meet the staff
Mike and Colleen Nixon, Founders/ CEO(Mike), CFO(Colleen)
Mike and Colleen have dedicated their lives to this mission: restoring the broken lives of young men bound up in drug abuse, alcoholism, and destructive behaviors. After two years of lay service in youth ministries, they realized that weekly interaction at church was simply not enough. Based on Mike’s previous experiences with drug addiction himself, and the various programs and addictions counseling training he received, they founded Three Dimensional Life in July 2004.
They currently reside in Gainesville, GA with their daughters, Taylor Joy, who was born in November 2005 and Madyson Grace, born September 2007.
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Ben Scranton, Program Director
Ben grew up in Philadelphia as the middle of five siblings. He started a career in car audio. Starting out in the install bays he worked his way up to area managment possitions. He had all the signs of a successful life, but his way of coping with stress and fear was using drugs and alcohol. This led him to the adult program No Longer Bound. He found his own recovery and continued there by going through their Servant Leadership Program. He pulls from his past experiences each day for his role as Program Director at 3D.
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Timothy Price, Assistant Program Director
Tim grew up in the Woodstock area here in Georgia. He came to 3D from an adult recovery program called No Longer Bound. He has recently completed their Servant Leadership Training program after completing the initial recovery program. He has an associates degree in marketing, and valuable insight from his experiences at NLB. He preforms his duties at 3D by assisting Ben Scranton.
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Jason Morris, CBA Director/ Resident Staff
Jason is a true story of God's delivering power. Growing up away from God lead Jason down the path of partying. After high school he joined the Navy in pursute of a career, meaning and purpose. He did not find what he was looking for there and continued living life best he could seperate from true guidance. Through a series of events Jason ended up at church and was saved and delivered from the holds of drugs and alcohol. With this new found freedom in Christ Jason was full of questions and soked up as much as he could get. God directed him into youth ministry with the desire to Pastor. He started with volunteering at his local church and getting involved in giving himself away to the youth there. That lead him to a house parenting possition in a residentail boys home in Florida. It was there he heard the call to come to 3D as a residential staff member. Jason pulles from several years of giving truth to young people here through his daily interactions with our students. He oversees their schoolwork, mentors them in the evening time, and teaches the entry class in the curriculum.
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Margaret Hart, Administrative Assistant
Margaret and her family reside in Gainesville, GA. Her husband is Jeff Hart and they have two children: Alannah, 19, and Tommy, 24. She has experience in ministry, administration, and education. This includes working for the Special Ed Department of Hall County, leading Bible study groups, President of the Women’s Ministry of her former church, and being involved with youth and children’s ministries. Margaret came to 3D through a desire to serve after her son Tommy completed the program, internship, and serving on staff as well. She currently performs a wide range of administrative duties.
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