Nate Harrison, Adult Ministries Pastor
natepharrison@gmail.com

My name is Nathan Harrison and I have been at East Side for about seven years. I serve as the Director of Adult Education and in that I oversee: Small Groups, Grace Institute, Missions, and Sunday morning classes.

The joy of my life is my family, and I have been married to my wife Lisa for 10 years. We have two great kiddos. Our son's name is Gabriel (5) and our daughter's is Abigail (2). Lisa and I met at Ashland University. Where we both were Education Majors, and really involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Adventure Club [a group that went backpacking, rock climbing, mountain biking, etc.].
I was trained as a campus minister with the international mission's organization the Navigators 1997-2001. Plus, I received a Masters of Arts in Christian Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. I also worked as an assistant wrestling coach for the University.

My wife and I love to travel and we both enjoy the outdoors. I also like to cook and garden, but the way I blow off steam is fitness training. I also love Ohio State Football, fly fishing, and backpacking.
Media-wise I go through stages and musically I'm presently listening to Over the Rhine and Pilot Speed. But I also like classic rock such as CSN and U2.
Movies, I enjoy multiple genres such as historical fiction, some sci-fi, and action and psychological thrillers. Books are funny things to me [a love and hate relationship], and I'm constantly reading, but I'm not technically an avid reader. I'm usually reading several books at once and seldom finish the ones that I'm reading.

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