Community Life

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Dennis McFadden
Pastor
As Executive Pastor, Dennis McFadden works closely with the Lead Pastor in vision and strategic development. His primary responsibility is to manage day-to-day church operations, including human resources. Dennis is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 28 years of clinical experience. Prior to joining Shoreline, Dennis was in private practice at Community Christian Counseling of Pleasanton for over 13 years. He has taught and trained staffs and audiences in a wide variety of churches throughout central and northern California since 1981. His experience also includes more than twelve years in program management and administration of human service programs, including mental health, drug, and alcohol programs in three California counties and two states. Dennis lives in Monterey with Raine, his wife of 24 years. They have a blended family that includes “yours, mine, and ours”: four married children with five marvelously gifted and good-looking grandchildren. Job Description Bio Video
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Dave Hopkins
Pastor
Dave Hopkins is our Community Life and Growth Pastor and directs Shoreline’s connections team in welcoming every person who walks through the doors. His team also helps people find their place within our church body, whether by joining a small group, volunteering with the children’s ministry, or even greeting on Sunday mornings. It is evident that Dave’s passion is to help lost souls find the love of Christ and form a relationship with our Father. For four years he spearheaded our G-Force creative arts/worship program, recorded several CDs, and toured as the leader of the worship band “Love out Loud.” Dave served for three years as the children’s pastor and connections director at Mission Viejo Christian Church in Orange County, and he has also served as worship director for the children’s ministry at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. Dave is married to his lovely bride Martina and they have two kids, Sean and Olana. Dave and Martina currently reside in Seaside.

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Karen Hughes
Karen Hughes is our volunteer Women’s Ministry Director. She facilitates many events and conferences for women, including small group bible studies. Karen and her team coordinate the annual retreat, mother/daughter fashion show, and Christmas dinner. She has been faithfully attending Shoreline and serving with her husband Tom for over 15 years! Karen and Tom were also among the families who started Shoreline Preschool in Toro Park in 1997, as a ministry of the church. Currently, they serve on the board for the preschool site here on Garden Road. Karen wants God to work in and through her life, and she has been blessed with the ability to serve and volunteer her time as Women’s Ministry Director. Karen is married to Tom and together they have five sons! Ryan is 30 and is married to Margaux, Adam is 29, Michael is 27, Kevin is 20, and Blake is 18. They have been blessed with their very first grandbaby boy, Benjamin York Hughes, who celebrated his second birthday in March!
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Jillian Medina
Jillian serves on the community life and growth team. Her desire to serve God and her love for people are what called her to work in ministry. She wants to help people connect to the church, and does so by placing people in ministries that will further their spiritual growth. Additionally, bible studies, small groups and genuine fellowship have been very important in her own spiritual growth, and have helped deepen her relationship with God; in turn, her passion is to help others further and strengthen their own walk with Christ. Jillian has been attending Shoreline since 2006 and has been volunteering with our high school ministry for about four years. She absolutely loves her high school students. Seeing them learn more about who God is and who they are in Him brings her so much joy. It was through a mutual love of the youth that she and her husband initially met. After dating for a couple years, they married in October 2010. They are loving their life together. They enjoy spending time with their wonderful family and friends, and as big hockey fans, they sneak up to watch the San Jose Sharks as much as they possibly can.

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Zach Harney
Zach is the Young Adult Ministries Coordinator at Shoreline. He is responsible for leading worship for the young adult ministry. In the past, Zach has been involved with his church’s leadership team, led worship at multiple churches, and been involved with student ministry through youth groups and camping ministries for many years. He graduated from Grand Valley State University in Michigan with a undergraduate degree in education, and is currently pursuing a master's in divinity at Fuller Seminary. To love God and love people are his ultimate goals. This love can be shown through a persistent pursuit of God through His word, and a goal of showing God’s unfailing mercies to all people without condition through service. For now he is moving back in with his parents, whom he loves and respects more than anyone alive, but he hopes to regain the lofty goal of independence in the near future. He has two brothers that he is unwaveringly proud of, and he loves them more than they even know. In his free time he likes listening to and playing various types of music, hiking and climbing outdoors, reading all kinds of literature, and continuing to learn and study.

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