Valley Church, West Des Moines, IA

Quintin Stieff
Lead Pastor

Served at Valley Church since 1990. Family: Wife Ruth, 3 children.

What’s the coolest part of your job?
- Sharing God’s word from my heart and interacting with incredible
people every week.

What are your favorite comfort foods?
- Chocolate
- Blueberry bagel with cheddar, sausage and egg.

What have you been watching on TV?
- The Amazing Race
- Football and basketball

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- The Bare Necessities (for my ringtone on my cell phone)

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- By far: India. From the city slums to the Taj Mahal, it’s a fascinating experience.

Anything else you’d like people to know?
- Help me celebrate… my vehicle just turned over 200,000 miles.

Linton Lundeen
Care and Counseling

Served at Valley since 1992. Family: Wife Kristie, 2 children.

My favorite verse is:
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. It describes the wonderful exchange that took place at the cross. (2 Cor 5:21 NIV)

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?

- Michael W. Smith’s latest Christmas CD

What is your favorite comfort food?
- I love about anything with peanut butter, Chocolate (Reeses peanut butter cups) and
Atomic Fireballs

What have you been watching on TV?
- The Amazing Race

What’s the coolest part of your job?
- Introducing others to Jesus and/or helping them to walk in Christ.

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- Iguacu Falls in Brazil – it dwarfs Niagra Falls and is spectacular

Anything else you'd like people to know?
- I have a particular weakness for cars, watches, pens and ties.

John G. Glad
Senior Associate Pastor

Served at Valley since 1993. Family: Wife Carol, 3 children.

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- Superstar, Go Fish

What is your favorite comfort food?
- Grapefruit, Ice Cream, nuts (not together)

What have you been watching on TV?
- Football, Basketball

What’s the coolest part of your job?
- Seeing people of all ages come to Christ. Seeing God lead a vision that becomes reality

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- Needles Highway in South Dakota

Anything else you’d like people to know?
- The Huskers are coming back!!!

Tom Curtright
Adult Ministry

Served at Valley since 2000. Family: Wife Brenda, 3 children.

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- The Long Run, The Eagles

What is your favorite comfort food?
- Pizza ( Shakespeare’s in Columbia, Missouri is best)
- Chocolate Covered Raisins

What have you been watching on TV?
- Chuck, Survivor and The Amazing Race

Pets?
- Havanese (Cute little fuzzy dog)

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- Rio de Janeiro

Anything else you’d like people to know?
- Love surfing, the outdoors and fitness.
- My wife and I graduated from the University of Missouri and are huge Tiger fans.

Kevin David
Worship and Music Ministry

Served at Valley since 2000. Family: Wife Julie, 3 children.

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- The Fundamental Elements The Cycle We're Living In

What is your favorite comfort food?
- My dad’s homemade cinnamon rolls

What have you been watching on TV?
- Football & Dirty Jobs

Pets?
- None

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Anything else you’d like people to know?
- MIZZOU-RAH!!

Dan Wentworth
Outreach Ministry

Served at Valley since 2004. Family: Wife, Ruth and 2 sons.

A scripture verse that has recently impacted me is:
“I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” (John 17:23)

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- 70’s & 80’s Christmas compilation
- Chris Daughtry

What is your favorite comfort food?
- Mountain Dew
- Dark Chocolate M&M’s

What have you been watching on TV?
- Football/Basketball
- Prison Break

What do enjoy doing for entertainment and recreation?
- Playing basketball; coaching basketball; going to basketball games. Is there a theme here?

Pets?
- Jedi – Golden Retriever and the best dog ever. This of course makes me the Jedi Master.

Anything else you’d like people to know?
- My marriage to Ruth, my wife of 24 years, is beyond what I could have ever asked or imagined. She is the perfect “help mate” for me and she says I’m pretty good for her too. If I had it all to do over again, I’d do it all over again.
- Valley is the church I always knew had to be out there. A church that teaches the word of God without compromise yet does so with enormous grace for where people are in their spiritual process.

Joshua Denhart
Children's Ministry

Served at Valley since 2006. Family: Wife Sarah, 3 children.

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- Tree 63 - "Meet with Me"

What are your favorite comfort foods?
- I have hypoglycemia. People ask me all the time about my diet.

I eat the same food virtually every day:
5 a.m., 9:20 a.m., 3 p.m. -- sugar-free yogurt and almonds
7:15 a.m. -- 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal, half cup blueberries, 3 ounces of meat
11:00 a.m. -- 1 cup broccoli, half cup blueberries, 1 ounce cheese, 3 ounces of meat, half piece of homemade wheat bread.
5 p.m. -- whatever my wife cooks (my one chance for variety)
10:00 p.m. -- 1 piece of homemade wheat bread with chunky peanut butter, 12 ounce glass of skim milk with sugar-free protein shake.

What have you been watching on TV?
- America's funniest home videos

Pets?
- I am extremely allergic to animals... however, I grew up with a wonderful Dalmatian dog, "Freckles." Someday I would love to have my own chicken coup for fresh eggs and cheap protein.

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- Ireland

If you weren’t working at Valley Church, where would you be working?
- I would love to focus on teaching the Bible, or I would like to travel the country sharing the Gospel using chemistry demonstrations.

Julie Carr
Church Administrator

Served at Valley since 2004. Family: Husband Jeff, 3 daughters.

A scripture verse that has recently impacted me is:
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8)

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- Music for Balanced Living

What is your favorite comfort food?
- Dark Chocolate

What have you been watching on TV?
- Not much since the writers strike

Pets?
- German Shepherd

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- Honduras

What makes you smile?
- Riding my Harley

Debi Lydic
Women’s Ministry

Served at Valley since 2007 Family: Husband Gary, 2 children

A recent Scripture that has impacted me?
"Now may God, who is the source of all hope, fill you with joy and peace as you trust in Him; may you overflow with confident joy that comes from the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13)

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- Avalon – Greatest Hits

What is your favorite comfort food?
- CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE AND MORE CHOCOLATE-DARK THE ONLY KIND OF CHOCOLATE

What have you been watching on TV?
- House Hunters or some other HGTV Design show.

Pets?
- My mom’s dog, Max, but please do not tell him he is a pet, he thinks he is my brother.

Most interesting place you’ve ever been?
- Israel

Anything else you’d like people to know?
- I am so blessed to be here at Valley Church and I do look forward to growing friendships with the women of our church.

Jon Kalvig
Student Ministries

Served at Valley since 2006. Family: Wife Kelly.

What is your favorite comfort food?
- Chocolate chip cookie dough

Most interesting place you've ever been?
- Shanghai, China

What was the last music you purchased (CD or download)?
- Michael Buble

What's the coolest part of your job?
- Coolest is playing the Wii with students.
- The most rewarding part is hearing the heart of a student and then praying over them.

Anything else you'd like people to know?
- I give you permission to take me out for Caribou Coffee anytime.