Leadership of Grace Orange

 Staff

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Mike Sciarra
Senior Pastor
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Mike has been the Senior Pastor at Grace Orange since 2006.  He and his wife Angela were married in 1991 and have five children.  He has been in pastoral ministry since 1985. He earned his Masters of Divinity in Bible Exposition (1989) and his Doctorate in Family Ministry (2000) from Talbot School of Theology, where he is also an adjunct professor.

Fun Facts About Yourself

Hobbies: I love to read, write, hike, bike, walk, go fishing and go to garage sales.
Food: Almost anything but American (Italian, Greek, Persian, Japanese, Indian, etc.).
Books: The Bible; A Gospel Primer for Christians (Milton Vincent); Shadow of the Almighty (Elisabeth Elliot); If (Amy Carmichael).
Vacation spot: Smoky Mountains, Tennessee.
My Teams: Lakers and UCLA Bruins.

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Doug has been an Associate Pastor at Grace Orange since 2009. He has been in pastoral ministry since 1984, serving previously as a children’s pastor and a youth pastor at three other churches in southern California. He earned his Masters of Divinity in 1989 from Fuller Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1990. He and his wife Shelley were married in 1989 and are currently living in Orange.

Fun Facts About Yourself

Hobbies: Swimming, antenna topper collecting, antiquing
Movies: The Princess Bride, The Rocketeer, Hard, Days Night, any Marvel comic movies.
Vacation spot: Anyplace with an ocean view.
Sports to play or watch: long boarding, football
Television: Mythbusters, Eureka, Wipeout, America’s Funniest Home Videos
Do on your day off: Going to Disneyland with my wife.

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Doug Roller
Associate Pastor
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Brian Zuniga
Children & Family Pastor
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Brian grew up at Grace Orange and he has been the Children and Family Pastor since 2010. He and his wife Angela were married in 2006 and have two children.  Previously, Brian served as a pastoral intern at Grace Orange while attending The Master's Seminary.  He earned his Masters of Divinity in 2010.

Fun Facts About Yourself

Books: Absolutely everyone should read The Lord of the Rings and Ender's Game. You won't be sorry.
Sports to play: Volleyball is my favorite sport to play though I rarely have an opportunity. I also enjoy basketball and ultimate frisbee.
Sports to watch: USC football (of course), Angels baseball, and Lakers basketball.
What do you do on your day off?: I love spending time with my wife and children and I aspire to know how to fix things and how to grow vegetables.

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Alex has been the Worship Pastor at Grace Orange since 2012. He began serving as the Pastoral Intern since coming to Grace Orange in 2010. He has served in Music Ministry for the past 10 years and recently graduated from Biola University with a Bachelor's Degree in Music in Worship.

Fun Facts About Yourself

Music: I think everyone should listen to Gungor, The Brilliance, and The Punch Brothers. Also, I have a deep appreciation for Peter Gabriel’s “Scratch My Back.”
Vacation spot: I love to do lake camping in the desert. Lake Mead and Lake Havasu are great, but the best is Lake Powell.
Television: I love cooking shows (Top Chef, Masterchef, Restaurant Impossible), SciFi (Doctor Who, Star Trek, Firefly), and Comedy (The Office, 30 Rock, etc.)

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Alex Valencia
Worship Pastor
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Chris Krebs
Administrator
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Chris has been the Administrator since 2000. Previously, Chris served as the Administrative Assistant from 1993 to 1997. She has a B.S. in Psychology from Western Baptist College (currently Corban University) in Salem, Oregon. She and her husband, Marty were married in 1991 and have one son.

Fun Facts About Yourself

Vacation spot: Hawaii, any of our National Parks
Sports to watch: NASCAR, Basketball (Go Lakers!)
Television: Food Network, NCIS, NCIS-LA, Sing Off

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Tina grew up at Grace Orange and has been working as an administrative assistant in the church office since 2000.  She has her B.S. in Child and Adolescent Development from C.S.U.F.  She is currently serving in the Early Childhood Department at Grace.

Fun Facts About Yourself

Hobbies: I enjoy the outdoors.  Especially cycling, hiking and walking.
Vacation spot: I prefer the mountains and anywhere friends or family are.
Television: Psych, NCIS, White Collar, HGTV, Discovery Channel, Food Network

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Tina Trenner
Admin. Assistant
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Holly Kuehne
Admin. Assistant
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Holly has been in the Grace Orange family for five years and has worked as an administrative assistant in the office since 2011. She is currently a student at Biola University in the Torrey Honors program studying Philosophy.

Fun Facts About Yourself

Movies: Elizabethtown, O Brother Where Art Thou, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars
Books: Anything by C.S. Lewis or Chesterton, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Sports to play and watch: Basketball, Volleyball

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 Elders

alanAlan Cech markMark Holbrook matthewMatthew Holbrook
 jeffJeff Lauridsen  tomTom Licata  danDan Martin
 petePete Roberts  mikesMike Sciarra  daveDave Strozewski
 edEd Trenner  alanwAlan Weisenberger