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Neil gave his life to Christ in 1993 at The Church at Rocky Peak and was baptized here in May of 1995. God eventually directed him toward a calling into full-time ministry. He first began that journey, in 2001, when he was hired by Rocky Peak as an intern. In August 2004, he joined the Rocky Peak staff full-time. He has been involved in many ministries at Rocky Peak over the years: men’s ministry, sports ministry, singles ministry, etc., while always being heavily involved in Life Groups as a Life Group Director. In June of 2013, he accepted the role of our Lead Life Group Pastor. He loves to see people get plugged into Life Groups and watch as they are transformed into passionate Christ Followers!
One of Neil’s personal passions is photography. He loves capturing moments in time, whether it is in Yosemite, in the city or across the world! Neil has been married to his AMAZING wife Lynn since August 2001. They enjoy being outdoors, look forward to spontaneous adventures, and love to travel.
Lesley Glassford joined the Rocky Peak team as one of our Life Group Directors in August of 2011. Her life story includes growing up in South Dakota and Minnesota, Bible college in Oklahoma, and over 20 years in music ministry, both as a contemporary Christian music recording artist and as a worship leader. She is an accomplished singer, songwriter and musician with a passion for worship and a heart to serve. Lesley is contagiously joyful and enthusiastic, with a deep and sincere love for people, and provides a wealth of ministry and team leadership experience.
Happily married to her best friend and soulmate since 1979, Lesley and her husband, Brian (Rocky Peak Pastor of Communications), live in Simi Valley, love spending time together and enjoy anything to do with sports! They have three daughters, Brittany, Bethany, and Bayley; three sons-in–law, Charley, Christian and Sean; and 7 grandchildren.
Christy joined the Rocky Peak team as Life Group Director and Singles Coordinator in September of 2022. Christy is passionate about reaching people for Jesus in this beautiful part of Southern California. She and her husband Joel first came to Rocky Peak in 2007, served for many years, and then God called them to Canada (brrr!) in 2013 to serve at a church in the great white north. Rocky Peak has always had special place in their heart, and they were excited when God called them back home to Rocky Peak after many years away!
Christy and Joel met while working together at a church in San Diego, CA. They have been married since 2002, and have 2 teenage daughters, Indy and Brooklyn. Christy loves saying yes to whatever Jesus has for her. She loves Jesus and His Church, and she truly believes in building the lives of people through the ministry at Rocky Peak!
Andy joined the Rocky Peak team as a Life Group Pastor in June of 2018. He has a passion to see people experience God so that every area of their life is transformed. His desire is to partner with God to help set people free so that they can fully walk in the calling that God has placed on their lives.
Andy came to Rocky Peak in 2010 and served in the college and young adults ministry for several years as a life group leader and coach. In June of 2018 he graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with an MA in theology.
He has been married to his wife, Jacklin, since June of 2016. Jacklin has grown up at Rocky Peak and is a second-grade teacher who deeply loves and serves her students. Their greatest joy is being parents to their three-year-old daughter, Sadie, and their one-year-old son, Ezra. Together Andy and Jacklin love to get outdoors. They love to hike, backpack, and camp (Yosemite is their favorite place on Earth!). They also really love food and will regularly go on adventures to find new, delicious places to eat. Andy loves all things sports, with baseball being his favorite.
Tricia joined the Rocky Peak team as a Life Group Director in 2018. She has a passion to shepherd believers and non-believers alike into a deeper relationship with Jesus. As a young believer she had the privilege of sitting under Dr. Timothy Keller’s teaching at Redeemer in New York City. She became involved with Redeemer as a Bible Study leader as well as leading worship for various retreats. She was also an integral part of the leadership team for the Haven as their worship leader in New York City which was part of a CRU ministry, serving young artists and professionals.
After moving to Los Angeles in 2003, she continued to serve as a high-capacity volunteer locally as well as globally doing mission trips to Zimbabwe, India, Mexico, and Tanzania. After two mission trips to Tanzania in 2018, Tricia received her calling into full-time ministry. She loves being a part of the Life Group Team and serving Rocky Peak in this way. Currently, Tricia is working on her MA in Practical Theology from Regent University.
Tricia and her husband Grant have been married since 2007. They have two awesome kids, Luke and Grace, who are twins and in high school. They enjoy spending time as a family outdoors at the beach, on long walks with their two dogs, playing board games, or watching a good movie. Tricia is also a professional photographer and spends some of her time off behind the camera.
Samantha Poladian joined the Life Group team in July 2024. After 13 years of corporate administrative support, she felt a strong call from God to use her spiritual gifts of administration to support the Life Group team. She and her husband, Aaron, came to Rocky Peak in early 2019 and got involved with Life Groups right away. They love to open up their home each week to provide a warm and welcoming place for people to grow in their relationships with one another and most importantly, Jesus.
After meeting at Biola University in 2010, Samantha and Aaron were married in March of 2013. They lived for the first part of marriage in West Los Angeles. Then in December 2018, they moved back to Aaron’s hometown of Woodland Hills to be closer to family. Together they love traveling, skiing, good food, board and video games, and spoiling their two dogs.