Canyon Creek Church | Mill Creek, Lynnwood and South Everett, Washington
This Week's Sermon
Tyrone Rinta_Youth & Internship Pastor
I was born at a young age in Tacoma but grew up as a small town boy in Chehalis. I’m thankful to say that I grew up in the church for most of my life and had a strong family and youth ministry to help me grow closer to Jesus. As I approached college my dreams were to play basketball, get a degree in computer programming and then go get rich with Bill Gates. Shortly after graduation, however, I went on a missions trip to Spain where God turned my life upside down. It was there, in a little church in Gava, that God clearly called me to be a pastor. I came home from that trip excited about my future for the first time in my life. After attending Centralia College, where I was able to play basketball and get that out of my system, I transferred to Northwest University and graduated with a Church Ministries Degree. From there I have had three great seasons of ministry in three other churches. The first was in Walla Walla, WA at New Life Assembly. Next, I went down to Modesto where I first served with Brandon and Di. It was there that Amy and I met and were married. In a crazy, God-ordained process, Amy and I ended up back in my home town (Chehalis) at my home church (Bethel) which is where we served from 2004-2010. During this season we saw much fruit and growth in our ministry, our family also grew with the addition of Jude and Jaiden, and I was able to complete an MA degree from Chapman University in Organizational Leadership. We joined the Staff here at Canyon Creek in the summer of 2010 still passionate about youth and young adult ministry - even after over 14 years! We love being a part of Uprising here and are excited to lead the School of Leadership, which is our internship program. Our desire is to reproduce leaders within our church that can go out and turn the world upside down for Jesus!
Married To: Amy
Children: Jude (05) Jaiden (08)
What I Do For Fun: Hang with my family, read, play basketball, work out, hang out with teenagers, kiss my wife, and believe or not I find yard work therapeutic.
What TV Shows I Watch: Sportcenter, sports shows, and sports games.
Where I Like to Travel: California, UK, & Montana
What I Like to Read: Anything Leadership. Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Chambers. A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards. Maximizing Manhood by Edwin Louis Cole. Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill. An Incident Waiting to Happen by Jeremy Johnson. Anything C.S. Lewis (especially the Narnia movies he made)
What I Eat: Where Amy tells me... as long as its not Asian food.
What I Drink: Currently: White Chocolate Americano