Residency Program

I am passionate about using my life to help equip and empower people to grow and flourish as they live out their God-given purposes. I am passionate about seeking after those who are lost and reviving the hope that was once lost in their lives to help point them to all that God has for them. In ministry, my core values are connection, growth, and celebration. God has used my passions and core desires to lead me to pursue vocational ministry.

After graduating from high school, God began preparing me for vocational ministry. He led me to the mission field in 2019 for a gap year in Thailand, Malaysia, and Costa Rica. After this, I pursued ministry school at Waymaker School of Ministry, an extension site of Southeastern University. I graduated with a degree in Ministerial Leadership with a focus on Student Ministry and Pastoral Leadership at my extension site of Victory Family Church.

Following graduation, I transitioned into my current Residency position at Victory Family Church. During my Residency, my focus is on community outreach and leading several guest experience teams at Victory’s newest campus in Meadville, PA. This has been an incredible opportunity to learn how to build, disciple, and grow our teams while reaching out to the community around us. I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have!

Email me at kgrasak@lifeatvictory.com.

In 2020 I graduated from Highlands College, majoring in Student Ministries. Before the Residency, I interned as the Student Ministry Service Producer at the New Castle campus. Throughout the Residency Program at Victory Family Church, I have continued to operate in my calling of being the Student Coordinator at the New Castle campus.

This role includes developing and following systems to expand the reach of God in our community, along with discipling and caring for students and leaders to see them take next steps in their life to fulfill God’s plan for them. I have a heart and passion for seeing students and leaders take their next steps, growing closer to God, and knowing their purpose. I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have!

Email me at cgreene@lifeatvictory.com.

In May of 2021, I graduated from Victory’s 2-year ministry school with an Associate degree in Ministerial Leadership from Southeastern University. After graduating, I married my beautiful wife Alexis, and stepped into the Residency Program. My wife has truly been such a blessing to my life, especially in this season, she is the best support system and teammate I could ask for in ministry.

Through the Residency, I currently lead/pastor our Young Adult ministry for 18-30 year olds. I have gained such valuable experience in a variety of areas such as identifying, equipping, and empowering leaders, communication, planning and facilitating attractive services, growing small groups, and other key leadership tools.

I believe the Residency Program has helped me grow into a well-rounded leader and given me the resources to fulfill everything that God calls me to do. I look forward to connecting with you and answering any questions you may have!

Email me at aschooley@lifeatvictory.com.

I had been serving in a high-level volunteer position within worship for about five years before starting the Residency Program. I was happy to continue as a volunteer, but God began to reveal that my calling was much bigger than that.

My residency started with our Next-Gen Ministries, but it was eventually switched to Worship to be more in line with my skill set and some things God was stirring in the heart of our leadership as well as in my own heart. That was not what I thought would happen, but I’ve learned when the Holy Spirit says, “move” the best response is, “yes” and then He will tell you where you’re going later.

I have a passion for seeing the believer and the unbeliever alike experience His presence in worship whether for the first time or the hundredth. I’m excited to hone my skills in, in a musical sense, but also within the context of pastoring a worship team.

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 Student Ministries Residency at Victory Family Church.

I am so grateful to Victory for allowing me to step into the call that God has on my life. 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 get the honor of watching middle school students and high school students pursue Jesus with everything that they have and help others to do the same.

After the Residency, I hope to pursue a full-time position in Student Ministries to help share the gospel to students who have never experienced the love of Christ.

Growing up in a musical family, music has always played a huge role in my life, but it wasn’t until I had my first real encounter with Jesus at a Passion Conference in 2011 that things started to make sense. I returned home on fire for God and immediately started serving in church in any way that I could. It quickly became apparent that I had a pull towards worship, and over the next 8 years I would serve on numerous worship teams at the church.

Life was not without hardships, and after an unexpected and unwanted divorce, I found myself at Victory Family Church in the spring of 2019. However, God was still faithfully executing His plan for my life and my call to worship really accelerated. I started leading on our high school worship team which would then open doors to serving on other worship teams within the church. After hearing a message from our senior pastor about taking faith risks, I applied for and was accepted into the worship residency program.

I now have the honor and privilege of leading and caring for the worship team at our Meadville Campus while still managing to serve on our high school worship team and lead a 12th grade boys small group at our Main Campus in Cranberry Township. Worship does something to me and how tangible God is to me in those moments is something nothing else can replicate. It is my hope and prayer that whether I am on or off the platform, my worship would be authentic and would help lead others into a radical encounter with Jesus!