JUMMP MISSION TRIP PROFESSIONAL

My calling is to help churches and their congregations redefine how they see mission opportunities. ARMY as a Regional Director, setting up and facilitating mission trips in the Texas and Louisiana United Methodist Conferences for church groups large and small. Marla and I got married in 2011, we have two boys, Jackson, and McClain, who have managed to keep us on our toes, but also show us a deeper level of connection to God and our Church. ARMY workday in 2010 actually led me to meet my wife, Marla, while building a wheelchair access ramp. I have been working and volunteering in a ministry of some kind for the last 15+ years. I was born and raised in Houston and currently live in Tyler, TX. I can help you build a Jesus focused, worship-oriented children’s and youth ministries who through faith will go out into the world on various mission trips. Lastly, in 6 years this youth ministry has raised over $100,000 in fundraisers for missions, Summer camp, and over various activities. Along with numerical growth I have taken this youth ministry all over the world on mission trips from the Dominican Republic to Israel.

In the past 6 years at Livingston, I have grown the youth ministry from 10 teens up to 200 pre-pandemic, and then during the pandemic from 30 up to 60.

JUMMP MISSION TRIP PROFESSIONAL

As such I have spent the majority of my adult professional life dedicating myself to building children’s and youth ministries in the model that Jesus gives us all. Plus, the 12 disciples were not men in their 30s or 40s, but actually ranged in age from 12-21. I am sure many of you can think about the time Jesus taught adults to be more like children, or the time when he commanded to let the little children come to him. Something many churches and for that matter many congregational members don’t realize is that Children and Youth ministries was a particular passion for Jesus.

I love to fish out on Lake Livingston, hunt whitetail deer in South Texas, and play video games specifically on the pc. I am a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary with my Masters of Arts in Theological Studies specializing in Youth Ministry. Any theologians out there recognize my daughter’s name from scripture? I have been in youth ministry for about 12 years with half of those years spent in Livingston. I am married to the Lakeview famous Natalie Jeane Leistikow, who has blessed me with a beautiful baby girl in 2021 named Junia Joy. My name is Alain Leistikow, Director of Student Ministries at First United Methodist Church of Livingston.

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