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Russ and Denise Larson<\/h2>\n

Russ is a native Northwesterner, having spent his youth and young adult years in south Seattle. A graduate of Northwest University, he met and married his wife, Denise, in 1981. They have two grown kids, Zachary and Bethany, and one grandchild, Lamont. Russ and Denise bring over 40 years of ministry leadership to LSAG, including stints in Oak Harbor, Boise, Renton, Kent, and serving in Lake Stevens since 2011.<\/p>\n

Some fun facts about Russ<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hobbies:<\/strong> music (Russ plays several instruments, including guitar, piano, and brass). Russ is a certified \u201cgearhead\u201d, loving classic cars, and loves spending time with his family, especially his new grandson.<\/p>\n

Favorite book:<\/strong> The Bible, of course, but also anything by Brennan Manning or C.S. Lewis.<\/p>\n

Favorite Movie:<\/strong> Action movies, especially if they feature a cool car, like in \u201cRonin\u201d, or \u201cJohn Wick\u201d.<\/p>\n

Favorite Netflix series to binge-watch:<\/strong> Longmire<\/p>\n

Favorite Bible Verse:<\/strong> \u201cThis is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you\u201d John 15:12<\/p>\n

Favorite worship song:<\/strong> anything featuring acoustic guitar, like \u201ctrading my sorrows\u201d.<\/p>\n

Favorite type of food:<\/strong> Mexican!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russ is our lead pastor. He’s passionate about many things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2770,"menu_order":1,"template":"","ctc_person_group":[44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsag.church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_person\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsag.church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsag.church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_person"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsag.church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsag.church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_person_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsag.church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_person_group?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}