Chris Mishler - Lead teacher Chris Mishler is the Lead Pastor at The Bridge in Anderson, IN. He has been married to the amazing Joey for 22 years. He has 3 incredible children; Silas, in college; Andrew, a senior at Highland; and Esther, a freshman at Highland. Chris and Joey started The Bridge in 2004 and is blown away that God allows him to be apart of something so wonderful. He loves to boat, fish, lift weights and eat doughnuts by the arm fulls. Occasionally he’ll throw his wife under the bus when he’s preaching. Email Reagan Grubbs - Director of Worship Arts Reagan loves to see a great plan come together. He enjoys planning and producing the Sunday morning adult services for the Bridge. It is his hope that everyone who steps through the door of the high school would experience God in some way. He has a Music-Business Degree from Anderson University and loves to network with players, singers and tech people. He has a beautiful wife named Andrea and three kids; Kier, Cade, and Noah. Email Kylee Larson - Family Life Pastor Kylee heads up the Experience Team at the Bridge. Using themes drawn from the message series, the team puts together visual and interactive elements on the stage and in the hallways. These elements are designed to help people engage with the material on a different level. Kylee is married to the amazing Phil Larson, and they just bought a house here in Anderson. She is currently finishing up a Theology degree at the Anderson School of Theology and is very excited to graduate in May. Kylee enjoys the arts, especially writing and painting, as well as good music and cookies. Email Chris Bratton - Finance Dude Chis joined the staff of The Bridge in 2008 and enjoys working with the Finance team, Outreach and the Children's Ministry. He has a passion for children, individuals with disabilities and sharing God’s love with hurting people. he wants everyone to know that the same God who created them knows them completely and is madly in love with them. Chris is married to the wonderful Mandy and together they have five incredible children: Caleb, John, Benjamin, Jason and Lauryn. Chris believes that Fantasy Football is a real sport, which explains why he is a Vikings fan! Email Gabe Reed - Director of Student Ministries/Middle School Pastor Gabe graduated from Anderson University in 2006 with a degree in Christian Ministries and Business Administration. He's smart, so he got 2 majors for the price of 1. Since 2005, he has been the main youth pastor at the Bridge until the summer of 2009 when we made the split. Because of the things Gabe went through in middle school, his heart is really to reach those kids that would otherwise be lost in the crowd. Nothing energizes him more than to see the middle school students come to an understanding of who God is in their life and begin that journey for him to be able to walk with them through that. When he's not with students, he likes to walk his dog (Sadie) with his awesome and beautiful wife Libby. He also has a passion for Michigan football and the Cubs - so he's depressed a lot because of these teams. Any Michigan fans are always welcome to spend a Saturday with Gabe as he yells at the TV. Email Amy Duncan - Missions Director Amy graduated from Anderson University with a Bachelors in Family Science and an Associates in Christian Ministries. She began her adventure with The Bridge by volunteering with the Children’s Ministry right after it started. To put it straight, Amy is passionate about people no matter their circumstance, location, or culture. Her goal is to help people see and understand that every day is their missions field, wherever they are. Amy heads up everything outside of Anderson. Some may say that Amy is 1/4 Latina, 1/4 African American, 1/4 Southern Belle, and 1/4 Midwesterner...listen to her talk, you’ll see. Email Joel Burkhead - Student Worship Arts Specialist Joel has been apart of The Bridge since it opened in 2004 and came on staff in May of 2006. He has served in various forms over the years, but now serves in three roles: Student Worship Arts Director, Graphic Arts Director, and Collistry Director. These roles keep him very busy but still enjoys hobbies like fishing, being outdoors, checking his Facebook page, spending time with friends and family, and playing bass with Alanna Story, a local band. Joel graduated from Anderson University in 2008 with a Bachelors degree in Christian Ministries and an Associate degree in Non-Profit Organizational Leadership. You should get to know him...he's pretty cool. Email Phil Larson - High School Youth Pastor/Web Phil got married to his beautiful wife Kylee in June of 2007. After graduating from Anderson University in the spring of 2007, he was unable to escape God's call to ministry. His hobbies include drumming, writing, trying to sing, snowboarding, and hop scotch. His roles include hanging with youth, and managing the website and the online presence for The Bridge on such sites as facebook, myspace, youtube, twitter, etc. Phil currently has a short-term goal of growing his hair out long enough to successfully pull off his first poney-tail and actually prefers salty foods over sweet... weird. Email Marcia Ranahan - Video Coordinator Marcia Ranahan was thrilled to join The Bridge staff in June of 2009, and has been part of the church since October 2006. She is responsible for helping create, shoot, and edit video for the adult services. While she works behind the camera, it is clear from her pictures she enjoys being in front of it as well. She also is involved in the worship team, experience team, and celebrate recovery ministry, and thoroughly enjoys them all. She is married to her brilliant husband Bill Ranahan and they have the honor of being parents to their toddler, Josiah, who is pretty much the cutest kid ever. Oh, and she's also a New England Patriot's fan, much to Chris Russell's dismay. Email Angi Kinser - Outreach Coordinator Multi-tasker Angi Kinser not only serves as Outreach Coordinator and Building Project Manager, but is the official in-house “office mom.” Her lovely family consists of hubby Billy, sweet lady-girl Ava, and rocker son Drew. In her spare time, she enjoys cruising the Outreach trailer downtown and racing the Book Mobile. Email Amy Rouse - Children’s Ministry Amy is a Mom. She taxi's to ballet rehearsal and flute lessons, basketball practice and the orthodontist, she cooks dinner most nights and does lot's of laundry. In and around all these things, she also loves working at the Bridge in the Children's Department. She makes giant iPod's out of cardboard, Play Dough bible characters and late at night she can be found raiding her kids closets for stuffed animals, princess crowns and plastic swords; anything to better illustrate the incredible story of God's loves for kids. Her other job is a studio musician - radio jingles, school choir music, kids musicals, choral anthems as well as an occasional voice over where she's been everyone from a chimney sweep to the Fairy God Mother from Cinderella. Finally and probably most important when it comes to life skills, Amy is a killer Euchre player. Always up for a game and prefers stick the dealer. Amy and her husband Jay have two kids Thatcher and Londyn. Email Melissa Epperly - Office Secretary Melissa is the church secretary. She is the friendly voice you hear when you call the office and the smiling face you usually see at the resource table. She just loves God and people. She is married to Mark and is the proud mother of 2 wonderful daughters Kayla and Natasha(even when they are being sassy). Email

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Chris Mishler - Lead teacher

Chris Mishler is the Lead Pastor at The Bridge in Anderson, IN. He has been married to the amazing Joey for 22 years. He has 3 incredible children; Silas, in college; Andrew, a senior at Highland; and Esther, a freshman at Highland. Chris and Joey started The Bridge in 2004 and is blown away that God allows him to be apart of something so wonderful. He loves to boat, fish, lift weights and eat doughnuts by the arm fulls. Occasionally he’ll throw his wife under the bus when he’s preaching.

Reagan Grubbs - Director of Worship Arts

Reagan loves to see a great plan come together. He enjoys planning and producing the Sunday morning adult services for the Bridge. It is his hope that everyone who steps through the door of the high school would experience God in some way. He has a Music-Business Degree from Anderson University and loves to network with players, singers and tech people. He has a beautiful wife named Andrea and three kids; Kier, Cade, and Noah.

Kylee Larson - Family Life Pastor

Kylee heads up the Experience Team at the Bridge. Using themes drawn from the message series, the team puts together visual and interactive elements on the stage and in the hallways. These elements are designed to help people engage with the material on a different level. Kylee is married to the amazing Phil Larson, and they just bought a house here in Anderson. She is currently finishing up a Theology degree at the Anderson School of Theology and is very excited to graduate in May. Kylee enjoys the arts, especially writing and painting, as well as good music and cookies.

Chris Bratton - Finance Dude

Chis joined the staff of The Bridge in 2008 and enjoys working with the Finance team, Outreach and the Children's Ministry. He has a passion for children, individuals with disabilities and sharing God’s love with hurting people. he wants everyone to know that the same God who created them knows them completely and is madly in love with them. Chris is married to the wonderful Mandy and together they have five incredible children: Caleb, John, Benjamin, Jason and Lauryn. Chris believes that Fantasy Football is a real sport, which explains why he is a Vikings fan!

Gabe Reed - Director of Student Ministries/Middle School Pastor

Gabe graduated from Anderson University in 2006 with a degree in Christian Ministries and Business Administration. He's smart, so he got 2 majors for the price of 1. Since 2005, he has been the main youth pastor at the Bridge until the summer of 2009 when we made the split. Because of the things Gabe went through in middle school, his heart is really to reach those kids that would otherwise be lost in the crowd. Nothing energizes him more than to see the middle school students come to an understanding of who God is in their life and begin that journey for him to be able to walk with them through that. When he's not with students, he likes to walk his dog (Sadie) with his awesome and beautiful wife Libby. He also has a passion for Michigan football and the Cubs - so he's depressed a lot because of these teams. Any Michigan fans are always welcome to spend a Saturday with Gabe as he yells at the TV.

Amy Duncan - Missions Director

Amy graduated from Anderson University with a Bachelors in Family Science and an Associates in Christian Ministries. She began her adventure with The Bridge by volunteering with the Children’s Ministry right after it started. To put it straight, Amy is passionate about people no matter their circumstance, location, or culture. Her goal is to help people see and understand that every day is their missions field, wherever they are. Amy heads up everything outside of Anderson. Some may say that Amy is 1/4 Latina, 1/4 African American, 1/4 Southern Belle, and 1/4 Midwesterner...listen to her talk, you’ll see.

Joel Burkhead - Student Worship Arts Specialist

Joel has been apart of The Bridge since it opened in 2004 and came on staff in May of 2006. He has served in various forms over the years, but now serves in three roles: Student Worship Arts Director, Graphic Arts Director, and Collistry Director. These roles keep him very busy but still enjoys hobbies like fishing, being outdoors, checking his Facebook page, spending time with friends and family, and playing bass with Alanna Story, a local band. Joel graduated from Anderson University in 2008 with a Bachelors degree in Christian Ministries and an Associate degree in Non-Profit Organizational Leadership. You should get to know him...he's pretty cool.

Phil Larson - High School Youth Pastor/Web

Phil got married to his beautiful wife Kylee in June of 2007. After graduating from Anderson University in the spring of 2007, he was unable to escape God's call to ministry. His hobbies include drumming, writing, trying to sing, snowboarding, and hop scotch. His roles include hanging with youth, and managing the website and the online presence for The Bridge on such sites as facebook, myspace, youtube, twitter, etc. Phil currently has a short-term goal of growing his hair out long enough to successfully pull off his first poney-tail and actually prefers salty foods over sweet... weird.

Marcia Ranahan - Video Coordinator

Marcia Ranahan was thrilled to join The Bridge staff in June of 2009, and has been part of the church since October 2006. She is responsible for helping create, shoot, and edit video for the adult services. While she works behind the camera, it is clear from her pictures she enjoys being in front of it as well. She also is involved in the worship team, experience team, and celebrate recovery ministry, and thoroughly enjoys them all. She is married to her brilliant husband Bill Ranahan and they have the honor of being parents to their toddler, Josiah, who is pretty much the cutest kid ever. Oh, and she's also a New England Patriot's fan, much to Chris Russell's dismay.

Angi Kinser - Outreach Coordinator

Multi-tasker Angi Kinser not only serves as Outreach Coordinator and Building Project Manager, but is the official in-house “office mom.” Her lovely family consists of hubby Billy, sweet lady-girl Ava, and rocker son Drew. In her spare time, she enjoys cruising the Outreach trailer downtown and racing the Book Mobile.

Amy Rouse - Children’s Ministry

Amy is a Mom. She taxi's to ballet rehearsal and flute lessons, basketball practice and the orthodontist, she cooks dinner most nights and does lot's of laundry. In and around all these things, she also loves working at the Bridge in the Children's Department. She makes giant iPod's out of cardboard, Play Dough bible characters and late at night she can be found raiding her kids closets for stuffed animals, princess crowns and plastic swords; anything to better illustrate the incredible story of God's loves for kids. Her other job is a studio musician - radio jingles, school choir music, kids musicals, choral anthems as well as an occasional voice over where she's been everyone from a chimney sweep to the Fairy God Mother from Cinderella. Finally and probably most important when it comes to life skills, Amy is a killer Euchre player. Always up for a game and prefers stick the dealer. Amy and her husband Jay have two kids Thatcher and Londyn.

Melissa Epperly - Office Secretary

Melissa is the church secretary. She is the friendly voice you hear when you call the office and the smiling face you usually see at the resource table. She just loves God and people. She is married to Mark and is the proud mother of 2 wonderful daughters Kayla and Natasha(even when they are being sassy).