John Heim - President: John is a South Bay native; and has been a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church since his family first came in 1958.  He and his wife Sabrina met in the church youth group back in the 1970’s.  The two of them served as High School group sponsors for seven years.  John has served on every ministry team. He has taught Sunday School, served as an assisting minister, and is currently a prayer partner for Sunday worship services.  Additionally, John is a founding member of the contemporary worship band, of which he was an active participant for 25 years.   He has worked management for both wholesale grocery and the Department of Homeland Security.  John is now retired.

 

John and Sabrina’s daughter is an alumnus of Riviera Hall Lutheran Schools, having attended from Preschool through 8th grade.

 

John has a bachelor’s degree from Azusa Pacific University in Organizational Leadership.

 

In his spare time, John likes to volunteer around the church, beach camp in his travel trailer, work around the home, and spend time with his new granddaughter.

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​​Julie Jacks - Vice President:  Julie has attended RLC since 1988 when her son Brett enrolled in Kindergarten at RHLS. After he and his two sisters graduated from RHLS, Julie realized that RLC had become her “home” and she joined the church in 2002. Julie is an Air Force “brat”, so she moved often during her childhood. She attended Hamline University in St. Paul, MN and double majored in Math and Spanish. Her professional career employment was with IBM and Xerox in various Marketing and Sales positions.

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Julie has truly found her calling in Mission work. She is a member of the RLC Mission Team and is involved with many local and global ministries…including co-leading an annual mission trip to El Salvador, co-founding Family Promise of the South Bay, and several others.

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Julie thanks God for leading her to RLC as she feels extremely blessed to be part of this awesome spirit-filled church family.

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Maureen Ortega - Secretary: Currently serving as the Church Council Secretary, Maureen Ortega and her family have been a member of RLC since 2020.  A South Bay native, she has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Marketing from CSULB.  Maureen and her husband have one child who is a student at RHLS.  She is an avid volunteer at many organizations, and has a great love for music, reading, and the Dodgers.

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Haley Musial - Member: A Texas native Haley grew up in Houston where she earned her bachelors degree at University of Houston. After college she moved to Los Angeles and had an expansive career in marketing but ultimately found her home in Redondo Beach working in real estate where she resides with her husband and two daughters. Having family that went through RHLC and connecting with the congregation making RLC her family church was a no brainer.  She has a passion for her church, community and talking apologetics and the life of Jesus Christ.

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Donna Dunlap - Member: Shortly after Butch and I got married in 1983, we attended many churches looking for a common ground between the two churches we had been attending.   I felt very comfortable when we attended Resurrection and thought there was no way Butch would also.  As we were driving home, he expressed how much he liked the service.  Soon after we became members.

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Our two children attended Riviera Preschool and Riviera Hall for eleven years.  Cara only left to attend high school and college.  Upon graduating, she was hired as a RHLS teacher twelve years ago.  She has spent two-thirds of her life going to Riviera Hall each morning.

Butch and I have devoted that many years to the school and even more years to the church. I have served on mission teams, including School Board.  Butch can usually be seen in the kitchen after most events that have dirty dishes to wash.

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When I retired twelve years ago, I revitalized the senior program at RLC.  We would have speakers or groups come in or we would go on field trips in Los Angeles County.  I speak in the past, when COVID hit we did have two ZOOM meetings but it was difficult to organize activities. Every August the BASIC group thanks the staff of RHLS and RHPS by inviting them to our annual luncheon. After the pandemic, I became President of Torrance Sister City, another volunteer organization that our family has supported for more than forty years.  I hope to again revitalize BASIC, with more than just the August luncheon. Let me know if you have any interests that can be shared with our group, either on campus or as a field trip.

 

 

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Debbie Powers - Member: Debbie is a South Bay native, and has been a member of RLC since 1991, with her husband Paul (Married 1978).  They had their 1st date in Heidelberg, Germany, during The Youth Berlin Music Festival, 1973.

 

Their two grown, and Married Children, Amanda & Andrew, grew up with RLC, were confirmed at RLC, and were active in the Youth Group.  Debbie assisted with the Youth Group during these years, along with the Fellowship Committee.  Debbie also sang with the Contemporary Worship Team for 15 years.  For the past 2 years, Debbie & Paul have assisted with the RHLS School Drive Thru pick up; and assist with the Alter Flower Distributions. 

 

Debbie retired with Toyota (Legal Department) in 2021, after moving to Texas for 4 years; and Paul retired same time from Costco.  Happy to be back home in the South Bay, enjoying Retirement, and Grandchildren.  

 

Debbie's an active member of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) since 2023; El Redondo Chapter.  Service to God, Home and Country.

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Pastor Ken Johnson: In His ministry at Resurrection Lutheran Church Pastor Johnson focuses on interaction with other religious communities and partners in business, government, the arts and civic society.  Concerned for all the people of Resurrection Church, School and Preschool, he has a particular passion for the care and wellbeing of homeless people in the community parish.

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Pastor Johnson is a graduate of Trinity Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, California, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, studied at the Drucker Institute, Stetson University and SUNY in Buffalo, New York.

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Pastor Johnson lives in Redondo Beach with his wife Barbie.

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