Karen Hartmann
Name:	Karen Hartmann
Position:	Associate Pastor
Email:	karen@ccto.org
Ministries:	- Feed My Sheep - Missions - Women's Ministry - Community Life Groups - Seekers and Sowers - Prayer

Karen has served as Associate Pastor with oversight in Women's Ministries and Missions since 1999. She graduated from Pacific Christian College (currently Hope International University) in 1978, joined the CCTO staff in 1980, and was ordained in 1982. She taught 6th grade at an inner-city Christian school before serving on staff at CCTO for 15 years as Family Ministries Pastor. She and her family left Thousand Oaks in 1994, where she and her husband, Craig, served with AMOR Ministries, a housebuilding ministry serving the poor alongside the local church in the border communities of Mexico.While serving at AMOR, she mentored missions interns for the Intercultural Training Institute and served on the pastoral staff at Bonita Wesleyan Church.

Karen loves Jesus and serves Him as faithfully as she can. She believes the Bible to be the inspired Word of God and delights in study and teaching. She is happily married to Craig, who shares her passion for ministry and missions. She has three wonderfully wild and crazy kids, Luke, Clay and Carly who challenge her and give her life purpose. Luke is currently working on his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at St. Augustine's in San Diego; Clay graduated in June 2007 from UCSB with a major in law and society; he is involved in a variety of social helps agencies, working as a substitute teacher and interning for Lois Capps, Congresswoman. Carly is finishing 8th grade and looking anxiously toward high school participation.

Her favorite Scripture verse is Lamentations 3:21-25; she also loves Reese's peanut butter cups, VERY hot weather, X-large ice tea, the outdoors, yellow roses, reading great literature and spending time with family and friends.