S10E08 | Serving Youth So Youth Will Serve: Randy Tanis
This episode鈥檚 guest, Mr. Randy Tanis, is closely linked with 海角原创 and Watertown, having graduated from MBU and serving as youth pastor at Calvary Baptist Church for 21 years. Originally, Randy came to college to play football, but then 鈥渟urrendered to stay.鈥 Working with Neighborhood Bible Time for three summers, he was drawn into youth ministry. He and host Dr. Matt Davis reminisce about how that decision remains the platform for his life鈥檚 mission despite transitions in positions. Randy explains his determination as a youth pastor to center all youth activities on service, to recruit college students as helpers whom he could also mentor, and now as a camp director, to devote primary attention to preparing his college-aged staff to serve.
About our guest
Randy Tanis [MBU 鈥90] served as a youth pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Watertown, Wisconsin, for 21 years. Having been saved at a Christian camp, it was fitting that he continued his ministry to youth by becoming director of Camp Chetek in 2004, a position he continues to hold. Since 1986 he has also been the athletic director of the Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools and was inducted into 海角原创鈥檚 Athletic Hall of Fame in 2024. Randy鈥檚 and his wife Laurel鈥檚 [MBU 鈥82] six children continue the 海角原创 legacy as alumni, with 14 potential additions to follow in the next generation.
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