Leadership

Elders

Kim Kira is the primary teaching elder at Lighthouse and
kim family photoa graduate of The Master’s Seminary (MDiv.).  He is also currently a student (along with his wife) at The Master’s College working on a Masters in Biblical Counseling.  Aside from his family and ministry some of his great passions are the Dodgers and Lakers, BBQing, eating red meat and snowboarding.  Kim is very happily married to Jennifer and they have three kids (Caleb, Josiah and Karissa).

Gavin Kajikawa* is a So Cal native growing up in the city of San Gabriel.gavin bio  He attended a church in the city and gave his life to Christ while in elementary school.  After graduating from UC Irvine, Gavin moved back to his hometown and became a world history high school teacher for three years before entering full time ministry.  It was during this time that he met Lorraine and were later married in 2002. 

Currently Gavin is on staff overseeing the Evangelism Ministry.

Gavin is currently working on a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot School of Theology.  While not serving or studying, he enjoys playing soccer, rooting for the Lakers with Lorraine, and being on a lake or stream fly fishing. 

Jason Ho* serves as the Director of Worship Ministries and jason family photooversees the Pathlights Fellowship for young adults.  Both originally from the East Coast, he and his wife Amy and their two children now live in Redondo Beach where Jason works as an Urgent Care Physician.  Besides a variety of sports, music and reading, he also enjoys studying for his Masters in Biblical Counseling at the nearby Master's College.

Ryan Narasaki* works full-time in the marketing dept at a company in the biotechnology/chemistry industry and is a part-time student at the Talbot School of Theology. He is scheduled to complete an MA in Theology in December 2008. Ryan currently oversees the children's ministry (8 months ryan family photoold - 5th grade) at Lighthouse and is involved with the small group ministries. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys running with his wife Kerri, going to the park with daughter Kylee, surfing, fishing, traveling and photography. His theological interests include studying about cults and learning about the ancient manuscripts of the Bible. 

's* little family consists of Kelly, his wife Shelley and his little girl Zoe (Zo-Zo). kelly family photoHe is the oldest of four boys and his younger, bigger brother is Pastor Kim. He just started attending Master's College and is working on his Masters in Biblical Counseling. His areas of ministry oversight include: visual graphics,VBS and Fall Festival and is also involved in small groups and children's ministries. He enjoys eating, sports, fishing, creating stuff and hanging out with his family.

He considers it a blessing to serve as an Elder-in-training at Lighthouse Community Church.

 

* Elders in Training 

Staff 

David Lee serves as a pastoral intern overseeing youth ministries. He also attends the Master's Seminary, where he is working towards the degree of Master of Divinity. Aside from his love for Biblical studies and working with youth, David enjoys singing, playing guitar, cooking, Macs, and coffee. Even though he is originally from San Francisco, he feigns ignorance of Giants baseball and takes no responsibility for their play or conduct. David married his high school sweetheart in May and is enjoying newlywed life.

Jee Suh serves as the Church Administrator and she thoroughly enjoys her job.  She gets to serve with the high schoolers and really loves the time that she gets to spend with them.  She has also been discipling two of the gals and that has been a great blessing.  Jee also co-plans Apples of Gold, a summer women's cooking/bible study fellowship.  She also serves on the Women's Ministry Core with six other wonderful women.  When she's not serving with the church, she loves to eat, cook, read, sing, Dodgers baseball and recently enjoyed playing soccer on a team for the first time and hopes to play again real soon.