Staff & Students
STUDENTS
Living in community brings a whole new dimension to authentically living as a Jesus follower. As one student put it, “These people see me all the time … even when I’m not looking quite as spiritual as I did the first week of class – and they love me anyway!”
It’s in this acceptance we feel from each other – warts and all – that we experience the incredible acceptance our Father offers us. Author John Ortberg suggests: God creates inside this man a kind of “human-shaped void” that God himself will not fill. And what can fill this hole? Community- authentic living with others!
Lifeteams students come from different countries, different homes, different churches and different backgrounds. Together they form a community of faith that propels them into the world around them.
STAFF
Mentoring, teaching, training, and guiding are not words we take lightly. Being on staff at Lifeteams keeps us learning and growing and listening to God. It’s a privilege to be doing that side by side with an exceptional team of students every year.
ROB SNAIR
Rob has been involved with teens for years as a family counsellor, drug and alcohol counsellor, hockey coach, and friend. He loves to laugh, to drink coffee and to push people to the edge of their limits.
Our “fearless leader” is responsible for the one-on-one mentorship with the guys in the program, leading the adenture and outreach component, and supervising ministry placements. Rob has a Masters Degree in Counselling from Trinity Western University.
IONA SNAIR
(Coincidentally, Rob and Iona have the same last name… )
Iona’s past experience has stretched from working with street kids to youth pastoring to teaching at a college, but her favorite job is working with Rob to raise their two sons. She has been known to go miles out of her way just to get a good slurpee, and once that is secured she’s up for pretty much any challenge.
Iona is a mentor to the female students and one of our course instructors at Lifeteams. She has a Masters of Arts in Christian Studies from Regent College in Vancouver.
BRIAN BROWN
Brian has always considered it a privilege to be involved in the lives of teens. Even though he and his wife Betty have made it through raising two of them, he still likes them!
Brian’s responsibility is to ensure that a wide variety of instructors are a part of the program, therefore giving students input from a broad base of experience and perspective. Brian has a Masters in Religious Education from Trinity Western University.
JEN HUBBARD
Jen works on our staff as a mentor for the girls, instructor, and general Lifeteams fan. She is on staff with Vancouver Youth for Christ and is married to Andrew, who she really seems to like alot! She’s an adventurer, a coke slurpee addict (not that there’s anything wrong with that), a mom to two small boys and a God lover. Jen has a bachelors degree in English Literature from Trinity Western University.
LEARN AUTHENTICALLY. LIVE JUSTLY. PREPARE TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD.
