Nolan Lee - Interim Lead Pastor
Nolan has been at Grace since he moved to San Diego in the fall of 2013. He and his wife Brooke and their two kids Trystan and Cadence live in Spring Valley and love the community of Grace!
Nolan is our Interim Lead Pastor, overseeing & leading our church at both campuses. He oversees our pastoral team, elder team, and is part of the teaching team.
Nolan is also an artist/illustrator working for company’s like BET and formerly played college football at the University of Hawaii. You will often find Nolan painting or enjoying the beautiful outdoors.
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Scott Laughlin - Outreach Pastor
Scott has been attending Grace since he moved to San Diego in the summer of 2000. He and his wife Susan and their three boys; Aden, Henri & Maximus live in Alpine and love the community we have here at Grace!
Scott is our Outreach Pastor, overseeing & leading all of our outreach ministries at both campuses. He also oversees stewardship, facilities, social media and is one of our teaching pastors.
He is an MMA enthusiast and loves most action sports. He also loves to travel and has led teams to countries like Malawi, Peru, Japan, Mexico, Guatemala & Thailand. You will often find Scott at the best coffee shops in San Diego reading a leather bound book.
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Jesse Jacobs
North Park Campus Pastor | Connect Group Pastor
Jesse Jacobs - North Park Campus Pastor | Connect Group Pastor
Jesse and Desiree have been married since January of 2007. They have four incredible kids named Luke, Bethany, Bennett and Cohen. Desiree and Jesse both came to San Diego to be undergraduate students at UCSD, which is where they met. They started attending Grace in November of 2011.
Jesse is the North Park Campus Pastor and the Pastor of Connect Group Ministry, the ministries for the adults of Grace. He is also one of the teaching pastors. His main passion is seeing people fall in love with Jesus and become leaders for the Kingdom of God.
Jesse loves to go on date nights with Desiree. Loves to be outdoors as a surfer, snowboarder, hiker, play at the park with his kids or watch his kids play sports. He loves to read, watch Netflix and travel the world.
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Dan Inglese
East Campus Pastor
Dan Inglese - East Campus Pastor
Dan has been a longtime friend of Grace and has been on our team since early 2019. He and his wife Alison have been in San Diego since 2007. They have three amazing kids Jad, Wheaton, and Juniper.
Dan is our East Campus Pastor and have the honor of serving on our leadership team and is one of our teaching pastors.
He enjoys surfing, golfing and spending time with his family.
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Chelsea Cardenas
North Park Campus Worship Leader
Chelsea Cardenas - North Park Campus Worship Leader
Chelsea was born and raised in north county San Diego and moved to SDSU for college in 2014. She comes from a musical family and has been singing and leading worship in church from the earliest age she could. She was brought on staff at Grace during her freshman year at the age of 18 and has been leading our church family in worship ever since!
Chelsea is our North Park Worship/Production Director overseeing the services, our online campus, and the worship in North Park each week. Chelsea is passionate about creating a safe space where people can worship freely and encounter God as well as reaching people beyond our immediate community through our online campus. Chelsea is also passionate about raising up volunteer leaders to use the giftings God has given them in these areas.
Chelsea has played soccer for 14+ years and loves to kick box. One of her favorite places she’s visited so far is Banff, Canada.You will often see Chelsea holding a very cute baby…it’s not hers.
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Cristy Booher
East Campus Worship Leader
Cristy Booher - Grace East Worship Leader
Cristy has been attending Grace Church San Diego with her family since 2008. She grew up in the church and has been involved in music since she was a child. She received a BA in music from Point Loma Nazarene University, but after graduation she went into non-profit work. She continued to volunteer in worship ministries with her husband and is honored to be part of the team at Grace. Cristy loves to lead others and truly loves helping the church come before God in worship.
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Alyssa Zarraonandia
North Park Youth Director
Alyssa Zarraonandia - North Park Youth Director
Alyssa is our youth director at our North Park campus. She graduated with a bachelor’s in Communications from Azusa Pacific University. She is now married to her husband Jordan and has a baby girl named Cindy.
If I wasn’t a Youth Director, I’d probably be . . . an athletic trainer for the Chargers.
Favorite part about your job or favorite moment?
My favorite part of my job is seeing students actually fall in love with Jesus and having that breakthrough moment in their faith.
What’s something most people wouldn’t know about you?
One time at youth group, I took a bite of the dollar tree chocolate I purchased for games and broke my entire front tooth off. I now have a permanent fake tooth.
One time at youth group, I took a bite of the dollar tree chocolate I purchased for games and broke my entire front tooth off. I now have a permanent fake tooth.
Where’s your happy place?
My happy place would definitely be on a surfboard in the ocean.
My happy place would definitely be on a surfboard in the ocean.
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Jeff Dillow
Creative Director | Story Lead
Jeff Dillow - Creative Director | Story Lead
Jeff has been attending Grace since 2013, the same year he and his wife Rachel moved to San Diego from Indiana. They now have two boys, Sam & Richie, and have found a home in the Rolando neighborhood, near SDSU.
Jeff oversees how the story of Grace Church is told via sermon series videos, announcements and all forms of digital & printed media. His team’s number one mission is to make much of God and highlight what He continually does through the lives of the people who call Grace Church home.
When not at Grace, Jeff is probably in his garden. He loves behind outside and watching and interacting with nature. Spending time with his family is very important, but eating Mexican food and his garden growing salsa comes in close behind.
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Shelley Tancil - Prayer Team Ministry Partner
Shelley is a native of San Diego, and has never lived anywhere else. She was baptized at Grace in 2009, and started out serving on the tech team. Seeing and learning what is possible with God, Shelley loves to encourage others in their journeys of carrying out God’s ministry in their lives, and the lives they touch, in order to align with His purpose. Her motto is “keep lookin’ up”
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Colleen Teran
Grace Kids Preschool Director
Colleen Teran - Grace Kids Preschool Director
Colleen joined the Grace team in 2012 with over 30 years of experience in early education as well as serving the local church with her pastor-husband, Phil. Colleen is passionate about the opportunities of ministry to the community through a preschool outreach. She also shares this passion through seminars and trainings through various organizations. Colleen and Phil are blessed with six amazing grandchildren.
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Scott & Lori Allen
Support & Recovery Pastors
Scott & Lori Allen - Support & Recovery Pastors
Scott & Lori have faced extreme addiction in their past, bringing them to the lowest of lows. For over 18 years now, they have been walking in freedom and hope through the love of Christ. Scott has a passion for truth and creating an environment of safety so that others can experience authentic change. Lori is a trained and licensed addiction recovery and grief counselor. As well as, a licensed Clinical Chaplin. Together they oversee both Restored By Grace addiction recovery ministry and Soul Care counseling ministry here at Grace. They are a powerful team used by God to bring restoration and change into the most hopeless situations.
As a vital ministry at Grace Church San Diego, we are so proud to have Scott & Lori Allen lead many to recovery through Jesus Christ!
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John Loo
North Park Children's Director
John Loo - Children's Director, Grace Church North Park
John found Grace online and was part of our online community for many months before moving to San Diego in 2017. He now lives in Imperial Beach and loves being part of our Grace family!
John is the Children’s Director at the North Park campus. He works with developing leaders, creating teams, and implementing systems to run all of the children and family ministries at this campus, which include Sunday services, outreach events, child dedications, etc. He is also the Director of our Residency Program.
John is also a college professor and entrepreneur. He is working to finish his PhD in Applied Linguistics and has taught in higher education for 8 years. In addition, John has his own business and is currently working to officially launch a non-profit organization in 2020 that works to help children and orphans in the Philippines, Colombia, and Ukraine.
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Natalie Rouse - East Campus Children's Director
Natalie has been attending Grace since 2014 when she moved home from New York City just two doors down from our North Park Campus. She now resides in Mission Valley but loves to frequent both campuses and communities.
Natalie is our Children’s Director at East Campus and oversees our children’s ministry and organizes children’s programs and events.
She is a proud breast cancer survivor and is passionate about spreading awareness about health and its importance in living a life of longevity and fulfilling our purpose in Christ.
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Adam
East Campus Youth Director
Adam - East Campus Youth Director
Adam immediately fell in love with Grace East when he started attending with his wife, Kelsie, and son, Peter, in the spring of 2019. Adam moved to San Diego from North Idaho in 2010 and currently lives with his family in Rancho Bernardo.
Adam is East Campus’s Youth Director. He oversees the Sunday and midweek youth services for High School and Junior High students at Grace East.
In his free time, Adam loves going to the beach and surfing, playing golf, going on backpacking adventures with his wife, and anything outdoors. Adam is a fitness enthusiast and has a degree in exercise science.
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Haley Rambali
Office Administrator
Haley Rambali - Office Administrator
Haley and her husband, Devin, moved to San Diego at the beginning of 2018. A few short weeks later they found Grace Church through yelp. After their first Sunday at Grace, they felt right at home and fell in love with the atmosphere and community of Grace.
Haley is our Office Administrator for both campuses. She does a lot of the behind the scene work that keeps our church running.
Haley and her husband are from the great state of Nebraska. She and her husband enjoy exploring the city of San Diego, but they often spend their time at dog parks, dog beaches, or dog-friendly hikes with their two pups.
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Elders
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CURRENT ELDERS;
Jake Booher, Matt Thomas, Yoichi Wakayama, Hector Perea, King Perez, Bronson Pate, Jack Palmer
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