Cole is a high school student and a member of Living Grace Lutheran Church that meets in Urbana High School in Ijamsville, Maryland (Frederick County). Cole attended the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Youth Gathering in Houston , TX, in June/July 2018. He travelled with the youth of Good Shepherd Lutheran in Frederick, Maryland; both congregations are member congregations of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA. You can see the video that occurs in the middle of this sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1cKN-4-Gs. In this sermon, Cole shares how this trip to Houston changed everything for him and his faith in Jesus Christ.