Pastor Ralph Giordano

Pastor Ralph was called to serve God at an early age. By the time he graduated from high school, he knew that it would be in preaching/youth ministry.

He began working with teens in Bell Gardens, California. The next step was to enroll in North Central Bible College. Four years later, in 1990, Ralph graduated. In the years, which followed, he did short-term missionary work in Malawi and Argentina. He spoke to teens in the school system in England as a motivational speaking dealing with relevant teen topics. Ralph also worked at Pinecrest Conference Center and served as a counselor at Teen Youth Camp. For three and one half years he served as the youth pastor at Cathedral of the Valley Assemblies of God in Palm Springs. In 1999, he was ordained by the Assemblies of God.

After serving as a volunteer youth leader for several months, he became HCC's full time Youth Pastor in February of 2002. Pastor Ralph is excited to minister to this new generation of kids that have sometimes been called Echo Boomers (since they are the kids of the "Baby Boomer" Generation), "Generation Y" and "Millennials."

Pastor Ralph's vision for the youth ministry is that they will be equipped and raised up so that God can use them right now, right where they are, to reach their friends for Christ. He feels that if they can experience what is means to be a part of what God is doing here and now, when they become adults they will never be satisfied with merely being hearers of the Word.