Skip Toops, Youth Pastor

Skip is Hope's Youth Pastor which included the responsibilities of coordinating all 7-12th grade ministries. These ministries cover everything from weekly programming (Sunday School, Youth Group, Wallyball), Special Events (Concerts, Movie Nights, All-Nighters), Trips (Camping, Tubing), Conferences (MUUUCE, CHIC), to Mission Trips (Stateside/Abroad).

Skip accepted the call to Hope in June of 2008 after serving as a stateside missionary for one year with Youth for Christ (YFC) in the greater Cleveland area. Skip completed a double major in education at Minnesota State University-Moorhead (MSUM) in May of 2007. While at MSUM, along with many other things, Skip was a four year letter winner on the varsity wrestling team and served for two years as president of Moorhead's chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC). Shortly after graduating Skip married the love of his life Ashley in September 2007.
Ashley is a UND grad and attended Hope in her college days. Skip and Ashley are expecting their first child in December of 2008.

Pastor Skip's Favorites:
Music: Christian and Country
Sports: My top two are: Wrestling and Baseball, with every other sport close behind
Favorite TV Shows: SportsCenter, any live sporting event
Favorite Movies: The Sandlot, Dumb and Dumber
Favorite Songs: "My Jesus" by Todd Agnew, anything by Jeremy Camp!
Favorite Books: Wild at Heart by John Eldridge, PDYM by Doug Fields, Radical Cross by A.W. Tozer
Favorite Restaurant/Food: Buffalo Wild Wings/Honey BBQ Boneless Wings
Favorite Sports Team: MSUM Dragon Wrestling! Minnesota Twins! Gopher Wrestling!