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Matt Overton

Associate pastor, Columbia Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, Washington

Matt Overton is the associate pastor for youth and family ministry at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, Washington. He has been doing youth ministry in various forms for the past 17 years, and is also the owner of Mowtown Teen Lawn Care and the executive director for The Columbia Future Forge. To learn more about the work Overton is doing, visit www.youthministryinnovators.com.

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