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Mont Mitchell
Pastor
Mont grew up in a wonderful home in the east central Illinois town of Robinson, 4.5 hours south of Chicago. While growing up in a agricultural family, (Mont’s father owns and operates a greenhouse landscape business), Mont made plans to enter the horticulture/agriculture industry. However while attending St. Louis Christian College God seemed to have other plans. Shortly thereafter, Mont began planning and dreaming about starting a church. Following several wonderful ministries in Indiana and Kentucky Mont and his family moved to Bolingbrook to start this church. Mont and his wife Christie have three sons. Mont is a music lover (all kinds) and enjoys sports especially golf.
Can you see outside the lines…
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Amado Lobatos
Pastor of Hispanic Ministries (Gente Unida)
Amado is no stranger to those who attend Westbrook. Amado has been at Westbrook from the very beginning, as he was the first associate Pastor of our new church. While he transitioned to Cheyenne WY for a 3 year period to plant and pastor a Hispanic church, he is now back with us to do the same. Originally from Wyoming, Amado and his wife Joy graduated from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. They have one daughter. When not sharing his love for Christ, you can find Amado enjoying his family, working in his woodshop or washing his cars. He’s insane about cars! Amado teaches ESL (English as a Second Language) as part of his ministry with Westbrook and Gente Unida.
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Jonathan Alarcon
Pastor of Worship Ministry (Gente Unida)
Jonathan comes to Westbrook from Puebla, Mexico after graduating from Moody Bible Institute in 2004. Along with his responsibilities as the Worship and Creative Arts Pastor of Gente Unida, Jonathan is also a radio DJ for WMBI (Moody Broadcasting) FM – 90.1 and AM-1110. You can hear Jonathan’s show “Que Pasa Chicago?” on AM 1110 on Saturdays at 8:30AM -12:00 PM. Jonathan’s loves include music, radio and eating Enchilada soup from Chili’s! Acompananos a alabar a Dios!
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Rob Daniels
Pastor of Spiritual Formation
Our Pastor of Spiritual Formation, Rob Daniels oversees the Small Groups and Discipleship Ministries at Westbrook. Originally from Park Forest IL, Rob graduated from Lincoln Christian College. Rob shares his passionate ministry of helping connect people to the community of Christ with everyone he meets. If you visit Westbrook and you are not in a Small Group, look for Rob and he’ll make sure to get you plugged in. Rob is married to Ruthie, is the dad to four great children and joined the Westbrook staff in June of 2005.
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Rick Marcum
Pastor of Student Ministries
Rick graduated with a Bachelor of Biblical Literature at Ozark Christian college in May of 2002. In August of 2002 Rick married his college sweetheart~Mindy. His passion is seeing young people come to Christ and learn to have a real relationship with Him. Rick loves sports and the outdoors. He is passionate about fly fishing. His biggest fish is a 42 inch Steelhead Trout.
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Mary Wolf-Fischer
Director of Early Childhood Ministries
Mary joined the staff at Westbrook in May of 2001 as the Ministry Assistant for the super busy Children’s Ministry. A faithful servant with a tender heart and creative ideas. Mary became the Director of Early Childhood Ministries in 2002. Mary, her husband and two daughters have been at Westbrook since 1998.
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Chris Dinaso
Director of Worship Ministries
Chris has been attending Westbrook Christian Church since our grand opening in October of 1996. As an outstanding musician, Chris used his talent in a secular format, until the opportunity to play with the Westbrook band came about. With a fast developing heart for Worship, Chris began leading worship in 1998, and joined the staff in January of 2001. Chris is married to Lisa, and has four children.
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Dave Fischer
Director of Elementary Ministries
Dave is a guy that you need to meet. His love for Christ, the church and for children make him a key member of our church family. Dave and his family began attending Westbrook in 1998 whe he quickly gave his life to the Lord and immediately began serving. As one of our most faithful “set up” guys, he experienced the true church planting vibe. Joining our full time staff in November of 2002, Dave left a successful Market place job in the Graphic Arts industry. Yes, this is the same Dave Fischer who is married to Mary. Dave loves music, art, humor and hanging out. Ask him to show you his opossum face! |
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William Orlowski
Director of Guest Services
As Director of Guest Services William oversees our Usher/Server/Greeter ministry as well as our Hospitality Ministry. If you’re not careful William will be the first to recruit your for Ministry. He loves people, he loves the church and he loves serving. William joined our staff part time in 2002 and is married to Tracie (who served as our Children’s director for 1.5 years) and has three boys. Favorite pastimes include being a great guy and serving God. He’s pretty handy with a hammer as well.
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Mindy Marcum
Ministry Assistant
As you can probably deduce by the name, Mindy is married to our Youth Pastor~ Rick. From Broomfield, Co., Mindy graduated from Ozark Christian College with an Associates Degree in Christian Education. While her husband may be passionate about fly fishing, Mindy is passionate about her husband and their beautiful daughter. But wait…. She loves to fly fish also!
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Jen Borland
Ministry Assistant
Jen joined the Westbrook Ministry staff in 2004 after being a faithful volunteer and attendee at Westbrook since 1999. Jen is married to Kyle and they have three children. Originally from Southern California, Jen is still learning to cope with the always-changing Chicago weather. Her sweet spirit and ever present willingness to assist makes her a valuable asset to our office team. Don’t let her sweetness fool you however she’s got a mean jump shot and a competitive streak that’s second to none. |
