids do will make me laugh, but when my wife starts to laugh I’m totally done. I also am a sucker for a good sitcom on TV!

What makes him cry

Those darn videos of Soldiers coming home get me every time or any time I see my favorite NFL football team (Bengals) and MLB team (Reds) play because they almost always lose.

What he loves

I love Jesus more than I can ever express. I love being a husband and leader of our home. I love being a daddy to my two amazing kids. I love sports, especially baseball. And I love really good restaurants.

Five ways to describe him

Seriously smiley, life-long learner, great listener, coffee and tea fanatic, dedicated family-man.

What he does for Crossroads Grace

Ed is the Executive Pastor of Ministries. He serves the ministries of the church, helping with strategic planning and alignment around our vision. He also preaches occasionally on Sundays. He loves developing leaders and seeing individuals and groups grow spiritually!

Family

“Kiah is my amazing wife of 12 years and we have five fantastic kids. Kiah is a school teacher by profession, but has the job of her dreams, being a stay-at-home mom. We love to go out for coffee, hang out with friends and laugh a lot!”

What he’s passionate about

Ed longs for others to find their joy in Jesus, so he works hard studying, communicating and training others. He also loves building things with wood and doing home improvement projects.

Previously in life

You may have heard of the English pastor WITHOUT an English accent! Ed was born in England and moved to and lived in Modesto, CA from the age of 4 until the age of 13. He then moved back to England until the age of 24 and kept his American accent! He received a BA and teaching degree from Oxford University, taught math to junior high and high school kids in England, then moved back to Modesto to attend seminary and to pursue his sweetheart, Kiah.

Five ways to describe him

Harmless little fuzz-ball, Creatively logical, Loves his family, Continually Learning and Oddly humorous

What he does for Crossroads Grace

Rick oversees the operations and programming of the church. This involves the administration of church resources including finances, facility and personnel. Rick also oversees the overall weekend service planning process. This primarily involves attending meetings so that the temperamental ‘creative’ people don’t have to go to so many!

Family

“I have been married to Debbie for 37 years and we have three children; Derek (and his wife Kalley), Jason (and his wife Kara), and Sarah (and her husband Eli). We also have three dogs: Cindee, Hoby, and Zoey.”

Previously in life

Rick Attended California Baptist University and California State University, Hayward. He graduated from Cal State in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Communications. Prior to joining the Crossroads staff, Rick worked in the computer systems management field for Digital Equipment Corp. and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

What makes him laugh

People falling down (as long as they aren’t hurt), dogs playing, The Office and Arrested Development.

What makes him cry

Benji Movies

Five ways to describe him

Passionate, Lives outside of the box, Die-hard family-man, Laid-back and a People-person

What he does for Crossroads Grace

Sean builds and leads worship teams to help people connect with God in a real way. He writes worship songs and instrumentals, helps plan the services, leads the choir and oversees the sound/stage crew and the youth and children’s worship teams. He also supports Crossroads Grace’s Loft Cafe through mass consumption of coffee!

Family

“I absolutely love being a husband to my wife, Heather, and look forward to coming home from work everyday to see my daughters Jessie & Payton, and my son Cooper.”

His favorite things

Bananas and peanut butter, playing tennis, watching boxing, writing and playing music, listening to Kirk Whalum, being an instigator!, attending Saddleback Worship Conferences and Thanksgiving dinner.

The college years

Sean attended Christ for the Nations Institute and continued at Cal State Stanislaus

Five ways to describe him

Lovingly loud, Always late, Responsibly immature, Well-intentioned and a family-man

What he does for Crossroads Grace

After 20 years in youth ministry, Jim’s role now focuses on Outreach…beginning with local outreach in evangelism and community projects, and reaching to the missions’ effort beyond us in different cultures. His role is morphing as he seeks to blend ministry beyond our walls with strategic use of lives and resources for the work of the Lord Jesus. He also teaches some Sundays and has been a staff pastor since 1988 participating on certain leadership teams.

Family

“My high school sweetheart, Barkley, became my bride and Queen, and we’ve been blessed with three daughters (Haylee, Erin and Kaci) who are all breaking my heart slowly as they mature. We love movies (mostly chic flics), the beach and the pool, music and hanging out.”

The college years

“This was where life came together for me…While pursing a degree in accounting, the lifelong athlete in me met the reality of hanging up the cleats and found a life-changing faith in Jesus. I finished out the degree at Cal Poly Pomona, certain that I was called to ministry. My couple years of campus life with Campus Crusade for Christ showed me the simplicity of talking to people about Jesus and investing in those who turn to Him. I entered Talbot (part of Biola University) for a Master’s degree and spent much of the three years after that graduation looking for a great fit…and found it at Crossroads.”

What makes him laugh

Almost anything! The comic strip “Zits” and years of memories with the Crossroads’ youth and youth workers

What he’s passionate about

Jim is passionate about reaching the unreached, near or far, and coaching soccer. He wants others to see Jesus in the way he lives his life to be intrigued and encouraged. He wants his life to count! Thus, he wakes and walks, and he talks a lot!

Meet Our Directors

Five ways to describe him/her

Loves Jesus, loves her family, can have a conversation with anyone, multi-tasker, & a beach lover

What she does for Crossroads Grace

“I work with teams of amazing leaders to connect with and care for our junior high students. I strive to reach students through relationships to follow Jesus and discover him fully. That involves leading two weekly services, speaking, leading games, leading Growth Groups, mentoring students and connecting with their parents. I absolutely love our junior high students, they never cease to amaze me & I look forward to seeing God’s plan play out in our students lives.”

Family

“I am a proud wife of 16 years to the one and only, Sean Mahoney. As well as a proud mom to Jessie, Payton & Cooper.

Previously in life

“I’ve been a part of Crossroads since the sixth grade. I interned my first two years of college under Jim Todd, in the junior high department while attending community college. I received my BA in Youth Ministry from Simpson University, immediately returned to Crossroads to become the Junior High director and marry the love of my life, Sean.”

What makes her laugh

People falling, The Office, my kids silly antics & Megan Lueders laugh.

What makes her cry

Servicemen/women being reuniting with their families after deployment, baptisms, people sharing their testimonies & leaving our church family in Mexico every year.

Five ways to describe her

Hard working, dark chocolate and coffee lover, passionate, slow but sure reader, outside the “gym rat”

What she does for Crossroads Grace

“I have the best job at the church! I am the Director of KIDZ ministry.” She oversees and manages all aspects of children’s ministry from infant-6th grade and a special needs ministry. She directs several family events throughout the year ; including Vaction Bible School. Christine is also the director of our Hope For Kids ministry; teaching kids to share their faith with other kids. She believes “fun” and “being real” are the key ingriendients to learning, loving, trusitng and falling in love with Jesus.

Previously in life

“I was born and raised in Wisconsin. I drove across the country to California with everything I owned when I was 22 years old. I worked in the restaurant industry for most of my working life until I had the opportunity to join the ministry team at Crossroads. I worked my way from a bus girl to restaurant manager. While working at a restaurant that I was managing, I met my husband Nate and we were married in 1990 (27 years). We have 3 kids; Andrew, Bekah and Isaiah. They all are the loves of my life!”

Her favorite things

My very favorite things in life are listening to my kids sing, hum, play music and laugh, hearing the words “Mom” and “Mrs. T.”, the beach, the Autumn season, and hearty healthy food.

What makes her cry

Alot of things actually! I cry everytime one of my kids graduates (another cry fest in May 2018), at baptisms, most weddings, soldiers reunited with their family, most anything that is a heartache for someone else.

Five ways to describe him

Goofball, Loves Jesus, Die hard S.F. Giants fan, Devoted to his family, and could live off of candy corn for the rest of his life!

What he does for Crossroads Grace

Bill has been tasked with leading the High School ministry and developing a College age ministry.

Family

Bill has been married to his wife, Jennifer, for over 20 years. They met through a college ministry and shortly after they began serving in a high school ministry together. They have two children, Zane (13 years old) and Zachary (12 years old). The two boys, although on the opposite ends of the personality spectrum, share their love of all things baseball.

Previously in life

Before joining the staff Bill was police officer in this city for 20 years. He was able to work in several special assignments including K9, Motors, Detectives, Field Training Officer, and SWAT.

His favorite things

My favorite thing is taking my guitar to the beach and worshipping with my wife. I love the beach and the mountains and take any chance I can get to go camping with my family and friends.

What makes him cry

“Encouraging notes from my family… most recently, during the hiring process I received notes from my boys, “I’m proud to be your son.” and “You will always be my hero.” My wife always finds ways to inspire me to tears, even when things are the toughest for me!