PETER LA JOY
Youth Pastor

Peter La Joy became the Youth Pastor at Calvary Tucson in September 2000. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent his early childhood in an area called Little Italy. After graduating high school, he moved to Northridge, California, and attended California State University where he graduated with a degree in Health Science and Physical Therapy in 1983.

He met his wife, Beth, in California and was married in 1983. Peter and Beth have 4 children: Faith, Jocelyn, Jake and Bethany.

Peter was raised in an Italian Catholic family but during his college years became involved with the New Age teachings of Religious Science.

Through a series of events, he decided to read the Bible to “check it out.” After a year and a half of reading and studying, Beth took Peter to Calvary Chapel Thousand Oaks, California. When confronted with the overwhelming evidence of the Bible as to the Person and Work of Jesus Christ, Peter knew he had to make a decision about Jesus. In February 1984, Peter dedicated his life to Jesus Christ.

Peter has worked as a Physical Therapist in outpatient orthopedics since 1983 until 2001. In 1990 Peter became involved with Worship Ministry at Calvary Chapel Simi Valley, California and was Worship leader there for 3 years. Pete has a heart for evangelism and came to Tucson to help Scott Richards in the early days of Calvary Christian Fellowship.

In 1998, Peter began attending Calvary Tucson. In 1999, Peter became involved with Youth Ministry and Youth Missions. This past year has been one of great blessing and challenges, as Peter became our Youth Pastor. He believes the foundation of a great youth ministry to be found in Acts Chapter 2: THE WORD, PRAYER, FELLOWSHIP, and EVANGELISM.