True North Community Church: Staff Bios


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Bert Crabbe – Lead Pastor


	Short bio: Bert was raised by a group of rebels in the Brazilian rainforest. During his late teen years he was sent to prison by a military court for a crime He didn't commit. He promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, He survives as a soldier of fortune. Bert was last spotted on Long Island where he appears to have convinced a beautiful woman and three small children to pose as his family. Click Here For Actual Bio!

Education: B.A. – English Lit - Wagner College, Staten Island, NY and M.Div. (Master of Divinity) - Bethel Seminary, Minneapolis, MN What’s on currently playing on my ipod: B Collision by the David Crowder* Band, Synchronicity by The Police, MuteMath’s self titled CD, Breakfast in America by Supertramp, Speak by Dogs of Peace Books I’m reading: The Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborne, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, Crazy Busy: Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD by Edward Hallowell, Cirque du Soleil – The Spark: Igniting the Creative Fire that Lives Within Us All by John Bacon. Favorite website of the moment: www.homestarrunner.com Classic movies: I’m a ‘Series’ guy - The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, X-Men. And I’ve been hearing rumors of a new Indiana Jones movie, but so far no hard facts! Food I gotta have: Southwest Chicken Salad at El Dorado’s, Skirt Steak & Onion Rings at J&R’s. Random dumb fact: I once swam across the Delaware river from PA to NJ at 3:00 in the morning! If I didn’t work at True North I’d: Probably be a pastor somewhere else!! Or else, a journalist or high school English teacher.



Mike Brennan – Associate Pastor


	Short bio: I really hate it when people write these long stuffy bios that people give up reading after the first sentence. Still reading? OK. Here’s the 411: I’m married to the tender-hearted love of my life, who goes by Chris, Chrissy, or Christine (depending on who’s calling her). Our little family consists of our daughters, Samantha (or as I call her Sammi Lamby), and Faith Nicole. I was home-grown on Staten Island where I lived most of my life, until God called me to trade one island for another. Now Long Island is home. Oh, and me, I go by Mike, Michael (usually if I’m in trouble) Mikey-Mike, and I’ll answer to “Dude”, “Man”, or “Hey You!”

Education: A.A.S. – Advertising and Design - Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC and B.F.A. – Graphic Design/3-Dimensional Design - School of Visual Arts, NYC What’s on currently playing on my ipod: King's X, Jason Morant, Catalyst Podcasts, Goo Goo Dolls, Christy Nockels Books I’m reading: Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley, Handbook on Faith, Hope and Love by St. Augustine Favorite website of the moment: Church Marketing Lab (beta) Classic movies: Star Wars series, Indiana Jones series, 80’s movies (the Breakfast Club, 16 Candles...) Food I gotta have: Chicken Parm baby! mmmmm Random dumb fact: When I was a kid, I wanted to be a cartoon character when I grew up. I settled for being an artist. Zoinks! If I didn’t work at True North I’d: be jobless... I’d probably still be in my former career of graphic design.