Me - that’s me. My beautiful and fun loving wife. We meet in high school playing volleyball. I was in 10 grade and she was in 9th. We dated and broke up about three time and then we got married when we were 21 and 23. It was September 25,1999. So what did we do? We partied like it was 1999 and have ever since. She is the love of my life and my greatest friend. Ayden is our 6 year old son. It always feels like I am talking to a 10 year old. He is smart, kind and always wants to make people laugh. He is great and we love him so much.

I gave my heart to Jesus when I was a child in a chapel service. My parents took us to church as a kid and put us in Christian School. I do remember loving Jesus and asking him to come into my heart. When I got older, my parents no longer were in a church and I was no longer in a Christians school. My life at the time seemed hopeless. At the age of 14, I was sleeping in the living room and my brother came and told me that our grandfather passed away. That night as I laid on the sofa the Lord asked me. "If I would die where would I go?" I know, I allowed sin back in my life and I did not have a relationship with Jesus. That night, I talked to Jesus and asked him to forgive me of all my sins. I wanted to keep one area of my life but he told me I could not have him unless I gave him my whole heart. I wanted him more than the sin I was in. I asked him to come into my heart and save me. My life completely changed that night. I asked the Lord, where should I go to church? I knew if I was now a Christian I needed a home church. The Lord directed me to go to New Life Christian Center. That is the name of City Church before Katrina. It took me about 1 year from the time the Lord told me to go to the church till I walked through the doors. I walked to church as 15 year old for many years. I am so glad I started to walk with Jesus.

I started coming to New Life Christian Center / City Church Feb 1991 (27 years)

I am Executive Senior Pastor of the church. Simply put, I am privileged to lead our church staff on a daily basis, make sure our members are cared for and see that our volunteers growing in their walk with God.

• Dad
• Pastor McManus
• Bishop McManus
• Brian Tracy

Juggling

• Souls
• Family

Connecting people - I love good connections. Seeing people to our small groups are great. Strategic Creative Thinker

• Salvation
• Marriage
• Katrina
• Birth of My Son
• Deep Pain
• F5 Tornado
• Life - it is amazing. Ups and downs but I am glad Jesus is right there with me through the good and bad times. I look forward to eternity.

Italy --- Again.

Married my high school sweetheart, Bryan Trosclair in September 1999. Have a 6 year old son, Ayden. He will be graduating Kindergarten this year.

I had such an emptiness in my heart when my father passed away. I was 16 years old at the time, and nothing I did could fill the void and hole in my heart. After many invitations from Bryan, I came to small group then to a church service; but I really surrendered and gave my heart to Jesus after my first year of college. The love I felt from God's people helped me open my heart to the only one Who could filled that emptiness in my heart.

Since 1995, a little over 20 years

I help my husband oversee many areas as Executive Pastors including small group ministry, college ministry, youth ministry, young adult ministry, children's ministry but mainly the Administration and Finances.

The best advice I have ever received was: when you are secure in your relationship with the Lord and you know that your identity is in Christ alone, then everything, including other relationships, will fall into place. I always stood on the scripture that if you seek the kingdom of God first, then all these things shall be added to you.

How can we measure who has made the biggest impact in a person's life? So many have impacted my life in some way, especially Pastor Owen McManus, Pastor Tammy McManus, Bishop Owen McManus, Bryan Trosclair. I have grown in my walk with the Lord because of so many people that I can go on and on.

Most people don’t know that I love playing the claw machine game and have become really good at getting stuff out of them. I am now teaching Ayden to do the same thing.

I am passionate about seeing others who are like me, empty, hurting and lost, come to the knowledge of Jesus.

Strategic|Communication| Significance| Individualization| Achiever

My Salvation in Jesus.

I don’t think I have one dream vacation. It's more like a bucket list of places I would like to go to in my lifetime. I would like to go to Jerusalem, Paris, Italy, Hawaii, Brittan, Dubai, and a Safari in South Africa .... etc. ...

My wife of 30 years, Elder Jeana Benson, serves with me at City Church. We have a grown son, Andrew Jr. (“Drew”), who serves on the praise team here at City Church.

I grew up in church, but never knew Jesus until I was invited to a Holy Ghost filled church in Metairie in 1977 at the age of 15. I was gloriously saved and knew I wanted to serve Jesus the rest of my life.

32 years

Adult ministries, iCare (local and overseas missions), marriage counselling, online campus, hospital visitation.

“If you can’t forget your past, you’ll never have a future.”- Bishop Owen McManus, Sr.

Pastor McManus. To have walked beside him for over 30 years has been to see a man of anointing and integrity, and an example of becoming all you can be for God.

I’m a great cook.

Witnessing - seeing souls saved, missions.

Input, Empathy, Connectedness, Intellection and Restorative