Staff Members | Apple River Community Church

Pastor

Pastor Justin and his wife Erin moved to Amery in the summer of 2013. They met while attending Northwestern University of St. Paul, where Justin graduated with degrees in Pastoral Studies and Bible. In 2014 he graduated from Bethel Seminary with a Master of Divinity emphasizing in ministry leadership.

His passion is twofold: to preach the Word of God and to reach out to the community with the love of Jesus. Salvation is through Jesus alone and this message is what our world is in dire need of.

Justin and Erin have five children that live at home with them. As a family, they are seeking to know Jesus and make him known.

Their family verse is Philippians 1:9-11:
This is my prayer for you: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ- to the glory and praise of God.

-The Hosking Family

Associate Pastor

Isaac Karpenske

I first started pursuing my calling to pastoral ministry in attending the University of Northwestern – St.

Paul. In December of 2021, I received my degrees in Pastoral Ministry and Bible. In December of 2022, I

received my M.Div with an emphasis in Theological Studies. During my time there, I met my fiancée

Emily Linden. Both Emily and I were heavily involved in athletics, extracurriculars, and Student Life. She

and I look forward to our wedding day on August 21st, 2022.

I started visiting ARCC in early February 2021.

On April 26th, 2021 I was voted on as the new Associate Pastor of ARCC. Since my official start date of May 1st, 2021,

I’ve enjoyed my time and have by God’s grace contributed to several different areas of ministry at ARCC,

such as preaching, youth ministry, leadership, and community engagement.

Some of my favorite hobbies are hunting, fishing, reading, and various sports.

My aim in pastoral ministry is threefold: to exalt God, to edify the Church, and to evangelize the lost.

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