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Mr. Josh Dornbos
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| What do you do at New City? |
| I am the Teen Employment Director- I supervise all the teenagers who work here. |
| What’s so special about New City? |
| It is holistic, evolving and reaches kids with the gospel who wouldn’t hear it otherwise. |
| Favorite Books |
| The Bible excluded….I have read about a million social work books in the past two years so it is hard to think of anything else. I really liked “Begging for a Change” by Robert Egger, “Lost Boys” by James Garberino and “Breaking Through to Teens” by Robert Taffel. |
| Favorite Foods |
| Pizza House pizza (in East Lansing MI) |
| What do you do in your free time? |
| Hang out with my beautiful wife Andrea and baby girl, Aylah Grace. |
| I hope to someday: |
| Be able to live with in the moment without having to remind myself to do it. |
| Things I’m thankful for: |
| God’s love for me (and patience), my wife and daughter, my family back home, opportunity to serve the Lord, laughter, old friends, kids like David Ray and GP who I know will make it. |
| My most embarrassing moment was: |
| I have embarrassing moments all the time. Most of them lately have involved driving in Jersey City. There is this one intersection where I always get confused and stop on the green light (I swear it looks red but I guess that is not for my lane) the drivers in New Jersey honk and yell things at you when you do stuff like that. I’ve done it about ½ a dozen times. Andrea laughs every time. |
| When I grow up, I want to be: |
| I’m not convinced that I’ll know I’m grown up when I get there but I’m pretty convinced I still won’t be sure what I want to do. |
| Life’s greatest lesson I’ve learned is: |
| He’s in control and I should stop trying to be |
| Fun fears: |
Heights! (but I love to scare myself on roller coasters) |
| Most amazing fact about me: |
| I paid my way through college without taking out a loan (undergrad at least, I have loans to prove I went to grad school :P) |
| I’ll never try: |
| To do a flip --- I’m not that coordinated. |
| What is your desire for New City? |
| That youth would encounter Christ here and that He would transform them to bring about His purpose in their life. I also have this idea about a youth center but time will tell…. |
| If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be? |
| Compassionate, intuitive, a bit unpredictable. |
| What’s your favorite scripture? |
| Today: Psalm 23, the 2nd part “You have prepared a table before me, in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil and my cup overflows, with love, peace and joy.” |
| What are three things in your refrigerator? |
| Humus, leftover chicken, chocolate syrup |
| What keeps you working? |
| On days I don’t feel like working Jesus tells me I have to – it is better just to listen. |
| What is life really all about for you? |
| Following after this savior who changed my life. |
| What’s in your CD player? |
| Kenny Chesney. Jersey City doesn’t have any country radio—it’s a shame, no wonder everyone is irritable here |