Bob Speizer
Bob and his wife, Nancy, have been attending Creekside since 1991 with a five-year sojourn to Germany as missionaries. He accepted the Lord in the fall of 1977. He began his full-time ministry as high school pastor at Bethany Community Church in Tempe, Arizona, starting there right after seminary in 1982. Bob and Nancy were…
Read MoreJared Otto
Jared came to know the Lord at six years old and recommitted his life to Him at 15 when he gained a deeper understanding of what it meant to follow Christ and made his faith his own. He has been connected to Creekside since before birth, as his mother attended while she was pregnant with…
Read MoreAllison Otto
Allison started attending Creekside in 2022 and joined the staff in 2023. God has given her a soft heart towards Him, and she came to accept Jesus as her Savior before the age of five. Allison has worked in youth ministry since 2008, serving both locally and in the Denver Metro area. She is married…
Read MoreAndrew Pak
Andrew began attending and joined Creekside staff at the end of August in 2020, in the middle of our Covid year. After having gone to church since he was 6 years old and wearing out a lot of children’s workers and youth workers, he accepted Christ when he was 13 years old, just as he…
Read MoreMatt Rau
Matt is an Elk Grove native and originally attended Creekside from the time he was in the nursery until graduating high school. After graduation he moved away to go to college at Azusa Pacific University and then began working in youth ministry in Branson, Missouri. He has worked in full-time ministry since 2013 and moved…
Read MoreLois Sherwin
Lois began attending Creekside in 2023 when she was called as Kids’ Pastor. She accepted Christ at age 5 with her mom. Coming to Christ as a young child gives her a huge heart for helping connect kids with the love and forgiveness of Jesus, and the joy of life in Him. She grew up…
Read MoreRon Hitchcock
Prior to joining Creekside staff in 2022, Ron served as a pastor in Alaska for 17 years and in Columbus Ohio for 18 years. He accepted Jesus at age 8. He was born in the California Bay Area, then moved to Montana to attend college, where he married his high school sweetheart, Barbara. They have…
Read MorePeter Neumann
Peter’s connection with Creekside goes back to 1999 when he met his wife through the church (at winter camp!) but he lived out of the area until 2016, when his family moved to Elk Grove, and became members at Creekside and joined staff in 2019. Peter had served in full time church ministry at other…
Read MoreMelissa Yocum
Melissa has been attending Creekside since 1996, became a member in 1999, and joined our staff in 2007. She accepted Christ at nine years of age, and volunteered in many church positions before joining the church staff. She married the love of her life in 1990, and they have two adult children – Melissa loves…
Read MoreJoel Neufeld
Joel and his family moved to Elk Grove and joined the staff at Creekside on Labor Day 2003. He was very young, around 5 or 6 when he first accepted Christ as his Savior, but, it wasn’t until he was 18 that Joel committed himself to serving in full-time ministry. He worked part-time in churches…
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