H2O Church - Akron

Chad Frank - site pastor
Contact me @ chadandeva@gmail.com
- Hometown: Louisville, OH
- Years on staff: 18 years
- I enjoy: watching and playing sports
- Something interesting about me: I briefly considered being a hand model
- Favorite book(s): Wild at Heart by John Eldredge & Since Nobody's Perfect, How Good Is Good Enough by Andy Stanley
- How I first got involved with H2O: I heard there were good-looking girls there [true story]. Now happily married.
Todd SchlerEth - Site PAstor
Contact me @ todd.schlereth@gmail.com
- Hometown: Lucas, Ohio
- Years on staff: 9 years
- I enjoy: my family, eating, movies, gardening, making things, generally being around people
- Something interesting about me is: I enjoy a good mushroom hunt - the edible variety :)
- Favorite book(s): The Hobbit, Enders Game, Fahrenheit 451, Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret
- How I first got involved with H2O: A guy on my dorm floor invited me (later became room-mates and great friends!)
David hench - support staff
Contact me @ david.hench@reliant.org
- Hometown: Wauseon, OH
- Years on staff: 1 year
- I enjoy: Getting to know new people, discipleship, being outside, and watching movies
- Something interesting about me is: Ketchup makes me nauseous
- Favorite book(s): Harry Potter, Knowledge of the Holy
- How I first got involved with H2O: I joined a vision to start an H2O church on Akron's campus as a freshman, and watched God do exactly that throughout my undergrad.
madison jones - support staff
Contact me @ mj82@zips.uakron.edu
- Hometown: Green, Ohio
- Years on staff: This is my first year!
- I enjoy: Running, cooking, making slightly above average jokes, eating chocolate, and hanging out with my funny friends
- Something interesting about me: I am a New Year's baby
- Favorite book(s): Mere Christianity and The Sacred Search
- How I first got involved with H2O: I was looking for a campus church, and when I went to H2O's kickoff service my freshman year, I loved it and have been going ever since.
bryan wiles - lead pastor
Contact me @ wiles.bryan@gmail.com
- Hometown: Wooster, Ohio
- Years on staff: 16 years
- I enjoy: Raising up leaders and watching them have an impact on those around them!
- Something interesting about me is: In college I was in a boy band called Soul Patch
- Favorite book(s): Turning Points in Church History, Spiritual Leadership, Return of the Prodigal Son
- How I first got involved with H2O: A group of older students invited me to come to a Bible study they were doing, I said yes and the rest was history!
Jill Beebe - director of graphic arts
Contact me @ jill.beebe@h2ochurch.com
- Hometown: Hollidaysburg, PA
- Years on staff: 10 years
- I enjoy: my family, making H2O look good (graphics), studying the Bible, painting
- Current Book Read (s): The Artisan Soul, The History of the Church in Plain Language, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- How I first got involved with H2O: I grew up in the church and knew that I "supposed" to go to church on Sundays and H2O was the only one that met on campus (since I didn't have a car). An older student became my mentor and taught me that there was more than being a fan of God and lead me in the steps to becoming a follower.

Our connections

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