Ryan Goossen

Ryan has grown up in Odessa United Methodist church all of his life. Ryan has experience in youth ministry through his work with the youth of Odessa United Methodist Church. Ryan’s faith has grown over the years and his desire for God has increased. He has a heart for missions not only for overseas, but also for the local community. Ryan traveled to the Dominican Republic in January to minister to the locals on a medical missions trip.

Kelli Goossen

Kelli has grown up in a loving Christian home all of her life and has attended Southside Alliance Church for over ten years. Her mother is the church secretary and thus Kelli has been heavily involved in the church. Kelli was saved from the clutches of hell at the age of four and has grown immensely in her faith since that time. Kelli also feels the call of overseas missions upon her life. She has been to the Dominican Republic three times and Mozambique, Africa once since she was fourteen years old.

Kelli will be graduating from Houghton College in May with her Bachelors in Business Administration with concentrations in management, marketing, and economics as well as minors in human resource management and christian missions. In addition to becoming a youth group leader, she has also been taken on as the Marketing Director for Southside Alliance Church. She is excited to be able to use her degree within Christian ministry.

Ryan & Kelli

Ryan and Kelli met at Corning Community College where they both attended in 2008. Over the course of their friendship, God drew them together to become more than just best friends. They began dating in August of 2009, engaged on July 3, 2010 and married on July 16, 2011. Since that time, God opened an amazing door to use their giftings and talents to minister to the youth of Southside Alliance Church.