Following God’s leading to accept a call to PHCRC in 2010, Greg Janke serves as the Senior Pastor responsible for leading, caring for and spiritually feeding the PHCRC congregation.  This includes primary responsibility for the preaching and teaching of God’s word, along with carrying out God’s vision for PHCRC in leading the staff and congregation.  “It is my desire to see ...

Now in his fourth decade of service as a pastor, Bryce Mensink’s primary responsibility as associate pastor, a position he has held at PHCRC since 2006, is to care for the congregation’s members and friends. This includes both his own pastoral visits and counseling as well as mobilizing others for pastoral care. “It is my goal that the people visited by deacons, elders, pastoral workers and ...

Michael has served at PHCRC since July of 2010 in the roles of Worship Coordinator, Celebration Choir Director and Organist.  His responsibilities include planning the worship services in coordination with the Senior Pastor and the Worship Planning Team by selecting music and worship elements that center around the theme for the worship service.  His responsibilities also include ...

As director of adult discipleship, Cathy Haan is responsible for creating opportunities for adult discipleship at PHCRC. “My goal is to provide venues for adults to wrestle with what it means to apply God’s Word in everyday life. I also want to assist people in finding ways to deepen their fellowship with others and deepen their relationship with God.” Cathy also has a passion for children ...

As director of preschool ministries, Lynn Hollender oversees the ministries to children from birth to age five. “My goal is to provide a loving and stimulating environment for young children to grow in Christ,” she said. She has been working at Palos Christian Preschool for 16 years – six as a teacher and 10 as director and teacher. “PHCRC is unique in being among the first churches in ...

As Director of Children’s/Youth Ministries, Jeremy is responsible for coordinating the ministries for children in Kindergarten through High School.  This includes directing the Kid’s Club Sunday School program, leading the Middle School Youth Group, supporting the leaders of GEMS and Cadets in their ministries, and leading Connect, the High School Youth Group.  Jeremy’s main goal ...

Barb Wolterink serves as assistant director of preschool ministries at PHCRC. For the past 13 years, she has taught at Palos Christian Preschool – for 10 of those years she has been the assistant director. Barb also directs Walk Out Worship for the three and four-year-olds; her preschool and Sunday School responsibilities began in the fall of 2007, which includes finding volunteers and creating ...

After one year of working part-time as Palos Heights Christian Reformed Church, Ed Brouwer now works full-time as custodian, cleaning the buildings on the church campus and two parsonages, in addition to providing general maintenance. “I try to keep everyone happy,” Ed said. For about four years, Ed worked at Steamatic, a professional carpet and furniture cleaner. He then became a truck ...

For seven years, Vicki Duh served PHCRC as custodian, helping to maintain the buildings while also setting up for the ministries and cleaning up after them. Then, in 2008, Vicki stepped into the role of administrative assistant where she assists staff, provides for congregation members, and also serves the general public. “One of the things that first brought us to PHCRC was the sense of family ...

   Leana has served at PHCRC since August of 2010, first joining the staff as receptionist and later stepping into the role of Publications/Administrative Secretary.   Her responsibilities include creating our weekly Pathfinder along with other publications, maintaining volunteer schedules and assisting with other office projects.   Leana also enjoys serving in ...