Leadership and Staff
Kevin Adams
Director of Children's Ministry
Kevin is mainly responsible for the children's programming, volunteers, and family events, for Birth-5th grade. He is married to his wife, Alissa, and they have four girls: Leia, Lily, Julia, and Ella.
Life Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:8
Favorite Food: Pulled Pork
Favorite Sports Team: USA Olympic Teams
#1 Hobby: Traveling!
DJ Blatherwick
Worship Pastor
On a weekly basis, a good chunk of DJ’s time is spent gearing up for the coming weekend (planning, praying, and prepping for Sunday morning worship). He is married to his amazing wife, Hillary, and they have two sons, Beckham and Griffin, and one daughter, Ivy.
Life Verse: Mark 10:45
Favorite Food: DJ just LOVES food… but if he had to pick a favorite it would be pasta or an Italian dish.
Favorite Sports Team: Any team from Philadelphia! (76ers, Eagles, Phillies, Flyers)
#1 Hobby: Golfing (He isn’t any good… but he likes to play).
Mike Carpenter
Facilities Deacon
Michaela Causey
Director of Connections and Care
Michaela is in the middle of transitioning roles. She was previously coordinating our multi-generational ministries at Redeemer: kids, students, young adults, and adults. Now she is directing our assimilation process and working with the care and serve needs of our church. She is married to her handsome husband, Dayne, and is a proud dog mom to her pup, Koda.
Life Verse: Colossians 4:17
Favorite Food: Mozzarella Sticks
Favorite Sports Team: Umm...can I phone a friend?
#1 Hobby: Anything outdoors (Hammocking + Reading, Camping, Rock Climbing, etc)
Norris Collier
Elder
Jon Cox Jr.
Discipleship Groups Director
Jon is responsible for Discipleship Groups. He is married to Betsey, and they have three girls Eleanor, Genevieve, and Alexandria. Jon and Betsey also foster so you could see them with one or two extra children at any given time.
Life Verse: Ephesians 2:1-10
Favorite Food: Anything Grilled
Favorite Sports Team: Colts, Pacers, Reds, and Hoosiers
#1 Hobby: Working out and playing Wordle.
Bailey Crenshaw
Interim Redeemer Kids Coordinator
Ryan Cronin
Special Projects Deacon
Dustin Doyle
Finance Deacon
Cory Freeman
Lead Witness Pastor
Cory is the pastor who oversees outreach, missions, church planting, and resources to help multiply disciples who witness for Christ. He is married to his wonderful wife, Breanna, and they have one son, Camden.
Life Verse: Philippians 1:21
Favorite Food: Baked Spaghetti
Favorite Sports Team: LA Rams/Duke Blue Devils
#1 Hobby: Fishing
Brock Graham
Lead Pastor
Brock is mainly responsible for the preaching and teaching of God’s Word on a weekly basis. He is married to his wonderful wife, Arica, and they have four children,
Life Verse: John 3:30
Favorite Food: Steak
Favorite Sports Team: Michigan State Spartans
#1 Hobby: He says that he is pretty much the worst at any hobby, so he spends his spare time reading.
Sean Gresham
Elder
Sean is a 2nd grade teacher in Perry Township Schools and serves as an Elder for Redeemer. He is married to his wife Courtney and they have two young children, Leo and Layla.
Life Verse: Colossians 3:23
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Sports Team(s): Colts, Hoosiers, USA Soccer
#1 Hobby: Golfing and Playing Dynasty Fantasy Football
Curtis Hampton
Outreach Deacon
Ethan Hardwick
Creative Media Director
Ethan is a member of the creative team and takes the lead on video and audio production. He is also involved in the leadership of the worship ministry. Ethan is married to his wonderful wife, KayAnn, and they have two sons, Jack and Jesse.
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Sports Team: Indianapolis Colts
#1 Hobby: DIY-ing all types of things and hunting
Curt Harris
Operations Deacon
Jeremy Hendon
Director of Young Adults
Jeremy is the leader of our Young Adult Ministry for 18-25 year olds. He is married to his wife Megan who sings on the worship team, and he is pursuing his Masters of Divinity at Indianapolis Theological Seminary.
Life Verse: Ephesians 3:14-21
Favorite Food: Breakfast Food - Lots of Bacon
Favorite Sports Team: LA Galaxy
#1 Hobby: Backpacking or Snowboarding when possible. Otherwise, it's reading a good book.
Brian Holt
Lead Ministries Pastor
Brian is primarily responsible for the discipleship ministries of the church. He has a heart to see the people of the church actively engaged and making disciples regardless of age or stage of life. He is married to Anna, who loves him back despite his antics. They have four kids: Landon, Tyson, Austin, and Katelyn.
Life Verse: Galatians 4:19
Favorite Food: Steak
Favorite Sports Team: Texas Longhorns
#1 Hobby: Anything with a river and a paddle
Eric Kwiatkowski
Benevolence Deacon
Kevin Mitchell
Facilities Manager
Adam Morrison
Elder
Adam serves Redeemer as an Elder. In his day job he runs Streamline
Designs—a consultancy that enables manned and unmanned aircraft
companies to design, build, and bring their aircraft to market. Adam
is married to his dynamic wife Marcie and they have six children—4
boys and 2 girls.
Life Verse: Romans 4:18-22
Favorite Food: Favorites are hard for me, but I'll go with grilled salmon
Favorite Sports Team: US Olympic Team
#1 Hobby: Building things--especially things that fly!
Alex Sefton
Communications Director
Alex's role at Redeemer is to tell stories about how God is at work in the lives of His people. He is responsible for stewarding our brand across ministries and platforms. Alex is married to his "much better half," Chay, and they live down the road in Greensburg with their rambunctious Goldendoodle, Ollie.
Life Verse: 1 Corinthians 10:31
Favorite Food: Ice Cream!
Favorite Sports Team: Alex is not sporty, but his family loves the Pittsburgh Pirates ... so probably them.
#1 Hobby: Music and Coffee Drinking
Gay Shingleton
Operations Administrative Assistant
Gay loves utilizing her multi-tasking skills in the role of Operations Administrative Assistant as she fulfills the admin needs of the church office and pastors. (She affectionately calls herself "a jack of all trades, master of none.") Her family consists of her high school sweetheart-turned-husband, Brian; the best two kids on earth, soon-to-be Doctor of Physical Therapy daughter, Kaylie, and Media Digital Arts guru son, Jonathan; and her mutts, insomniac Jack & narcoleptic Chloe.
Life Verse: Proverbs 3:5-6
Favorite Food: Anything crunchy or sweet
Favorite Sports Team: Cheerleading (From this lifelong Hoosier who fell asleep when the Colts were in the Super Bowl!
#1 Hobby: Continually making my house & yard a welcome sanctuary for family & visitors
Michelle Stomps
Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle coordinates and connects volunteers to the different serve teams at Redeemer including Greeting, Ushering, Safety, Parking, etc. Any team that serves our church body is her responsibility. She is married to her husband Richard and they have 3 kids: Harrison, Paige, and Caleb.
Life Verse: Psalm 73:25-26
Favorite food: Mexican food
Favorite Sports Team: Any team my kids play on (My husband would want me to say University of MI 
)
#1 Hobby: Entertaining and traveling with the family
Richard Stomps
Elder
Jake van Gilse
Student Pastor
Jake is our Student Pastor and leads our ministry of middle school and high school students. He provides teaching, fun, worship, and discipleship for our teens. The goal is for our students to glorify God and make disciples. He is married to his wonderful wife, Rachel, and they have a son and daughter, Ezekiel and Elleanna!
Life Verse: Psalm 37:3-6
Favorite Food: Seafood or any red meat
Favorite Sports Team: All Chicago Teams!
#1 Hobby: Time with family or learning something new
Jeff West
Elder
Mark Wiley
Executive Pastor
Mark is primarily responsible for the operational elements of the church such as Finances, Human Resources, Facilities, and Sunday Morning Operations. He and his wife, Beth, just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary and have two children, Paige and Luke.
Life Verse: Ephesians 2:8-9
Favorite Food: Steak
Favorite Sports Team: Indianapolis Colts
#1 Hobby: Reading