Get to know our leaders:
Carol Magelssen (Staff - YoungLIVES coordinator)
Carol Magelssen is in her fourth year as our YoungLives coordinator and leader. She and her team reach out to and mentor teen moms and their babies, “loving two lives at a time.” Carol recruits, trains, & equips mentors to reach, encourage, and share their lives with middle school and high school teen moms throughout Belton.
Cyndi Rickard (Office Administrator)
Cyndi works part-time with Young Life and various other part time jobs, but her main job is being an awesome mom to her 3 awesome kiddos. Cyndi has a slew of family in Belton and Raymore and loves to get together with them. Cyndi is a enthusiastic fan of all of her kids sports and loves seeing her kids play whatever sport they are in. When she’s not watching her kids play, she loves to volunteer at the school where her kids are involved. She is married to Mr. Marquis Rickard.
Jeff George (Young Life Leader)
Jeff is self employed at and works various consulting and renovation jobs and is the owner operator of Jeff Co Remodeling Inc. Jeff became a leader for BYL in 2015. Jeff is a member of New Life Church. He is a single dad to three awesome sons, his youngest being Brandon (a sophomore at Ray-Pec High School). He enjoys working hard, and sharing Christ through acts of service to others.
Brett Culp (Young Life Leader)
Brett is employed at Acura Honda in Shawnee and also does car detailing on the side. He grew up going to Young Life at Blue Valley High and did work crew at Frontier Ranch as a sophomore in High School. Brett became a leader for BYL in 2013. Brett is a member of Leawood Presbyterian, where he co-hosts a married couples small group weekly. Brett enjoys Royals Baseball, cooking, hosting, and is a great listener. Brett's favorite meal is Keziah’s Spaghetti. Brett is married to leader Keziah Culp.
Keziah Culp (Young Life Leader)
Keziah is employed at Kinetico Water Systems. She became a Leader for BYL in 2014. Keziah is a member of Leawood Presbyterian where she co-hosts a married couples small group weekly. She enjoys good company, good food, loves exercising on the elliptical. She loves Alfred Hitchcock flicks. Her favorite food /places to eat are: Pizza at Papa Kenos and Mexican food at Torreon.
Jacob Miller (Young Life Leader)
Jake is employed at Jay’s Bath and Vac (a cleaning service). He is a student at Longview Community College, studying to be an EMT. Jake became a leader for BYL in 2014. Jake is a member of New Horizons Nazarene Church, where he also serves as a leader for the church's youth group. Jake loves being that person kids can go to to just hangout and talk about whatever. He loves helping kids grow in their faith. Jake’s favorite YL memory was my first year at camp at cabin time where God changed his life.
Shay Hooker (WyldLife Leader)
Shay is employed at Quick Trip. She became a Leader for BYL in 2014. She is a member at Memorial Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoys cooking, & dancing and reading. Her favorite movies are: Potter, Lord of the rings, Hunger games, The Lorax, The Grinch. Shay loves a good steak, and really anything her mom cooks.
Daniel Mauk (WyldLife Leader)
Daniel is a field manager at H & R construction and owns his own company called Midwest Craftsman since 2003. He became a leader for BYL in 2015. Daniel is a member of New City Church where he also serves as an elder and leads a weekly small group couples bible study. He enjoys going to national parks, hiking, mountain biking, and watching James Bond movies. His favorite dishes are Korean BBQ (kalbi) and duck.
Sara Mauk (WyldLife Leader)
Sara is the C.E.O. of H.O.M.E. She became a leader for BYL in 2015. Sara is a member of New City Church where she co-leads the children's ministry. She would prefer sitting on a mountain than going to a mall. Loves the music from Need to Breathe, Zach Brown Band and the movies Man From Snowy River and Newsies.
Angie Smith (WyldLife Leader)
Angie is a student at Calvary Bible College majoring in Secondary Education. She became a leader for BYL in 2014. Angie is a member of Rock Brook Church. he loves to cook and bake! The Fall until NEW YEARS is her favorite time of year. She loves comedies and musicals. Her favorite food is Mexican and Italian.
Chandler Fry (Young Life Leader -- LIVES in Columbia MO, (goes to MU), but when he visits his crew, he volunteers with the class of 2020 boys)
Chandler is employed by Price Chopper and graduated in 2016 from Belton High School where he was highly involved. Chandler became a leader for BYL in 2014. Chandler is a member at Cornerstone Church. He loves spending time with friends, scary movies and Italian food. He loves being a WyldLife leader because he loves being around the class of 2020 and became involved because YL impacted him when he was in middle school and wants to give back. His favorite memory was going to Castaway in 8th grade.
Chandler is employed by Price Chopper and graduated in 2016 from Belton High School where he was highly involved. Chandler became a leader for BYL in 2014. Chandler is a member at Cornerstone Church. He loves spending time with friends, scary movies and Italian food. He loves being a WyldLife leader because he loves being around the class of 2020 and became involved because YL impacted him when he was in middle school and wants to give back. His favorite memory was going to Castaway in 8th grade.
Hali Seaholm (Young Life Leader)
Hali is employed by Sonic and graduated in 2016. Hali became a leader for BYL in 2014. Hali attends New Life. She loves soccer, food, and being a big sister. Lasagna is her favorite dish. She loves being a WyldLife leader because she gets to make great friendships and be that someone they can feel comfortable talking too. Favorite memory is being a camper at Sharp Top Cove.