Lucas Church

I grew up in Mariaville, Maine, a small town out in the woods. I spent most of my childhood enjoying nature and playing sports with my family. I currently live in Hancock with my girlfriend Erin, our 2 year old son Cash, our two dogs Zeppelin and Wrigley, and our two cats Bodhi and Hobbes.

I am a huge fan of music. I've loved music as long as I can remember and I enjoy playing guitar. My idol in the world of music is Jimmy Page, the lead guitarist from Led Zeppelin. I also enjoy going on hikes with my family and spending time together.

My parents were my biggest inspirations growing up. My mother is a very kind and loving person who showed me unconditional love and my father was always gone for work when I woke up for school and would come home long after I did. I learned to be a compassionate and hardworking person under their guidance.

My motivation is my son. As parents, I believe we owe our children everything we can give them. I want my son to view me as a kind and hardworking person who gave him everything he needed to succeed in life. 

I would say I play guitar pretty well and if you ask Cash I think he'd say I'm pretty good at building pillow forts. I strive to improve as a person every single day and be a little better than I was the day before. 

I would say my proudest accomplishment is becoming a father. I am also really proud of my career growth at the lab. Something I want to do but I haven't done yet is travel with my family.  

My journey at the lab started in December 2019. When I applied, my son was born in February of 2019 and I had just started working at a very demanding job. I worked 80-90 hours a week every single week and I was traveling a lot across the state. When I wasn't working I was very tired and I felt like I wasn't spending the quality time with my family that is really important to me. My girlfriend's dad works in Ellsworth as a security guard and he mentioned to me that I should think about starting at the lab so I applied in December and started in January of 2020. I started in the Sterile Supply Area, and then I became the Operations Float, and now I am the warehouse float. 

I would say my work consists of helping sending out shipping, unloading deliveries, covering people's positions if they are out, pretty much whatever task is asked of me I do. I like that every day is different and I enjoy my coworkers.   

I feel grateful to work at a place like the lab that makes such a huge difference in the world. It's unlike any other job I have ever had. I truly feel like JAX is more than a job, it's truly a career that I intend to make a lifelong career.