Cascade serves as a Campus Minister with CMF International (“Transforming lives and communities by sending missionaries from everywhere to everywhere“) on The Garden team in Brisbane, Australia. The Garden is a grace-driven community where university students can belong — just as they are — while exploring life and faith. Cascade (Pastor Karen’s & Paul’s daughter) is a homegrown missionary, having grown up among us at Liberty Vineyard and Atlanta Vineyard. Her family is originally from Brisbane, and Cascade is excited to return to her roots in this way.
Cascade studied Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech, and while there found deep community at a campus ministry, Christian Campus Fellowship (CCF). She experienced the love and grace of God through a group of people who welcomed her with open arms and didn’t require hard work in return for that love, letting Cascade experience the non-transactional love of God for the first time.
Cascade, an ordained minister, earned a Master of Divinity at Emmanuel Christian Seminary while further preparing for future ministry. She is passionate about the deep need all people have for community and the transformation that comes when people experience the love of God. She is looking forward to carrying these passions to Australia and wherever life takes her.