180 Ministries: High School: Staff

Staff
We have a committed team of staff eager to get to know you and hang out with you. Each staff member brings something unique to our ministry. Read through the bios to learn more about them. They're here for you!

	Brian Eberly - Read Pastor Brian's blog.
	Pastor to Students
	Birthplace	Birthdate
	Anaheim, CA	December 31st, 1966
	Hobbies/Interest
	Spending time with and loving God and my family, music, coffee, gardening, and the beach!
	Life Dream
	To have a lead role in a major motion picture. To tour with a band. To have a house on the beach in Southern California. I don't want much!
	Greatest Achievement
	Being given the priviledge of serving our great God. All other achievements (blessings) and there are MANY are a direct result of God's blessing!
	Why HS Ministry
	Because of the priviledge it is to walk along side such a fun group of people at such a key point in their life. Love it!
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	Aaron Geist - Read my blog.
	High School Pastor
	Birthplace	Birthdate
	Portland, OR	06.24.79
	Hobbies/Interest
	My wife, making and drinking espresso, playing music (guitar, bass and the occasional pounding aimlessly on the piano), disc golf, hiking, web design, Tillamook chocolate-peanut-butter ice cream, blogging (reading and writing)
	Life Dream
	I used to want to be in a big rock band. Other than that, I love what I'm doing now, leading worship, and trying to point people to Christ.
	Greatest Achievement
	Getting my wife to marry me.
	Why HS Ministry
	High school is the time that many of my thoughts about Christ really came to reality. I had great high school leaders that helped me shape who I am, finding out who I was in God. If I can do the same for just one high-schooler by God's grace, that would be awesome. High-schoolers are just plain cool too! :)

	Michael Brown
	Birthplace	Birthdate
	Torrance, CA	04.18.85
	Hobbies/Interest
	Slurpees, taco bell, watching movies, hanging with my friends, playing sports.
	Life Dream
	To own every Taco Bell in the world!
	Greatest Achievement
	Eating a large dominos chesse pizza and a huge burrito within half an hour of each other.
	Why HS Ministry
	This is where my faith became more real and it's where I'm being drawn to serve in ministry.

	Chelsea Etherington
	Birthplace	Birthdate
	Portland, OR	08.04.71
	Hobbies/Interest
	Poker, Reading, Hiking, Floor hockey, Anything to do with water- Swimming, Surfing, Boating, etc., Cooking (and eating), Being with my kids, my friends and my husband.
	Life Dream
	Travel, Travel, Travel- I want to ride a bike on the Great Wall of China, I want to be in Brazil for Carnival, I want to see Europe- all of it- slowly... just put me on a plane with a passport and a credit card. Also to see my children and my husband come to know Christ as their personal savior, and to attempt to live my life according to His plan.
	Greatest Achievement
	Maintaining a great marriage to a super guy and having two kids.
	Why HS Ministry
	I don't really know- you'd have to ask the God, He's the only One who has the plan all figured out, but I do love teens, and am inspired when I see young men and women on fire for God.

	AJ Geist
	Birthplace	Birthdate
	Portland OR!	March 1, 1985
	Hobbies/Interest
	Swimming, reading, writing/blogging, coffee & conversation with friends, history, music – playing, writing, and listening to everything from jazz to metal
	Life Dream
	To write the great American novel, to play drums for any of my favorite bands, or Brian Eberly.
	Greatest Achievement
	Asking myself the tough questions as they come.
	Why HS Ministry
	High school seems like yesterday for me. Even in just a few years, I know it has changed immensely. I know how much the things I learned and experienced in high school shaped me – good teachers and friends. Hopefully I can be a good teacher and friend to these high schoolers

	Alison Geist
	Birthplace	Birthdate
	Portland, OR	04.19.80
	Hobbies/Interest
	Ice cream. Oh, and I also like to play soccer, play the piano, attempt to play the guitar, smell roses and lilacs, go strawberry picking, read good books, do jigsaw puzzles, snowboard, and spend time with my family.
	Life Dream
	To be a good decision maker, and to be content wherever I am, confident that I'm where the Lord wants me.
	Greatest Achievement
	Graduating from college!
	Why HS Ministry
	Because high schoolers are fun!! I was in high school once too, and I remember how great it was that my youth leaders cared about me and loved me. They were the ones who introduced me to Christ and taught me what it meant to have a relationship with Him. They had a lasting impact on me, and I pray that I could do the same for other high schoolers.

	Raymond J. Ramirez
	AKA (Amigo, El Gordo, Fats, Dad, Ray-Ray, Esse, Vato loco, homie) preference any of the previous.
	Birthplace	Birthdate
	Bakersfield CA (it’s a good place to be FROM)	03.21.62
	Hobbies/Interest
	Bugging kids, HOOP, bugging adults, Golf, racquetball, bugging kids, video games, bike riding, bugging kids and bugging kids
	Life Dream
	To bug kids…….no not really. Besides being able to finally take a “HONEYMOON” with my lovely wife. My life dream would be to raise my children to love god and for them to raise their children to do the same and so on.
	Greatest Achievement
	Getting married, staying married for 13 years, kids having personal relationship with Christ.
	Why HS Ministry
	TO BUG KIDS!!!!