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Noah was born and bred in the heart of the midwest, Illinois. He is a graduate of Rochelle Township high school (entirely indoors like you see on TV) and Vanguard University. Noah finished up with a major in Communications. Noah has been serving in local church ministry since 2016 and has been serving young people at South Shores since 2022.  He is not afraid of the dark or drives longer than 30 minutes. Most of all, Noah is committed to helping young people know their Creator.  In his free time, you can find Noah playing music, reading books and chilling at the beach.

Jillian was born and bred in San Clemente and has been attending South Shores for ten years. After graduating high school from San Clemente in 2018, Jillian pursued Division III softball at the University of La Verne. She graduated in the fall of 2022 with a degree in kinesiology. Now she is pursuing Masters a degree in Apologetics at Biola University . She has a huge heart for students, young adults, and a desire to equip all to be fully devoted followers of Jesus. Jillian loves the outdoors, all types of sports, and winning whenever she plays them. If you want to make her day, she loves good iced coffee. Jillian is also a huge fan of country music and days at the beach.

Erik has been serving in local church youth ministry since 1994. He longs to see students become captivated by and then transformed by the good news of Jesus. Erik and his wife, Leslie have been married since 1998. They have 2 kids, a girl-Havilah and a boy-Elias. Erik doesn’t watch much sports, but he does love to mountain bike and surf.

Jenna has been serving in our worship ministries since 2021. She first began serving as a vocalist, but soon the secret was out that she had taught herself to play the guitar. In time, Jenna began to lead songs and sing harmonies too. Now, Jenna oversees the AnchorageYouth Worship team and the team that leads at the Sunday 9:30am Contemporary Ocean Room service. She loves to identify giftedness in others and help get them plugged in serving where they can all use their gifts to honor the name of Jesus through music.