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Jany Šimočko
Jany accepted Christ in 2001, after attending a youth camp at the age of 16. At that camp, God began to stir his heart to work with youth. Two years later, Jany joined his youth group’s leadership team to help organize their first English camp in Prešov, Slovakia. In 2006, after being disicipled by an American missionary and his church elder, Jany took the leadership role for the churches evangelistic English camps. For the next four years, he poured his heart and soul into caring for his team in order to reach students for Christ before passing the baton to his disciple. During the school year of 2009 – 2010, God challenged his heart further into youth ministry. Prior to graduation, Jany led a second youth group in a nearby town and decided to join JV and TCKompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) in full-time ministry. In Sept 2010, Jany moved to Žilina where he is currently the KECY English Camps Slovak director, one of their school of leader’s lecturers, and responsible for organizing their annual youth leader’s conference volunteer team. And, Jany is actively involved in the Žilina Lutheran youth group discipling teenagers and leading small groups.
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Peter & Eva Hrubo
Peter and Eva met while attending college in Žilina during the communist era. Together they were involved in pioneering the youth ministry in their local church. Married shortly after the Velvet Revolution, Eva began to minister to college students in InterVarsity. After four years of working as a business manager, Peter received a clear calling from God into youth ministry and also continued doing ministry with InterVarsity college students in three cities in Slovakia. Eight years later, in September 2003, the Lord called him to join the TCKompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) team. Since January 2006, Peter has been the director of TCK. Eva has her hand made card enterprise and works part-time as the TCK Bookkeeper. Peter and Eva have two teenagers, Daniela, and Michaela and are involved in their youth ministry in their local church.
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Maruška Kožlejová
Since 2000, at the age of 17, Maruška has been in youth ministry and has over 10 years experience leading youth groups, organizing camps, and working as a volunteer in the church. Her biggest passion is discipleship. Maruška studied literature and art. While getting her Masters, she started to work for TCKompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) as a volunteer for two years. In 2008, Maruška became a full-time staff member. A year later, she wrote a book about discipleship and how it can look in Slovakia, which has inspired others. Maruška currently lives in Presov, serves in her church’s college/career youth group and is the School of Leader’s director for TCKompas.
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Eva Kohútová
In high school, Eva was involved in organizing summer camps and discussion clubs with the goal of bringing the gospel to her peers. In 2007, Eva participated in the TCKompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) School of Leaders program where she learned about discipleship for the first time. She then started to disciple girls, which transformed her ideas about ministry and how to reach the teens of Slovakia. Afterward, she volunteered for the next two years with TCKompas, before joining the TCKompas team in 2010. In January 2011, Eva moved to Zilina, where the team is located. Eva’s roles include working with and helping organize the TCKompas‘ Annual Youth Leader’s Conference, mentoring and caring for the youth leaders who are participating in the TCK School of Leaders program, serving as the office administrator, and working with the youth in the Žilina Brethren Church.
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Peter & Katka Michalčik
Peter started full-time ministry with Training Center Kompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) in 2004. Prior to this, Peter was a physics teacher and spent his free time with his youth group. Passionate about sharing Christ with non-believers, he and his youth group organized their first English camp in 2003, where 16 of his students and 30 more from his school participated. After camp, many of them visited the youth group, gave their lives to Christ, with several now serving as leaders in Peter’s youth ministry. In 2007, Peter took a step of faith to become the national director of English Camps for TCKompas where he helps, inspires and trains other youth leaders across Slovakia with this same ministry model. During his tenor, he took the camp ministry from three camps to nine. In 2010, Peter became the EXIT Ministry Director where he is currently organizing this new ministry to reach the entire nation through the EXIT 316 TV Show, EXIT Turbo Small Group program and EXIT Tour. Locally, he and his wife, Katka, live in Presov, where he serves as an elder of his church, and supports the youth leaders. Katka works in the church’s book store located in the center of town.
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Drahoslav & Zuzana Poloha
Draho has been serving with TCKompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) since the fall of 1999. In 2010, he became the director of Fusion to help Slovak churches reach out to unchurched youth through a network of evangelistic rock/gospel choirs and performing arts groups called “Fusion”. In addition, he serves as a lector in TCK‘s School of Leaders where he teaches worship and mentors a student. Draho also serves in the area of graphic and technical support for the TCK ministry in Slovakia. He enjoys facilitating teams during the training weekends where individuals are being formed into teams that can make a great impact on their church. He also disciples young men. He and his wife, Zuzana, they have two sons, Oliver and Viktor, and a daughter, Johanna. They currently live in Banska Bystrica and serving in the Brethern Church with their youth ministry.
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