Arek is a CA native who currently serves as an ordained high school and young adult youth pastor at Hillside Community Church in Grand Rapids, MI where he lives with his wife Jamie and daughter Kaia. Arek holds an M. Div. from Western Theological Seminary, but is still just a big kid at heart. Arek loves spending time with family and friends and will talk to you about football, specifically the Raiders, for hours if you want to.
What story could be more captivating than the life, death, and resurrection of Christ?
I have always been a skeptical person. Doubt, in any arena, is not foreign to me. I was that kid—the one always asking “why?” As a fellow youth worker, I’m sure you’re able to conjure up the image…
I promised the students that from now on, each week, they can know that I am going to preach the gospel to them.
I don’t know about you, but where I live, sports are a big deal to students and their families. It isn’t uncommon for sports, not the church, to hold a higher priority in the life of a student….
