The Team

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JERUSALEM STAFF

Liesl  Maas
Founder and Director
Netherlands / Israel
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Coming originally from sunny Durban South Africa, Liesl moved to Israel in 2000 to work at the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.  It became evident to her over the next couple of years that God intended to reach the younger generation regarding Israel and the Jewish people.  Liesl received a specific call from God in 2002 to start a ministry specifically for young people and in 2003, exactly a year later, Grafted ICEJ Young Adults began with a mission to energize, educate and enable a generation of young Christians to fulfill their callings and to stand with God’s purposes for Israel. Liesl married Bram Maas in 2008 and enjoys working and ministering with her husband. Together they developed the 232 Leadership program to equip leaders in countries all over the world to stand with Israel and understand God’s purposes for this nation. Liesl directs the Jerusalem Office and oversees the Global Grafted representatives.  She is an anointed speaker and travels around the world on a regular basis speaking to young people on God's purposes for their lives and His purposes for His people Israel. Liesl is also studying Dutch and pursuing her Bachelors of Theology degree through the Bible Institute of Southern Africa. She resides in the Netherlands with Bram and travels frequently to the headquarters in Israel.

Bram Maas
Grafted International Developer
Grafted Representative
Netherlands / Israel
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Bram joined the Grafted team May 2006 from the historic and quaint town of Alkmaar near the coast in The Netherlands. In 2007 Bram and Liesl realised they were in love and got married in the spring of 2008. Aside from his astute business skills, Bram is a renown worship leader, leading worship for the Grafted Tours in Israel and Christian conferences in Belgium, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands. Bram also leads worship segments for the ICEJ’s annual Feast of Tabernacles Celebration in Jerusalem and in 2008 made a live worship album in Jerusalem, during the Feast of Tabernacles called, “The Cry of His Heart.”  Bram is now also the Grafted Representative for The Netherlands. He has a passion for young people, to see them walk in the paths God has for them.

Kasey Barr
Jerusalem Coordinator
Israel
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Kasey Barr, USA, made her first trip to Israel as a participant of Grafted's Feast Tour in 2003. A year later she left the hubbub of Washington, D.C. to join the Jerusalem staff of Grafted ICEJ as project manager. In 2006 she moved back to the US and married Yuval in 2007. After returning to Israel a few years later she rejoined Grafted as the Jerusalem Coordinator in 2010. Kasey plans many of the Grafted service programs for young adults, working among the Jewish and Arab communities in Israel. Kasey is also a frequent contributor to the Jerusalem Post Christian Edition magazine and ICEJ's radio program Front Page Jerusalem. She is also working towards her MA in Diplomacy & Conflict Resolution at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel.

GLOBAL GRAFTED - AUSTRALIA

Daniel Abel
Grafted Representative
Email
www.icejaus.org.au

Daniel is 25 years old and is located in sunny warm Brisbane Australia. Daniel recently became the Grafted ICEJ Representative for Australia and has a heart for Israel and the understanding of the Jewish roots of our faith. He is helped by Kelinda, a 232 leader, in the running and organizing of Grafted in Australia. Daniel and Kelinda speak in local churches and youth groups about Israel as well as organise Grafted meetings for young adults to come together and learn about Israel.  They also arrange grafted volunteers to serve at a local aid store once a month. The money raised from these stores funds Icej projects in Israel. They have set up a Grafted Facebook page called Grafted Australia for all Australian young adults to connect to.

CANADA

Christine Uy
Grafted Representative
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Christine is the Grafted Representative for ICEJ-Canada. She is a teacher by profession and located in Ontario Canada. She loves the Lord and has a gift and ministry for dance. She also loves Israel and hopes to see more young people involved in God’s purposes for Israel. Christine has a Grafted Facebook page for Canadians under: Grafted Canada.

ENGLAND

Luke Scott
Grafted Representative
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Luke Scott just came on staff as our ICEJ Grafted Rep in England. Based in Liverpool, Luke works in the medical field and is involved with his local church Kingsway Christian Fellowship. Luke started heading up  Grafted in 2009 and has a passion to see young people in the UK follow Jesus and understand God’s purposes for Israel.  He has set up a Facebook page for young adults in England to connect with called Grafted – UK.

FINLAND

To Be Announced
Grafted Representative
http://www.grafted.icej.fi

A new Grafted representative will soon be appointed in Finland. In the meantime, please visit the ICEJ Finland website given above to find out information on Grafted in Finland – their programs and Grafted tours to Israel.

GERMANY

Stephan Lehnert
Grafted Representative
Email
http://www.icej.de

Bound in sin and addiction Stephan received Christ at the age of 25. In a powerful way God delivered him to a new life.
Trained as an office administrator he spent several years in the military prior to his conversion. After his conversion he worked in health care over a year. After that he worked as Barkeeper and the Leader of a professional Christian Coffee Shop.
He visited Israel for the first time in 2003. During that time God planted a honest and deep love for Israel (land and people) showing him that we are linked to the past, present and future of the Jewish people. God also gave Stephan a love for the Arab world and that they also have a purpose in God's redemption plan.
In 2005 he started serving fulltime at the ICEJ as the Administrator of the German Branch. Since 2007 Stephan has been asked to be a regular speaker on the GRAFTED Feast Tours in Israel sharing his personal testimony of radical salvation out of the drug world and to teach the young adults about God’s plans for Israel and for each believer individually.
Stephan is a Husband and wonderful father of two children.

Mareike Fruechtenicht
232 Leader
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Mareike was born into a Christian family and lives in Hildesheim, Germany. Many of her family members have been to Israel, so it's no wonder that she served as a volunteer in Israel many times. Her first time on a Grafted Tour to Israel, however, was in 2008. Since then, she's coming every year to be part of the tour or spend some holiday time enjoying this beautiful and fascinating land.

Mareike comes from a small church where she is part of the music team. She loves worshipping and working together with youth. If she's not travelling Israel, she's working as a social worker, teaching seminars for young adults who are doing their voluntary social year; for example in hospitals or at senior citizen homes. She loves to see young people finding their destiny and calling. Mareike has a heart to also help bring young adults into a deeper understanding of God’s love and purpose for His people Israel

IRELAND

Declan Harvey
Grafted Representative
Email
www.icej.ie

Declan Harvey lives in Dublin, Ireland. He is 32 years old and is working and studying in the financial sector of the world.  He has been the Grafted Rep in Ireland for the past 2 years. He has a passion to encourage our generation to get connected to ministries where their gifts can flourish and where they can be equipped and built up to become the fullness of what God has called them to be. Together with ICEJ-Ireland Grafted works to organise various informational events around the country for people who are interested in getting involved.

NETHERLANDS

Bram Maas
Grafted Representative
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Bram joined the Grafted team May 2006 from the historic and quaint town of Alkmaar near the coast in The Netherlands. In 2007 Bram and Liesl realised they were in love and got married in the spring of 2008. Aside from his business skills, Bram is a renown worship leader, leading worship for the Grafted Tours in Israel and Christian conferences in Belgium, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands. Bram also leads worship segments for the ICEJ’s annual Feast of Tabernacles Celebration in Jerusalem and in 2008 made a live worship album in Jerusalem, during the Feast of Tabernacles called, “The Cry of His Heart.”  Bram is the Grafted Representative for The Netherlands. He has a passion for young people, to see them walk in the paths God has for them.

Please check out the Dutch Facebook account under: Grafted – The Netherlands.

Johan Middelhoven
232 Leader
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Harry Nelissen
232 Leader
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 NORWAY

Per Arne Kvamso
Grafted Photographer and Contact
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Per Arne lives in Grimstad Norway where he works as a professional photographer. He loves to travel the world and take pictures. He has a great love for the Nation of Israel and has been on many Grafted Tours since the beginning of the ministry. He has now become the official Grafted professional photographer bringing to life in a "Kodak moment" the breathtaking beauty, rich history and exotic flavour of this Holy Land as young adults from every nation explore its streets, mountains and valleys. He has a passion to see young Norwegian people come to Israel for a life changing experience in their lives!

Per Arne bor i Grimstad, Norge, hvor han jobber som profesjonell fotograf. Han elsker å reise rundt overalt og ta bilder. Han har en stor kjærlighet til Israel og har vært med på flere Grafted-turer siden begynnelsen av arbeidet der. Han er nå Grafteds ofisielle profesjonelle fotograf som fanger "kodak øyeblikket" i det utrolig vakre, ekstoiske og historiske hellige landet idet unge voksne fra alle nasjoner utforsker gatene, fjellene og dalene. Han har en lengsel etter å se Norske ungdom komme til Israel for en livsforvandlende opplevelse

Kvamsø Media
www.kvamso.no
www.kfoto.no
+47 915 62 501

SOUTH AFRICA

Henri du Plessis
Grafted Contact – Cape Town
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Henri grew up in Ceres South Africa and is the executive manager of an extensive family fruit farm. He has a heart for Israel and a passion to encourage young people to understand God’s truth concerning Israel and the Lord’s purposes for them.

Charl van Rooyen
Grafted Contact - Johannesburg
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+27 82 348 0979

Charl was born in the Western Province. He now resides in Johannesburg, where he is a Project Manager at a large IT firm. He loves God and understands the important purpose the Nation of Israel has in God’s eyes. He has a passion to bless, serve and comfort them as the Word of God commands and as a result makes regular trips to Israel with groups from South Africa to Israel.    

UNITED STATES

Peter Ecenroad
Grafted Representative
Email
www.icejusa.org

Peter Ecenroad has been part of the Grafted since its beginning as part of our worship team for the Feast of Tabernacles Tours. Peter recently came on board as our ICEJ Grafted Representative in the USA. He has a passion to see God’s purposes fulfilled and a vision to see lives changed for Jesus. While he is a graphics artist by profession, he has a unique gift and special anointing for leading worship and ministering in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.