Get to know Duncan Kusant
Briefly: Born in 2001, I am a youth intern here at Resurrection. Aside from working here, I work at Fluegels and have high hopes of getting into first responder work. When I’m not at work, I’m usually at home working on costumes (photos below). I’ve been doing cosplay for the last six years now and it’s become a huge passion of mine.
Favorite Food? (best meal I can remember), I was in Germany visiting some family friends but we didn’t know they were vegetarian. So after two days my brother and I went off and found a gyro shop and after not eating any meat for two days or so, we were pretty happy.
Favorite Book? My favorite book series is called “star wars republic commando” and I really enjoy reading in a coffee shop
Favorite Candy? I’m a life savers kinda guy
Favorite Movie? Gladiator is one of my absolute favorites
Favorite Song? I listen to a lot of christian metal and one of my favorite songs is “Carry me down” by demon hunter
Favorite Star Wars Character(s)? I really love a clone trooper known as “Fives” and a mandalorian named “Kal Skirata” (Kal is from the book series I mentioned)
Most Memorable Experience? It’s hard to choose, but I would have to say going camping with a bunch of my friends. Just a couple guys that love the outdoors and having a good time away from the rest of the world.
Biggest Failure? I can’t say that I have any failures. I believe that something is a failure if I give up on it. There’s a lot of things I messed up on, that’s certain, but I’ve taken a step back and evaluated what I can do differently and go right back to it. For example, my costumes weren’t that good starting out and I did go back and redo one of them. But since I started making suits, I’ve gotten way better and I know the process of making it all quite well. I’ve had to throw away a lot of pieces that weren’t cut right or I did something out of order and I couldn’t salvage it. But in regards to my life and there being any major failures I’ve had to learn from, I just can’t really answer that one. I’ve been pretty persistent and relentless with my goals.
Handmade by Duncan:
FYI
If you join us for worship, we promise that there will be something you don’t like. Someone will talk to you too much, or not at all. The pastor will preach too long, or too short. The music will be too contemporary, or too traditional. The coffee will be too strong, or too weak. And there will be too many people who are just like you, or too few. We promise you won’t like everything. But if you want a church with real people, living real lives, with real faith in a real God, then there just might be something here for you. And we promise to try to figure out this faith journey thing together.
We promise there will be something you don’t like at Resurrection. Someone will talk to you too much…or not at all. The pastor’s message won’t always inspire. The music won’t live up to your expectations. The coffee, treats, carpet color, attire…there’s bound to be something to disappoint. Imperfect people? Family dysfunction? Real world problems? They’re all at REZ. It’s the norm—right along with love, mercy, and grace.
There are plenty of things we’ll miss on. But if you desire a church with real people, living real lives, with real faith in a real God—all figuring out this faith journey thing together—then you’ll feel right at home. We promise.
We believe that Jesus is the one and only unique Son of God. We believe that His willing death paid the penalty for our sin, that His resurrection gives us hope, and that through His name we are given the power to live an authentic, new life.
We follow Jesus’ teachings: to love God first and best, love others as much as He loves us, and to live for something bigger than ourselves.
We value Jesus’ directive to tell His story wherever we can and to prove words with actions.
We are one branch of the world-wide community of Jesus followers. Because we believe that everyone becomes and achieves more together than anyone can alone, we meet regularly for encouragement, support, and inspiration.
We welcome you to join the journey.
Bring the Good News to everyone we encounter, i.e. God loves you “as is” with no strings attached—no matter where you are in this chapter of your life—all made possible by Jesus and his sacrifice for you.
- We connect people to Jesus
- We worship passionately and authentically
- We bless the Hastings area
- We develop Christian leaders
- We look like our community
As United Methodists, we have an obligation to bear a faithful Christian witness to Jesus Christ, the living reality at the center of the Church’s life and witness. To fulfill this obligation, we reflect critically on our biblical and theological inheritance, striving to express faithfully the witness we make in our own time.
Resurrection is a Christian church of Methodist heritage. We share with Christians throughout history faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior of the world. We look to the bible for inspiration and instruction. And we affirm the basic statements of faith found in such creeds as the Apostles’ Creed. Aside from faith in Christ, we do not all think alike, but are committed to growing together as a community bound by Christ’s love.
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