

Rory Tongg
Email: rtongg@trclife.com
Family: Wife Kathryn, and sons Taber and Titan.
Education: Hawaii Baptist Academy, New Life Bible College
Travels: Tijuana, Puerto Vallarta, Haiti, Canada, American Samoa, Western Samoa and 39 of the 50 U.S. States
Ministry Experience: Started working in the ministry in 1996 and was ordained in October of 1999 at the age of 22. He has served as the Maintenance Engineer, Production Manager, Head Usher, Internship Board of Directors, Assistant Youth Pastor, Youth Pastor, Creative Arts Director, Children’s Pastor and Business Pastor.
For Fun: motocross riding, wakeboarding, snowboarding and body boarding, Harley riding, scuba diving, hunting and playing with my boys.
Favorite Music: Worship
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Transformers, The last Castle, Man from Snowy River and Kung fu Panda
Favorite Scripture: Ruth 1:16-17
Favorite Quote: "With your shield or on it"
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Lori Nelson
email: lnelson@trclife.com
I've been married to my husband Dan for 11 years. We have 3 kids Cheyenne, Jonathan and Malaya.
At TRC I'm the Reach Team Pastor. I administrate all the various facets of small groups, coach people in discipling others and train leaders to lead.
Favorite Things: Hanging with the family in Seattle, eating fresh oysters and crab (cooked), camping & hiking in Glacier Park, Montana, reading, climbing mountains, boots, black and white clothes, black and white movies, polka dots…anything with polka dots, coffee-either straight black or caramel macchiato w/ extra caramel
Favorite Music: Hillsong, U2, Abba, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 80’s monster ballads
Favorite Movies: Sabrina (1954 with Audrey Hepburn), Charade, The Saint, Sweet Home Alabama
Favorite Scripture: Psalm 139:14, "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well."
Been at TRC for 12 years, met and married my incredible husband here, was Pastor Jeff’s Admin Assistant when he was Youth Pastor, Children’s Pastor for 1.5 years, became an Elder in 2001 and was ordained in 2002. TRC is the most fun and amazing place to work! Oh and I love that I could paint my workspace Tiffany Blue with giant brown polka dots.
///Care PastorEmail: dsnider@trclife.com
Dan Snider
My wife Rose and I are Baby Boomers and empty nesters. We have three children, twins Michael and Michelle Snider ages 43 (my children from a former marriage) and my son Christopher Quarrella age 39 (Roses son from a former marriage). We are grandpa and grandma to six grand children: Stephanie, Kevin and Katie children of son Michael and wife Martha, Trey and Kayla children of daughter Michelle and husband Ted, and Tionna soon to be adopted daughter of son Christopher and his wife Becky.
At TRC I'm on the board of elders, Pastor of Care Ministry and Pastor of Prayer.
Favorite Things: Weekend trips with my wife around the northwest. I also love to mall shop, golf, and guys night outs. My wife and I especially love to have friends over for dinner and a game night. We also like to do car day trips with friends to places of interest like car shows, home shows, sports entertainment of all sorts. Seattle’s Pike Place Market or just the sights and sounds of Seattle. I also love to do Christian conferences. I love time with my dad and also with wife’s mom Iona and her husband Lee, my father and mother in love. + connecting people to life anywhere, any time
Favorite Music: is some country western genres, some classical, some warm 106fm, some theatrical, some opera, some blue grass, hillbilly, Christian, most genres of music are good, but I disdain hard head banging rock & roll that I can’t make out the music for all the yelling (grunge and other genres) in the music. I’m picky about what I listen to, but pretty diversified in my genres and love our music here at TRC the best!
Favorite Movies: Facing the Giants, Anna and the King, Con Air, Pretty Woman, Gladiator, Forrest Gump, Analyze This (gotta love De Niro) and a Few good Men.
Favorite Quote is an old Chinese proverb, “The weakest ink is stronger than the strongest memory”
Favorite Scripture is Ps. 118:24, "This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."![]()

Ryan Brien
Email: rbrien@trclife.com
Married to my awesome wife Jenny
Graduated from Full Sail with an Associates of Science in Film & Video Production.
At TRC I do everything video, service production, volunteer teams, creative planning, website (as of recent), set design and whatever else needs to be done.
Favorite Things: I love my iPhone, Red Bull Cola, wakeboarding, scooter riding, snowboarding, Adobe After Effects, watching Fuel TV, snowmobiling, shoes, traveling, everything Apple, Toffee Nut Lattes, watching Fringe and Nitro Circus, ALL gummy candy, and my interns.
Favorite Music: Millecholin, Falling Up, Kings of Leon, The Afters, RED, Jonezetta, DJ Shadow
Favorite Movies: Happy Gilmore, Shawshank Redemption, Point Break, Accepted, Transformers, She's The Man, Saving Private Ryan, I am Legend
Favorite Quote: "Creativity without implementation is irresponsibility. Ideas are nothing without execution."
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///Graphic Artist Kristian Gorman
Email: kgorman@trclife.com
Graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle with an Associates of Applied Arts in Video Production.
At TRC I do graphic design, photography, banner and vinyl printing/install, creative planning, video production (on the weekends), interior design (with Shanna) and "...other duties as assigned." :-)
Favorite Things: church, graphic design, interior design, my camera, wake surfing, coats, everything Apple...I mean EVERYTHING, Helvetica, metal & concrete, pumpkin spice lattes or caramel creme lattes with a pump of raspberry, m&ms (OK...all chocolate), Ferrari, magazines, movies, music, television, architecture, cruisin' on a crisp fall day with the windows down.
Favorite Music: Fellowship Church, Hilllsong United (who doesn't), John Mayer (the new stuff), ADELE, RED, Anberlin, Kanye West, Otis Redding, Sting, Sam Cooke, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Needham, Justin Timberlake, Brandon Heath, Company of Thieves, Kings of Leon, Daft Punk, Flyleaf
Favorite Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Dances With Wolves, The Last Samurai, Notting Hill, You've Got Mail, Defiance, Field of Dreams, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, Young Guns, most dancing movies, Saving Private Ryan, Ronin, Oceans 11, 12 & 13
Favorite Quote: "The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both."
- James A. Michener
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Travis Warren
Email: twarren@trclife.com
I’m married to the most incredible woman ever crafted by the hands of God... Gia and we have our first child, a girl, on the way! Oh and we have two pugs Ralph and Reggie.
At TRC I am the youth pastor. I minister to young people and their parents. Preaching the word, overseeing discipleship and being a resource for students and parents as they go through life.
My Favorites: Reading, X BOX 360, SCUBA diving, jumping off stuff, people, artichokes and having fun/laughing!
Favorite Music: Rock/Emo/Hillsong United/Coldplay put them all together and it’s magical!
Favorite Movies: I like good clean stories that are intriguing and entertaining at the same time. Don’t really have a particular favorite.
Favorite Scripture: Psalm 16:5-7 (New Living Translation) "Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. The land you have given me is a pleasant land. What a wonderful inheritance!"

Malinda Campbell
Email: mcampbell@trclife.com
Married to my wonderful husband Cary for 16 years. We have 3 children, Josiah, Brayden and Lauryn.
At TRC I'm the Assistant to Pastor Melinda. I have the greatest privilege in assisting Pastor Melinda on a weekly basis with projects and responsibilities big or small... and every size in between.
Favorite Music: Great anointed worship is #1 for sure, but I do have an appreciation for pretty much every music genre, depending on my mood of the day...and let me tell you, they are many.
Favorite Movies: The Devil Wears Prada, The Notebook, Elf, The Holiday and Mr & Mrs Smith.
Favorite Scripture: My favorite scriptures change quite often depending on whatever God is speaking to me at that moment in whatever season I seem to find myself in. Right now they're scriptures centered around how to love with God's perfect love, so I'm enjoying 1 John Chapters 3 and 4, and Ephesians 3:14-21.
Favorite Mom Quotes: “Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see”... "More is caught than taught"... and my all time favorite..."Teeth are jewels, not tools!"