Jathan Castaneda

Position: Elder Secretary
Categories: Elders

Jathan grew up in San Diego and attended Simpson University in Redding, where he met his wife Chris. They were married in 1999 and have six kids, ranging in age from 2-20. His hobbies are playing guitar, leading worship, snowboarding, hiking running, playing with his kids, and enjoying dinner dates with his wife. Jathan accepted Christ at 6 years old and was baptized by John Maxwell. He began attending Creekside in 2001 and joined the Elder Board in 2017. He has served in Divorce Care for Kids, worship ministry, high school ministry, and Awana. Chris leads in Heart2Heart, so Jathan feels like he is a part of it as well. His favorite passage is:

· 1 John 3:16-18 – By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.