Jana Caldwell
Office Manager
Jana grew up in Decatur, IL, and attended college at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. She joined the Venture staff in 2010. She enjoys reading God’s word and praying while the sun is coming up. She’s always amazed at the beauty of God’s creation. Jana loves to read, take walks or go on hikes, play games, and hang out with family. She is married to Daniel, and they have three kids in college. She’s also a total cat person!
Andrew Campbell
Maintenance Assistant
Joy Fehl
Children's Pastor
Joy grew up in Columbus, OH and is a graduate of Cincinnati Christian University. She joined the staff at Venture in April 2021. In addition to her passion for helping kids learn about Jesus, she is also interested in international missions. She loves being outdoors, running for exercise and fun, and throwing the frisbee with her husband, Addison. The Fehls love watching movies, and their Christmas tradition is to watch The Lord of the Rings Trilogy every Christmas!
Kit Gentis
Facilities Director
Kit grew up near Bluffton Indiana. He graduated from Indiana State University after serving in the Army and joined the Venture staff in the spring of 2022. His background is in construction, and he has experience in leading volunteers and construction projects on disaster fields throughout the nation. Kit is a fan of Star Wars, reading, and playing video games. Kit and his wife Becca have four daughters and they love enjoying the beach and their small group communities.
Jake Harp
Discipleship Pastor
Jake is a native of Illinois where he first learned about ministry by watching his dad work in the church. He has earned degrees from Missouri Southern State University and Lincoln Christian University. Prior to starting at Venture during the summer of 2022, he served as a Small Groups Minister in Southwestern Missouri. While in Missouri, he and his wife began growing their family and moved to Hamilton County with three kids and one on the way. Jake also has a love for ax throwing which caused him to open up his own mobile ax-throwing business.
Tony Johnson
Pastoral Care Pastor
Tony grew up in Albion, IL, and graduated from Lincoln Christian University and Illinois State University. He became Venture’s Children’s Pastor in August 2003. Tony’s passion is the spiritual growth of children and guiding kids and their families to personal relationships with Jesus. He enjoys history and likes to work in his yard and around the house. Tony and his wife, Mary, have four grown children, two of whom are married, and two grandchildren! Something that you may not know about Tony: he spent three years teaching on the mission field in Puerto Rico…where he met Mary!
Stan Killebrew
Lead Pastor
Stan grew up in Illinois and attended Lincoln Christian University in Lincoln, IL, before making his way to Indiana. He became Venture’s Lead Pastor in March 2019. His spiritual gifts include preaching, teaching, and leading. His spiritual “pathway” is Creation. He enjoys being a Daddy to five kiddos, hanging out with his wife, Dawn, being an outdoorsman, woodworking, and reading. Stan has a little-known talent: he can recite the prepositions in order while standing on his head. Both are skills that he acquired in the fourth grade!
Nolan Peterson
Maintenance Assistant
Nolan joined our summer staff helping to clean our preschool facility. Representing the third generation of Venture members in his family, he has a keen awareness of the ins and outs of our facility. Outside of school and work, Nolan can be found making something good to eat or working on an art project.
Shaylee Redmon
Ministry Assistant
Shaylee grew up in Unionville, MO, and attended Ozark Christian College. She joined Venture in July 2020. Shaylee has a passion for connecting Christians to outreach opportunities and helping strengthen people's relationships with Jesus. Shaylee enjoys exploring new cities, kayaking, reading, exercising at her CrossFit gym, and spending time with family. In April 2020, Shaylee married her best friend, Spencer, in a Zoom wedding. Things to know about Shaylee: she has a "green thumb" and is a high school girls small group leader for Venture Students!
Jason Robinson
Maintenance Assistant
Jason grew up in Kentland Indiana. He attended Ivy Tech majoring in computer science, and joined the Venture staff in September 2022. His work background is in cleaning and apartment maintenance. Jason enjoys computer building, playing video games, horror movies, and fishing.
Jackson Sandala
Video Director
Jackson grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from IUPUI. He joined Venture in late 2020. He is married to Sam and enjoys sharing stories through video. He'll take any opportunity to go hiking, roller blading, or to hang out with friends! Want to know an interesting thing about Jackson? He collects old cameras.
Daniel Shelton
Executive Pastor
Daniel grew up on the west side of Indianapolis. He graduated from Ozark Christian College and Lincoln Christian University. He joined Venture in June 2019. He is gifted with using systems and processes to help the church accomplish our mission. If a tool, resource, or process makes the church better and helps real people to encounter their living Savior, it’s worth waking up for! Daniel and his wife, Emily, love the theater and enjoy catching any local or traveling show. They have two daughters and like to spend time as a family camping in their popup camper, affectionately nicknamed “Peggy”.
Heidi Siitari
Associate Children’s Pastor
Heidi grew up in Southern Illinois and attended the University of Illinois – Champaign. She has attended Venture since 2001 and became VCC’s Associate Children’s Pastor in 2013. She truly enjoys teaching children about Jesus. She loves spending time with her family and reading in her free time. You may not know this, but Heidi is a part-time art teacher for all grades at Legacy Christian School in Noblesville.
Jake Smith
Student Pastor
Jake grew up in Carmel, IN, and attended Taylor University before joining the Venture staff in August 2018. He loves spending time connecting with God through the outdoors and by diving into scripture. Jake enjoys participating in, talking about, and watching all types of sports and physical competitions. In his free time, he is working on house projects with his wife, Jeanine, and playing in the backyard with their dog, Ollie. He and his wife love hanging out with friends at their home and having fierce board game competitions. Unique fact about Jake: he was born with one kidney!
Jon Vance
Outreach Pastor
Jon grew up on a farm in Ohio and graduated from Cincinnati Christian University. He joined Venture’s staff in 2011. Jon is passionate missions outreach and evangelism. In his spare time, Jon creates 3D photographs by cutting and layering multiple copies of a photo to create a three-dimensional appearance. He also enjoys riding his bike. Jon has been married to Cheryl for 40+ years. They have two children and five grandchildren. Fun fact: Jon has an identical twin brother who is also a minister.
Kay Wolford
Financial Administrator
Kay grew up in Rockville, IN, and attended both Indiana State University and Lincoln Christian University. She joined the staff at Venture in 1996. Her spiritual interests include missions and worship. She enjoys reading, gardening, and traveling to the mountains. Kay is married to Rick, and they have two grown children and five grandkids. If you didn’t know, Kay has been going on mission trips to Honduras since 2005. She loves the missionaries and the Hondurans there and seeing the improvements in their lives, both physical and spiritual, over the years.