Residency Program

I grew up in an artistic family, so whether it was drawing, painting, or music, art was something I was always around. Even at an early age, I loved to create and design.

It wasn’t until I started college that I saw my faith and my talent emerge. I gave my life to Jesus at a conference in 2011 and immediately started serving in my local church. My biggest contribution always seemed to come in the way of graphics and I realized this was no longer a hobby, but a passion. I graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2013 with a degree in Communication specializing in emerging technology and multimedia.

I started coming to Victory Family Church in 2019 and immediately knew God was working on something. After a little hesitation, I applied for the Residency Program and it has been a blast ever since! Since starting the Residency, I have had the incredible privilege of designing countless graphics for screen, print, apparel, and other media, as well as leading our social media team for live coverage during weekend services. From main services to youth to conferences and more, I’ve enjoyed every second. For me, I love that we can show others God’s love through art and design.

After completing the Residency, my hope is to serve the local church full time in a creative role to uniquely showcase the love and power of Jesus!

I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have! Email me at zdurler@lifeatvictory.com

I graduated from Geneva College in May 2022 with a Bachelor’s in Marketing. I intended to pursue marketing full-time, but God had other plans. The fall of my senior year of college, God spoke to me about the call on my life to full-time ministry. I was overwhelmed with excitement to step into this role, but with thoughtful prayer, I decided to finish my degree and then apply for a Residency at Victory Family Church.

I am so grateful to Victory for allowing me and my husband to step into the call that God has on our lives. God is working in the next generation. He sees their faith and He is anointing young people to spread the love of Christ to everyone they know. I started my Residency working with High School and Middle School students and have started working with our Children’s Ministry in January of 2024.

After the Residency, I hope to pursue a full-time position working with a Next Generation Ministry to help share the gospel to students who have never experienced the love of Christ and help them discover the purpose God has for their life.

I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have! Email me at alambert@lifeatvictory.com

I often volunteered at church growing up, even interning during my last few years of high school. My time was split between serving on the Worship team and youth ministry. It wasn’t until God began stirring up a greater desire for Worship ministry that I realized I was stepping into a calling. After graduating from Southeastern University with my Bachelor’s in Ministerial Leadership, I spent most of my time in Worship ministry serving in young adult and middle school ministry.  

Beyond Worship, I have a passion for seeing people encounter God in everyday life. I believe that sharing the Gospel in our everyday places like work, the gym, or even the grocery store can be an everyday experience for us as we walk in faith. I am excited to be a part of a growing church and looking forward to being part of the developing Worship ministry here at Victory.

I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have! Email me at cmcguire@lifeatvictory.com

God called me to be a Youth Pastor at 16, the day I gave my life to him. It made no sense to me at the time but I was passionately in love with Him, so I just obeyed.

Since then, I have been developing as a leader through serving two years in Victory’s Student and Young Adult Ministries Internship Program, and now in the Residency Program. I am being refined as a leader and in my character, and also becoming even more passionate for the next generation.

I currently Pastor the Middle School and High School students at Victory’s Meadville Campus. My desire is to see a generation bold and unafraid because they know their true value in Christ, to lead the next generation into all that God promises them, and to equip them to share that in a real way with others.

I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have! Email me at jrichmond@lifeatvictory.com

I began attending Victory Family Church in September of 2020 and started serving on the worship team shortly after, starting out on the middle school worship team. I then transitioned to high school, young adults, and adult service worship teams in the spring of 2021.

Very quickly after I joined the young adult worship team, God started to deal with my heart. He used my love for music and people to ignite my passion for worship. I began to pray about my heart’s desire to lead people into worship and to pastor others. God began to answer my prayers as I started serving more heavily in worship.

I currently lead our Meadville Worship Team, helping to lead our congregation into an attitude of praise and worship, resourcing the worship team on a weekly basis, and pastoring the worship team members.

Once I graduate from the Residency Program, I hope to join a church and ministry where I can continue to use the gifts and passion that God has placed in me.

I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have! Email me at krichmond@lifeatvictory.com

I graduated from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in 2023 under their music department as a vocal major. I started the Residency Program at Victory Family Church a few days after to pursue the call to full-time ministry!

When I was 13 years old, I remember leading worship for a spontaneous event. The Lord so clearly spoke to me, saying I would lead worship and tell the world about Jesus for the rest of my life. Glorifying His name, helping others to worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth, and helping this NOW generation walk through this life, Holy and set apart by God, is my passion!

Later on in life, it became clear that my calling is to minister the gospel through song and spoken word. Using my gifts to operate in a way that points people to Jesus and what He has done is my joy. I want to be sure I am first fulfilling the great commission by proclaiming the gospel to all people everywhere and helping this generation of believers do the same.

I have had the privilege to develop, train, and lead at Victory Family Church, where God has so divinely opened every door. I desire to help students walk out their God-given purpose in every sphere of influence He gives them, proclaim the gospel, and give all glory to the Lord for He alone is worthy!

I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have! Email me at aspeicher@lifeatvictory.com

Jesus captured my heart when I was a little girl—my earliest memories involve me using the gift of music to offer a song of “First Love” from my heart to the King of kings. I’ve been blessed to spend the past two decades of my life ministering to 7th-12th grade students as a public-school music teacher while also bi-vocationally serving on and leading worship teams at area churches.

Over the past few years, the Lord began a stirring in my spirit, leading me out of the field of education and into full-time vocational church ministry. These promptings intensified over the past school year during which the Lord led me through a season of restoration, re-direction, and refinement. Once I received clarity from the Holy Spirit, I responded in obedience that required one of the biggest faith risks of my life—retiring early from teaching and simply waiting for Him to reveal my next step. The Lord simultaneously instructed me to “bloom and develop where He had planted me,” right here, at Victory Family Church, where I had been serving part-time as the New Castle Campus Worship Director for the past three years. Shortly after, the Holy Spirit spoke through one of our pastors who pointed me to the Residency program!

I’m overwhelmed with gratitude and beyond excited to transition into this new season of growth and development in leadership, worship ministry, and most importantly, my personal walk with the Lord. Beyond that, my heart desperately burns for the souls of those who have struggled with their identity, especially people within the LGBTQ community, to experientially encounter the love of Jesus, receive the free gift of salvation through Him, know who they are in Christ and to live a life of true freedom and healing!

From a young age I knew that I was called to full time ministry, even when I didn’t fully understand what that meant. I began taking any steps I could to serve more in the church. I began getting speaking opportunities when I was in 7th grade and I have been growing in that gift ever since.

In 9th grade I entered the Insight Internship, the high school internship, at Victory Family Church where I served for 3 years as a student and then in my 4th year, I assisted in leading the Internship. I realized my next step was to apply for the Residency Program to continue growing in my God-given gifts. 

I have been serving with the next generation for several years and I have a deep passion for helping the next generation know and walk with God. I’m excited to continue learning through this program! After the Residency I hope to pursue a full-time position working in youth ministry.

My first 6 years of ministry I was a director of a college ministry at Penn State called Victory Christian Fellowship. I graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Cultural Anthropology in 2017 with a heart to walk out the great commission as described in Matthew 28. After graduation, I responded to God’s call on my life and went into full-time ministry.

From 2017-2023 I was a Campus Pastor for Victory Christian Fellowship, a college ministry faithfully serving the students of Penn State. In those years God showed me how to couple my degree, with my love of the Gospel, to reach the nations at Penn State! In that position I was part of cultivating a ministry where college students declare victory through Jesus, lordship to God, belief in the scriptures, and are empowered by the Holy Spirit. In the beginning of 2023, I felt God’s leading to step down from my position in order to pursue the next chapter He had for me. I found myself applying to the Residency Program at Victory Family Church!

I am so thankful to now be a Pastoral Resident and to learn how to best serve the needs of God’s people both physically and spiritually; learning under not only the Marriage ministry but also the Care & Discipleship ministry, Outreach ministry, Small Groups ministry, and the Service teams across Victory’s various campuses. I am driven by the desire to see the Kingdom of God expand! My heart is to win people to Christ, being the hands and feet of God wherever I go. Whether it is through directing a Care ministry, Pastoral Counseling, or wherever God has next, I say, “Here I am Lord send me”! 

After giving my life to Jesus, I began to serve as a small group leader for middle school students. An unwavering desire to see students excel in their spiritual growth and introduce them to Jesus began to flourish within me. As time passed, I started volunteer assisting the student ministries department, immersing myself in every detail and coming alongside the team to lend a hand wherever it was needed. Helping others has become second nature to me.

After four years as a cosmetologist, I sensed a shift in my heart. My focus transitioned from perfecting my craft to connecting with the individuals in my chair and sharing Jesus with them. This led me to begin praying and fasting about going into full-time ministry. It was during this period that I felt peace and the Lord brought to my remembrance Matthew 25:14-29, emphasizing that the more I was faithful with little the more He would entrust to me. This was both honoring and humbling!

I eagerly applied for the Internship Program then the Residency Program. I am thankful and filled with anticipation for the opportunities and growth that are ahead during my time in the Residency Program!

I have had the privilege to serve in Service Production for many churches over the past 13 years. Each new experience pushed me towards a growing desire to work more in depth in ministry. During a gap year in 2020, a past youth leader encouraged me to consider joining the staff of the church I was attending in the role of a Production Lead. This role further cemented my desire to work in full time ministry and laid out God’s calling on my life. When my home church, Living Waters Church, was adopted by Victory Family Church in 2021, I was surrounded by people who equipped me to pursue my calling to ministry.

In 2021, I attended Grove City College to continue my college education in Music and Business. During that time, I began an Internship with a local church where I lead production for middle-school and high-school youth nights.

I was blessed to be able to work with a church production group this past year which again sparked my desire to grow more as a leader and ultimately led me to come back to Victory for the Residency Program. I am excited to continue growing in technical and spiritual aspects during my time in the Service Production track of the Residency Program.

 Since I was little, I have always had a love for singing and music. I always wanted, and was encouraged by others, to join the worship team. It wasn’t until the fall of 2021 that I auditioned and joined our High School and Young Adult teams at Victory Family Church.

Once I began serving regularly, I began to feel called to take another stepped towards worship leading. Wanting to be obedient towards that calling, I applied for the Internship Program. God, in a way only He could, began to accelerate my growth and confidence as a worship leader. He soon after told me that He chose me to help lead people into His presence.

Towards the end of my Internship, I applied for the Residency Program here at Victory. I am very passionate about worship, love to see people who have a heart of worship, and who are gifted musically to step into the call on their lives and use their gifts to glorify God. I want to continue to help people step into that call and help develop them in their walk, on and off the platform. I am excited to learn and develop through this program to become the worship leader, and woman, God has designed and called me to be.