Pastor Jonathan is passionate about seeing vision realized! A fourth generation minister in the Foursquare denomination, his heart’s desire is to see local church ministry strategically carried out with excellence, health and longevity. Raised on the mission field (11 years – Venezuela & Panama), Pastor Jonathan is no stranger to ministry. At an early age he witnessed God touching the lives of countless people and, in turn, desired to “be used” himself, starting with numerous outreaches, locally and abroad, including Spain, Germany and Mexico. Pastor Jonathan is a graduate of Life Pacific College (formerly L.I.F.E. Bible College, San Dimas, CA). During his undergraduate studies, he met his lovely wife Dawn. The two wed in February, 1995 and began their lives together, including the completion of their Bachelors degrees (Dawn in 1996 and Jonathan in 1998). During and following college, Jonathan served as an assistant to the National Youth Minister of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. In late 1998 while serving there and developing the UTURN youth ministry model, Jonathan met Marty Walker and a cherished friendship was formed. Jonathan would eventually join “Pastor Marty” two years later full-time at The Sanctuary and he's never looked back! The Edwards live in Canyon Country with their two “princesses” Chloe Sunshine and Ellyanna Love. Pastor Jonathan continues in his love for percussion, “music that grooves”, English Premier League soccer and savory Thai food (or any good food for that matter)!

Pastor Julie Sandeen not only has passion to reach the children of the Santa Clarita Valley through CHAMPS Children’s Ministries, but also has vision and passion to see the Church empowered to minister to children with their gifts and talents given by God. Pastor Julie is a native of Southern California, having grown up primarily in the San Fernando Valley. She came to know Jesus as her Lord and Savior at eight years old while attending Sepulveda Foursquare Church. In 1971 while attending Summer camp at Camp Cedar Crest, Julie’s future was changed forever when she remembered that God specifically spoke to her about spending the rest of her life serving in the Kingdom. Little did she know that about 30 years later she would answer the call to full-time vocational ministry as a Children’s Pastor and she has served in this type of role ever since. If you get an opportunity to talk personally with Pastor Julie, it won’t take long to realize that, with all of her experience, both in the business arena and in the church, she has never-ending ideas and energy to create an atmosphere where children will want to be, learn about God and invite their friends. Her excitement and enthusiasm is very contagious. The greatest highlights in Julie’s life are her husband Dan, whom she married in 1982, and her two children. Garrett is currently attending Bible college in Hawaii, while daughter Brenna is married to Paul Round, who together now have possibly provided Julie’s greatest joys — her grandson William and grandchild number two due later in 2012. When it comes to fun, traveling with her family and friends is at the top of her priority list. She has traveled to England, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Haiti, The Dominican Republic and many places in the United States. Pastor Julie believes that traveling is one of the best forms of education and that experience has certainly come in handy as she also oversees our Missions department. You will most likely find her at the beach on her day off with a good book or magazine. Playing her guitar and learning new styles of worship are a secret favorite of hers too!

Andy is native to the Santa Clarita Valley, where he graduated from Saugus High School in 1999. It was during high school when he met Pastor Marty while attending another church locally. UTURN had that wacky, fun youth pastor and Andy got to fill in leading worship for him in UTURN on a couple of occasions. After going to college for a year in Colorado he would return and begin calling The Sanctuary home. Though he attended different local colleges, Andy finally landed in the MIT (“Ministers in Training”) program here and it was during that time he began to better understand his call to full-time worship ministry. In 2006 Andy began dating his best friend Amanda Walker and the two were married in January of 2008. They now live in Canyon Country with their daughters Jaryn and Selah. Both Amanda and Andy are actively involved in worship ministry as well as the INTEGRATE Young Adults Ministry here at The Sanctuary. Amanda and Andy are both passionate to see God’s people worship Him in song, and are enjoying the early years of parenthood and the wonderful family and friends they have here.