Air Hill Pastoral Staff
Pastor John Melhorn:
John Melhorn accepted Jesus into his heart at the age of 7 at a Good News Club; but it was during his senior year at Messiah College that he fully surrendered his life to Jesus. Ever since then, God has been renovating his heart by placing him in different positions: working at Messiah College, serving as a part-time youth leader, ministering as a chaplain at a PA state park during summers while studying at Evangelical Seminary, and pastoring within the Brethren in Christ Church for the last 24 years. For the last 20 years he served at Faith BIC Church near Baltimore, MD. John holds a B.A. in History from Messiah College and an M. Div. from the Evangelical School of Theology. God has blessed John with a wonderful wife, Nancy, and they have journeyed together in marriage for the last 24 years. John and Nancy have two sons – Matthew, who is completing his electrical engineering degree at University of Maryland and Andrew, who will be studying business at Wilson College. Over the years, the Melhorn family has taken trips to different places in the United States or Canada staying in a tent when they stopped. Whether they liked it or not, God often drenched them with showers of blessings on and in their tent. Aside from delighting in Jesus; John takes pleasure in bike riding, playing basketball, solving Sudoku puzzles, and reading. For John, bike riding becomes an even more enjoyable experience if Nancy joins him on the back of their tandem bicycle. In addition to their biking adventures, John and Nancy enjoy playing Dutch Blitz, Yahtzee and Scrabble.
John Melhorn accepted Jesus into his heart at the age of 7 at a Good News Club; but it was during his senior year at Messiah College that he fully surrendered his life to Jesus. Ever since then, God has been renovating his heart by placing him in different positions: working at Messiah College, serving as a part-time youth leader, ministering as a chaplain at a PA state park during summers while studying at Evangelical Seminary, and pastoring within the Brethren in Christ Church for the last 24 years. For the last 20 years he served at Faith BIC Church near Baltimore, MD. John holds a B.A. in History from Messiah College and an M. Div. from the Evangelical School of Theology. God has blessed John with a wonderful wife, Nancy, and they have journeyed together in marriage for the last 24 years. John and Nancy have two sons – Matthew, who is completing his electrical engineering degree at University of Maryland and Andrew, who will be studying business at Wilson College. Over the years, the Melhorn family has taken trips to different places in the United States or Canada staying in a tent when they stopped. Whether they liked it or not, God often drenched them with showers of blessings on and in their tent. Aside from delighting in Jesus; John takes pleasure in bike riding, playing basketball, solving Sudoku puzzles, and reading. For John, bike riding becomes an even more enjoyable experience if Nancy joins him on the back of their tandem bicycle. In addition to their biking adventures, John and Nancy enjoy playing Dutch Blitz, Yahtzee and Scrabble.
Meet our Youth Pastor!
Hello Air Hill Church! My name is Travis Kisamore and I’m extremely excited to be the next Youth Pastor. My wife Bekii and I have been married for almost 20 years. We have two wonderful children. My wife works at Andrew Buchanan as a Title 1 teacher aid. Prior to our current jobs, we were long-term missionaries in Southern Chile in the small town of Quemchi.
I enjoy spending time with my family, I love to grill (charcoal) and share food and fellowship with people. I enjoy being outside all year; I enjoy golf, disc golf, softball, basketball, football, hiking, being in the woods, reading, relaxing or even working. I also love coffee.
My salvation experience in very brief summary is the following: I grew up in the Church (Harrisonburg Mennonite in Virginia). I grew up in a Christian family and had lots of “head knowledge”. I knew the correct answers to give when asked questions about God and Jesus. I could give Bible passages and I believed in God and Jesus. As a junior and senior in high school, I fell in with a non-going church crowd and was introduced to alcohol and drugs and participated in these activities for a couple of years. I was still going to the youth group and church, but Friday and Saturday nights were with my other group. As a senior, I was invited to a small division II School in Kansas called Hesston to play baseball for the team. I accepted the invitation to play baseball. During my time at Hesston, the team was 18 guys, and 15 of them were sold out and on fire for the Lord. I was shocked at the faith of my teammates and soon to be friends. They were the campus spiritual leaders and I naturally started following these guys to church, campus worship, and Bible studies. They all had a living faith and not just “head knowledge faith” but real living faith. I was drawn to the joy and fullness of their lives.
Then on the fateful day of September 11, 2001, my life along with thousands changed. Watching the planes fly into the World Trade Center and seeing the fragility of life made me question my own faith. Simply put, I wasn’t sure what would happen to me if I were to die. I didn’t know where I would go, Heaven or Hell. Not knowing that answer scared me. I talked with my friends, asking questions about heaven and hell, and what was wrong with me. I was scared to die, scared to sleep, scared to live. Ultimately, a close friend said to me, “Travis you need Jesus.” I cried out to God one night shortly after this event and said, “God, if I call out to you and you don’t answer I’m done with you.” God reached out to me in this moment, and I felt Him put his arms around me and hug me and whisper, “You’re my son, I love you.” From that moment, 21 years ago, I have been seeking to serve and follow the Lord in all that I do. I have had the awesome and humbling privilege to serve the Lord in Honduras, Costa Rica, Chile, Thailand, Philippines, Argentina and Peru. I have been blessed to see God’s beautiful creation and His beautiful people along with worshiping in other languages and cultures. I appreciate all the support that the church as already extended to me, and I ask for prayers as my family and I seek to transition to Air Hill Church, especially my daughter who gets very anxious. Pray also that God would lead me in my new role as Youth Pastor. Pray that He would open my mind and heart to learn to know each of the youth, their families, and the rest of my new family that is Air Hill Church.
Hello Air Hill Church! My name is Travis Kisamore and I’m extremely excited to be the next Youth Pastor. My wife Bekii and I have been married for almost 20 years. We have two wonderful children. My wife works at Andrew Buchanan as a Title 1 teacher aid. Prior to our current jobs, we were long-term missionaries in Southern Chile in the small town of Quemchi.
I enjoy spending time with my family, I love to grill (charcoal) and share food and fellowship with people. I enjoy being outside all year; I enjoy golf, disc golf, softball, basketball, football, hiking, being in the woods, reading, relaxing or even working. I also love coffee.
My salvation experience in very brief summary is the following: I grew up in the Church (Harrisonburg Mennonite in Virginia). I grew up in a Christian family and had lots of “head knowledge”. I knew the correct answers to give when asked questions about God and Jesus. I could give Bible passages and I believed in God and Jesus. As a junior and senior in high school, I fell in with a non-going church crowd and was introduced to alcohol and drugs and participated in these activities for a couple of years. I was still going to the youth group and church, but Friday and Saturday nights were with my other group. As a senior, I was invited to a small division II School in Kansas called Hesston to play baseball for the team. I accepted the invitation to play baseball. During my time at Hesston, the team was 18 guys, and 15 of them were sold out and on fire for the Lord. I was shocked at the faith of my teammates and soon to be friends. They were the campus spiritual leaders and I naturally started following these guys to church, campus worship, and Bible studies. They all had a living faith and not just “head knowledge faith” but real living faith. I was drawn to the joy and fullness of their lives.
Then on the fateful day of September 11, 2001, my life along with thousands changed. Watching the planes fly into the World Trade Center and seeing the fragility of life made me question my own faith. Simply put, I wasn’t sure what would happen to me if I were to die. I didn’t know where I would go, Heaven or Hell. Not knowing that answer scared me. I talked with my friends, asking questions about heaven and hell, and what was wrong with me. I was scared to die, scared to sleep, scared to live. Ultimately, a close friend said to me, “Travis you need Jesus.” I cried out to God one night shortly after this event and said, “God, if I call out to you and you don’t answer I’m done with you.” God reached out to me in this moment, and I felt Him put his arms around me and hug me and whisper, “You’re my son, I love you.” From that moment, 21 years ago, I have been seeking to serve and follow the Lord in all that I do. I have had the awesome and humbling privilege to serve the Lord in Honduras, Costa Rica, Chile, Thailand, Philippines, Argentina and Peru. I have been blessed to see God’s beautiful creation and His beautiful people along with worshiping in other languages and cultures. I appreciate all the support that the church as already extended to me, and I ask for prayers as my family and I seek to transition to Air Hill Church, especially my daughter who gets very anxious. Pray also that God would lead me in my new role as Youth Pastor. Pray that He would open my mind and heart to learn to know each of the youth, their families, and the rest of my new family that is Air Hill Church.