| Our Elders |
The elder board consists of two
pastors and four lay leaders. As a team, they work hard to
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Steve Chang is the Senior
Pastor. He is a graduate of UCLA (in Computer engineering) and Dallas
Theological Seminary. He lives with "the three most beautiful women in
the world", his wife Hannah and his two daughters, Christine and
Janice. Steve's desire is to spend the rest of his life building up
Living Hope.
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David Kim is the Associate
Pastor. He graduated from UCSD (in U.S. History) and Talbot School of
Theology. David has a passion for the church and its people.
He and his wife Ruth live in Diamond Bar with theirs daughters, Natalie
and Katie.
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David Park has been a member
of Living Hope since ‘02. David is married to Helen and has two girls,
Tobi and Abigail and a son, Luke. David has a heart for mission and was
on staff at a campus group. agency. David has a natural passion for
missions and has will co-lead the missions committee. |
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Richard has been a member of
Living Hope since ‘95. Richard has been serving on the leadership team
since 2003. As a leader, Richard has co-led the men’s ministry and been
the lead for the missions board. Richard’s training and heart is to
disciple men as he comes from a strong Navigator’s background. His wife
Janet is also heavily involved in ministry as she is on the Women’s
Ministry leadership team. Richard and Janet have two beautiful
daughters, Avery and Kendall. |
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Dooro Park has been a member
of Living Hope since 1997. Dooro has served on the leadership team
since 2003 and directs our growing Christian Education department. As
an educator, Dooro values the spiritual growth of adults and children.
Both Dooro and his wife EJ come from a strong para-church involvement
(Crossroads Christian Ministries) at UC San Diego. Their home
is filled with three kids, Ryan, Lauryn, and Benjamin. Like father like
son, Ryan is a big Los Angeles Dodgers fan. |
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Andrew Song has been a
member of Living Hope since 2002 and has served on the leadership team
since 2004. Andrew leads the Men’s Ministry and co-leads the building
committee. Andrew is passionate about the church and envisions great
things for it. Before coming to Living Hope, Andrew served as a deacon
at his previous church helping to lead the English portion of the
church. Having grown up in a pastor’s family and having the gift of
service, his wife Michaela is an invaluable partner to Andrew.
Together, they raise the serious and the cheerful AJ & Zachary. |
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| Associate Staff |
The daily operations of the church and
the shepherding of the affinity ministries are done by the pastoral
staff. In addition to Pastors Steve Chang and David Kim, the other
members of the pastoral staff include: |
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Danny Roh is our Director of
Student Ministries. He is a graduate of Biola University and
Talbot School of Theology. Danny has a passion for young
people and has spent the last eight years doing youth
ministry. As the Director of Student Ministries, Danny
directly shepherds the Catapult (youth) Ministry and assists with the
Route-28 Ministry. Danny loves music and sports.
dannyrohlivinghopecc.org
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Tim Pak is our Route-28
(College) Director. Coming from Seattle with nearly ten years
of ministry experience (as a pastoral intern, college director, worship
director and interim lead pastor), Tim brings a mature passion to the
church. Tim is married to Sako and is expecting another
daughter this year.
timpaklivinghopecc.org
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Min Song-Lee is our
Children's Director. She is a graduate of UC Irvine and is
currently a student at Talbot School of Theology in Christian
Education. Min has a deep passion and love for children and
was involved with the Kingdom Kids Ministry for years before becoming
the director in 2008.
minsong1214gmail.com
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| Deacons |
The church is served by dedicated
servant-officers who oversee various ministries. They are
called deacons and they are: |
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Jennie Huh has been a member
of Living Hope since ‘01. Jennie and Young raise two boys, Noah
& Jonah. Aside from co- shepherding the Chino cell group,
Jennie has been co-directing the Precious Lambs- Toddlers department. |
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Young Huh has been a member
of Living Hope since ‘01. Young and his wife Jennie are raising two
energetic boys, Noah & Jonah. Young currently shepherds the
Chino cell group and leads the Set Up ministry. |
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Janet has been a member of
Living Hope since ‘96. She is married to Richard and raises two
beautiful girls, Avery & Kendall. Janet has served in missions,
nursery and shepherding. She is currently on the women’s ministry
leadership team. |
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Joseph Kwon has been a
member of Living Hope since ‘06. He is married to Joyce and has two
children, Jonathan & Julianne. Joseph is a co-shepherd for the
Prime La Habra group and leads the Sports & Recreation Ministry. |
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Andrew Park has been a
member of Living Hope since ‘95. Andrew is the husband to Lynn and a
father to Erin & Danielle. Andrew had been our praise leader
for over a decade. Starting ’10, Andrew took on the leadership of the
audio/visual ministry. |
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John Sang has been a member
since ‘03. He is married to Susan and raises two beautiful children,
Evelyn and Trevor. John will serve as the Member Care Ministry lead as
well as the Men’s ministry co- lead. |
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Irene Yim has been a member
of Living Hope since ’99. Irene is married to Robert and has two
children: Audrey & Sarah. She has served in various capacities
including hospitality committee and children’s musicals. She will
continue to lead our Living Hope choir. |
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Paul Yoon has been a member
since 2003. He has been faithfully serving as the hospitality lead for
the last two years. He is married to Susan and has two sons: Jason and
Aaron. |
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Sally
Lee has been a member since 2003. Sally has served on the
women’s ministry leadership team and shepherded the Yorba Linda 1 cell
group for many years with her husband Young. They have four wonderful
children: Christian, Justin, Danielle & Audrey. She will be
serving at the Facility Care person. |
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Beth
Kim has been a member since 2001. Beth has served in various
capacities including the building committee. She has been faithfully
directing the Childcare Ministry for many, many years. |
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Julie Pak has been a member
since 1999 and has served in many capacities including praise and
missions. She is married to Tommy Pak and raises Maya and Jaden. Julie
will continue to direct the Kingdom Kids Pre- School department. |
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Robby Jung has been a member since 2006.
Robby is married to Grace and raises two boys: Jeremiah &
Joshua. Despite the busyness of parenting, Robby faithfully leads our
praise ministry. |
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David "Michigan" Kim has been a member
since 2004. Married to Bin, David has served many years in the Catapult
staff. He has also been a part of the missions committee and will be
co-directing the committee starting 2011. |
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Rebecca Kim has been a member of Living
Hope since 1999. Married to Andrew, Rebecca has served in nearly every
ministry at Living Hope including youth, praise & missions.
Starting 2011, she will be co- leading the missions committee. |
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Alejandra Park has been a
membes since 2008. She is married to James and raises two daughters:
Katherine & Rachel. She also serves in the building committee’s
capital campaign team and will be our co- treasurer starting 2011. |
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Christine Lee has been a
member since 2008. Christine will continue to co- shepherd the La Habra
cell group as well as being the Prime co- liaison. |
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Connie Kim has been a member
since 2005. She is married to John and raises two Caleb & Emma.
Connie serves in many capacities including being a part of the Women’s
Ministry. Starting 2011, she will lead the Events Ministry. |
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Sam Yeo has been a member of
Living Hope since ‘07. Sam is married to Kathy and raises two
kids, Rylie and Rowan. Sam leads our Compassion Ministry which means
that he is the director of the non-profit organization, Living Hope
Community Partnership. |
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Yoonie Chung has been a
member since 2007. She is married to John and raises two boys: Joshua
& Caleb. She has her husband co- shepherds the Yorba Linda 2
cell group and is on the Kingdom Kids Parent Admin Team. She will also
serve as our co-treasurer starting in 2011. |
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Samuel
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Kirstin
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Lillian
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| Deacons-in-Training |
The church is also served by people
who are currently being trained for the office of deacons.
They are: |
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John Kim |
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Dennis Park |
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John
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Fred Cho |
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